transportation Archives - Page 9 of 21

Farms dangerous places for kids

March 23, 2012

Reuters / More than 26,000 children and adolescents are injured on U.S. farms and ranches every year, racking up costs of more than $1.4 billion — but only 84 of these were fatal, according to a new study. The findings, the first of their kind, were published in the journal Pediatrics and based on government

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

The $5 million advantage of local processing

March 23, 2012

(Excerpts from the latest Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council newsletter) Alberta cattle fetch more at auction than Manitoba cattle. A lot more. “One of the main reasons why Manitoba’s prices are lower is because they are the furthest distance away from any federally inspected slaughter plants,” said Canfax market analyst Brian Perillat. The simple fact is

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Crops briefs March 1, 2012

March 14, 2012

Canola top revenue earner Farm gate receipts for canola deliveries in 2011 reached $7.3 billion in Canada, up 30.6 per cent from 2010, according to Statistics Canada’s report from February 23. “Canola provided Canadian growers a strong revenue outlook for 2011, which is why we saw over 18 million canola acres last year,” says Pat

Hogs, Livestock, News, Opinion

Economics versus culture

By Laura Rance-Unger March 14, 2012

Dermot Hayes, a respected livestock economist from Iowa State University, is admittedly flummoxed over the question of whether it will be grain producers or the livestock sector benefiting from the growing demand for protein in emerging economies. Hayes was in town last week delivering the annual Kraft Lecture, a memorial to the late University of

News

Permits required for moving tall farm equipment beneath power lines

By Lorraine Stevenson March 5, 2012

Manitoba’s largest farm organization fears not enough farmers know about a Hydro regulation meant to ensure they navigate tall equipment safely under power lines. Farmers moving equipment that exceeds 4.8 metres (15 feet, nine inches) are supposed to apply for a Manitoba Hydro Agricultural Move Permit at their local Manitoba Hydro office. “It certainly seems

Country Crossroads, News

Mr., Mrs. and Ms. Daisy

By Lorraine Stevenson February 15, 2012

Part of the reason is that they have no option, especially outside urban areas, where slightly more over the age of 65 live, and public transportation alternatives don’t exist. Last week Statistics Canada reported three-quarters of Canadians 65 and older surveyed in a 2009 Canadian Community Health Study, still had a driver’s licence. More than

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Checks and balances needed, post-CWB

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

With the end of single-desk grain marketing in sight, producers and farm organizations are focusing on filling in the gaps and supporting a stable transition to an open market. “There are more questions than answers,” said Don Dewar, chairman of an ad hoc Keystone Agricultural Producers committee looking at issues grain producers will face in

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Co-operating with its competitors

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2012

Attendance was down at the annual Canadian Wheat Board breakfast at Ag Days this year, but the farmers who came were encouraged by what they heard. “That just made my day. Now we have a choice,” said Jake Hofer, a wheat producer from Treesbank Colony after listening to a presentation by Gord Flaten, the board’s

Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Logistics Working Group Will Watch For Post-Wheat Board Monopoly Problems

By Allan Dawson November 17, 2011

A working group formed to improve grain transportation will do double duty keeping an eye out for problems after the Canadian Wheat Board loses its monopoly Aug. 1, 2012. While (the Crops Logistics Working Group is) a forum for all crop stakeholders to contribute to the general rail facilitation process it will also be able

Crops

Conference Board Of Canada Says Ethanol Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Reputation

By Alex Binkley November 17, 2011

co-operator contributor / ottawa Using crops to produce ethanol hasn t raised food prices and it positions Canada for a strong bioeconomy, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. What s more, next-generation technologies, flex-fuel vehicles, and supporting policies could extend the role ethanol plays in Canadian transportation and manufacturing, adds

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

U.S. grains: soybeans firm ahead of USDA data

Prairie CWRS bids rise, other wheats mixed

Tag Archives transportation