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CCA Gets Cash To Search For New And Improved TB Test

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The federal government will fund the search for a new and improved diagnostic test for bovine tuberculosis, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced. The goal is to find a blood-based screening test for TB that is as good or better than the caudal fold test that has been in use since 1885, said Louis Desautels,
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American Homestead Act Celebrates 150 Years

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Already deeply engaged in a bloody war, a young, untested president did not hesitate when Congress delivered legislation that might spark a new beginning for a tiring nation. When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862 he sent a clear signal to all Americans that he believed the Union would endure and it would
Cereals, Crops, News

Argentina Farmers Eye End To Unpopular Quota System

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Argentina s grains industry is debating a proposal to overhaul local corn and wheat markets so exporters pay farmers higher prices a reform the government could very well adopt. The state intervenes in corn and wheat trade now with incremental export quotas and subsidies to local millers, which are aimed at guaranteeing affordable food supplies
Cereals, Crops, News

Drought Keeps Stranglehold On U.S. Plains Wheat

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Drought cont inues to plague the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region and there is no relief in sight from the dryness until at least October, an agricultural meteorologist said Sept. 23. It remains quite dry and it will remain that way for at least three weeks, on into October, said Don Keeney, meteorologist
News, Oilseeds

Pioneer Plans To Raise Corn, Soy Seed Prices

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Pioneer s seed unit plans to raise prices in the mid-single- digit range next year as it takes U.S. corn and soybean market share from Monsanto and other rivals. The price increase would be in line with a similar move the company undertook for the 2011 North American planting season and comes as corn prices
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Oilseed Supplies Drag On Canola Demand

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform lost some significant ground during the week ended Sept. 16, with the advancing harvest in Western Canada and reports of better-than-anticipated yields encouraging the downward price slide. Producers were also delivering canola right off the combine and into the country elevator system, which contributed to some
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

“Monstrous” Canola Yield Reports Pressure Futures

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Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a minor push to the downside during the week ended Sept. 9. Declines were influenced by the favourable weather for harvest operations, particularly in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and indications that some monstrous canola yields were being achieved. The larger-than-expected supply of canola in commercial and
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Trade Bullish Despite Big Forecast

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Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted some modest advances during the week ended Aug. 26 despite the fact that a crop production survey from Statistics Canada estimated output of the crop at a record-size level. The government agency’s survey for the period ended July 31 said canola production in Canada during
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Bearish Sentiments, Weather Drag On Canola

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Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a minor setback during the week ended Aug. 5 with the downtrend in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean complex and the liquidation of positions by speculators and commodity funds who were spooked by the uncertain global economic situation, behind the bearish price sentiment.
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Turkey Recall Raises U.S. Food Safety Questions

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U.S. food safety advocates are calling for changes to meat recall rules after regulators took months to warn the public about a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 80 people and caused one death. Cargill Inc., one of the largest U.S. meat producers, on Aug. 3 recalled roughly 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen

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