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Danes Focus On Efficiency To Counter Lack Of Profit

July 7, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Despite losing money for most of the last four years, Danish producers are optimistic they can survive and prosper by improving productivity and efficiency. Danish producers

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 30, 2011

June 30, 2011

Paradise? Farmers rejoice! The single- desk monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board will soon be abolished and all will be well in the world. Farmers will prosper and “thousands” of jobs will be created. Or so they say. All this according to Rolf Penner; vice-president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (Manitoba Co-operator,June 23,

News

More Often Than Not, Bear Survival Is In Our Hands

By Riding Mountain National Park Release June 30, 2011

Spring ended before it even had a chance to begin for one young male black bear this year. Like so many other bears in the area he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and had to be destroyed – not a pleasant way to begin the first week of May for

News

G20 Action Plan Good For Farmers

By Alex Binkley June 30, 2011

International farm ministers rejected tight controls on commodity speculation in favour of more open information on developments in the food chain that could affect both farmers and consumers, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The first meeting of G20 farm ministers signed an action plan in Paris that stresses more trade and innovation, including biotechnology, to

Hogs, Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Lentil Is A Good Source Of Protein For Weaned Pigs

June 23, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. With the current high price of feed ingredients, hog producers are looking for alternative sources of energy and protein in order to reduce costs, without compromising

Livestock

Herd Downsizing Seen Ending; Don’t Wait For Upsizing

June 9, 2011

The marketing of cattle in Manitoba during the week ended June 3 began to resemble more typical levels with a few auction yards that had been closed due to flood concerns coming back online. Prices for cows continued to hold strong while values for the other animals held steady if not a bit lower. However,

Cereals, Crops

Seed Maker Pioneer Races For Crops As Climate Changes

By Christine Stebbins June 9, 2011

Achanging climate that many scientists fear will hurt global crop production means seed makers must work harder to meet food needs as world population grows by 30 per cent by 2050, a top world seed executive said. “Agriculture production is moving to the North because those climates are becoming warmer. Some of those environments are

Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 9, 2011

June 9, 2011

Cargill’s stance hardly a surprise The Page 9 headline in the May 19 issue of theManitoba Co-operatorreads: “Cargill calls for orderly end to orderly marketing.” Cargill’s stance should hardly come as a surprise to farmers. After all, what wolf wouldn’t welcome easier access to the sheep. So farmers, let us beware of the big bad

Livestock

“Shorter-Term” Cattle In Slim Demand

June 2, 2011

Wet conditions and flooding continued to play havoc with cattle marketings in Manitoba during the week ended May 27, with some auction yards still closed. For the yards that were open, marketings declined, with values for most types of cattle also on the downtrend. The numbers during the reporting period would best be described as

Hogs, News

African Swine Fever May Spread To Europe FAO

By Svetlana Kovalyova June 2, 2011

African swine fever (ASF), a viral disease harmless to people but lethal to pigs, is likely to spread beyond Russia and the Caucasus region into Europe, the United Nations’ food agency said May 26. ASF, for which there is no vaccine, is now established in Georgia, Armenia and southern Russia, with an increasing number of

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand

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