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Curbing farm use of antibiotics heats up again

By Alex Binkley March 28, 2013

Ontario Medical Association says incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is on the rise and must be stopped

The Ontario Medical Association is calling on government to impose sweeping restrictions on non-essential farm and other uses of medicines before bacterial resistance to life-saving antibiotics threatens human health. Growing resistance to antibiotics endangers “one of the most fundamental and life-saving tools in medicine,” the association warns in a report entitled ‘When Antibiotics Stop Working.’

Crops, Grain Markets

Ethanol eyed for lowering U.S. surplus sugar mountain

By Charles Abbott March 28, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. government is readying a tool created during last decade’s biofuels craze — a never-used program to sell sugar at a loss to ethanol makers — as a way to whittle a looming sugar surplus down to an affordable size. The sugar-for-ethanol program could be a lower-cost way for the Agriculture Department

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, Poultry

Cold start to spring slows demand for high-quality U.S. beef

By Michael Hirtzer March 28, 2013

Wholesale prices for choice grade have dipped below lower-quality cuts Persistently cold weather and snowfall on the first day of spring have crimped demand for high-quality cuts of beef in the United States at a time of year that typically sees increased purchases for so-called grilling season, analysts and traders said March 21. In a

Livestock, Other livestock

Easter highs didn’t materialize

By Mark Elliot March 25, 2013

Producers and buyers were able to push through the snow from the Alberta clipper, to attend the March 5 sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction. There were 400 sheep and goats delivered for this sale. The Manitoba buyers were selective on quality, creating some extreme bidding pressures, following similar Ontario patterns. There was no clear separation

Hogs, Livestock, News

Furloughs for meat inspectors expected to start mid-July

March 25, 2013

Washington / Reuters / All U.S. meat inspectors will be furloughed on the same days as the federal meat safety agency, a top USDA official said, leading to spotty meat shortages in the summer and fall as automatic spending cuts shave $53 million off the agency’s budget. The furloughs, expected to total 11 days, are

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Latest USDA supply-demand report delivers few surprises in key commodities

By Charles Abbott March 25, 2013

The U.S. Agriculture Department delivered few surprises in its monthly crop and world agricultural supply-demand reports, keeping U.S. corn and soybean supplies tight but raising global soybean and wheat stockpiles from a month ago. The Argentine soybean and corn crops were both lowered by drought, USDA said. Projected soybean output was trimmed by three per

Livestock, News

USDA chief says meat inspector furloughs still months away

By Charles Abbott March 25, 2013

Furloughs of U.S. meat inspectors that could disrupt meat delivery throughout the country will probably be concentrated in July through September, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers March 5. Vilsack said furloughs of meat inspectors required under sequestration, or automatic budget cuts that took effect this month, will disrupt the meat industry. He said USDA

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

U.S. budget axe fells data from cattle to spuds, milk to veggies

By Charles Abbott March 25, 2013

Reuters / Budget cuts have forced the USDA to suspend the publication of 10 statistical reports or series, including a semi-annual cattle inventory and monthly milk production data, for the rest of the fiscal year. The mid-year cattle report was arguably the most prominent report to get the axe, and reaction from livestock traders and

Beef cattle, International news, Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Neigh… I mean, nay, I say!

By Alan Guebert March 25, 2013

The coincidence was positively delicious. Shortly after Swedish furniture seller Ikea found itself, shall we say, saddle deep in a saucy mess that featured racier red meat in its Swedish meatballs than you’d normally get from the average European cow, the USDA announced changes to its controversial country-of-origin labelling, or COOL, law for American meat.

Cereals, Grain Markets, Opinion

An agricultural connection to the Iran hostage crisis

March 25, 2013

Since a Canadian flag helped American Lee Schatz escape the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, he never left home without one

Brian Oleson is head of the department of agricultural economics at the University of Manitoba. He recently watched the Academy award-winning film Argo, based on the 1979 rescue of six U.S. diplomats by the Canadian Embassy in Iran under the direction of Ambassador Kenneth Taylor. Here he relates another Canadian connection. Watching Argo reminded me

Daily Network News

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Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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Curbing farm use of antibiotics heats up again

Ethanol eyed for lowering U.S. surplus sugar mountain

Cold start to spring slows demand for high-quality U.S. beef

Easter highs didn’t materialize

Furloughs for meat inspectors expected to start mid-July

Latest USDA supply-demand report delivers few surprises in key commodities

USDA chief says meat inspector furloughs still months away

U.S. budget axe fells data from cattle to spuds, milk to veggies

Neigh… I mean, nay, I say!

An agricultural connection to the Iran hostage crisis

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