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Beef cattle, Opinion

Pink slime An object lesson for the meat industry?

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With a long-term decline in per capita consumption — 94 pounds per capita in 1976 to 60 pounds per capita in 2009 — the last thing that U.S. cattle producers need is the current controversy over “pink slime.” And with the controversy in full swing, they certainly don’t need industry and political leaders fighting the
Cereals, Livestock, News

Naked oats tested for organic chickens

Scientists with Ohio State University have received a four-year, US$896,000 Department of Agriculture grant to study the feasibility of incorporating “naked oats” into organic farming rotations as a way to cut the cost of producing organic chicken. The oats, which have a unique protein and amino acid balance, will be tested in the diets of
Crops, News

U.S. seeding ahead of normal

chicago / reuters / U.S. farmers had planted three per cent of this year’s corn crop by April 1, matching the fastest pace on record, as they took advantage of the warmest March on record to start running their planters early, according to U.S. Agriculture Department data issued April 2. A year ago, farmers had
Livestock, News

Spectre of inflation has large investors eyeing farmland

london / reuters / The hunt is on. Fearful that debt-laden governments will allow inflation to rise and erode the real value of money, many institutional investors are eyeing farmland as an inflation hedge. But ownership brings responsibilities, costs and risks that need close management. The inflation-adjusted value of American farmland peaked in 1980, according
Beef cattle, Cereals, News

Briefs, March 29, 2012

Safeway to stop buying “pink slime” beef filler washington / reuters Safeway, the No. 2 U.S. supermarket operator, will stop buying the ammonia-treated beef filler critics call “pink slime” because of widespread customer concern. The halt is a fresh blow to use of the ground beef filler, also known as lean, finely textured beef, which
Crops, News

Industry official fights the image of potatoes as fattening

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There’s no denying the impact of the image. A morbidly obese woman struggles up a short flight of stairs, while in the forefront of the advertisement are three servings of french fries, growing from modest to mammoth. “Portion sizes have grown, and so has obesity, which leads to many health problems,” reads the headline of
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Crops briefs March 1, 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
Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

USDA favours corn with 2012 crop insurance price guarantees

Chicago / Reuters / Crop insurance price guarantees for 2012 should encourage U.S. farmers to plant corn over soybeans, according to analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture set the guarantees, which act as the floor price for crop insurance policies, at $5.68 per bushel for corn and $12.55 a bushel for soybeans across most of

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