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U.S. To Ban More E. Coli Strains

September 22, 2011

The U.S. government is expected to ban the sale of ground beef contaminated with six types of the E. coli bacteria that can cause serious cases of food-borne illness, food-safety and industry groups said. So far, one type of E. coli, 0157: H7, is banned as an adulterant, the result of an outbreak of illness

Livestock, Oilseeds

Fish Farms To Double Southeast Asia Soy Demand

September 22, 2011

Soybean imports to Southeast Asia could double over the next 10 years, buoyed by demand from fish farms looking to feed China, the U.S. Soybean Export Council said Sept. 19. China, with the world s largest population, was the largest consumer of seafood last year, after Japan, a research report said. China consumed about 694

Cereals, Crops

Feast Of Protein In U.S. Spring Wheat Harvest

September 15, 2011

North Dakota wheat farmer Terry Weckerly applied extra fertilizer to his wheat this summer to coax more protein out of the crop. Flour mills and grain elevators were paying near-record premiums for high-protein wheat and he wanted a slice of it. The fertilizer worked too well. Weckerly and other farmers are harvesting a crop with

Cereals, Crops, Dairy cattle, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Sep. 15, 2011

By Reuters September 15, 2011

Dryness dims Argentine wheat outlook:Much of Argentina s wheat belt is getting dry, with frosts hampering the healthy development of 2011-12 crops in some northern areas, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said last week. Without moisture on surface soils, the outlook for wheat yields is gradually deteriorating in the western crop belt, the exchange said

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Smaller U.S. Corn Crop Pinches Feeders, Ethanol, Exports

By Charles Abbott September 15, 2011

Athree per cent reduction in the U.S. corn crop after a scorching summer will be largely offset by an abrupt fall in demand from both domestic and export consumers, the government forecast on Monday. In a report that painted a marginally brighter outlook for world grain supplies thanks to larger wheat and rice crops, the

News, Oilseeds

Goldman Sees Scope For Sharp Rise In Soy Prices

September 15, 2011

Soybean prices could rally sharply over the next year but corn should be capped by the potential for large ethanol demand destruction in the U.S., Goldman Sachs said in a report received Sept. 9. For soybeans, we see an increasing likelihood that prices will rally sharply over the next 12 months given the growing risk

Hogs, Livestock

Extending The Sow’s Productive Lifetime

By Bernie Peet September 8, 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. While many producers use pigs per sow per year as the benchmark for success in the breeding herd, there is now much more focus on lifetime

Cereals, Hogs, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Aug. 11, 2011

By Reuters August 11, 2011

Correction:The following four winter wheats – CDC Kestrel, CDC Clair, CDC Harrier, CDC Raptor and CDC Falcon will be transferred from the Canada Western Red Winter wheat class to the Canada Western General Purpose class Aug. 1, 2013. Incorrect information appeared in last week’s edition. CDC Falcon will remain in the CWRW class past 2013

Cereals, Crops, News

Wheat Yields In Southern North Dakota Seen Lower

By Michael Hirtzer August 11, 2011

Spring wheat yields were projected to decline this year in the southern half of North Dakota as a late start to the planting season and excessive moisture stressed the crop, allowing diseases to thrive, crop scouts on an annual tour found. Huge pools of standing water covered large swaths of farmland across the state, submerging

News

Effect Of Climate Change Hard To Predict

By Christine Stebbins August 11, 2011

Climate and food production is a subject that needs more study in coming years but for now even the U.S. Agriculture Department finds it almost impossible to estimate the effects of one on the other. “They are very elaborate models,” said USDA’s chief economist Joseph Glauber. “Take into account all the fundamentals on crops and

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

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