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Plate Replaces Pyramid In USDA Food Guidelines

June 16, 2011

The pyramid guide to healthy eating that many Americans grew up with has been scrapped, and in its place the Obama administration is serving up a dinner plate icon sliced up by food groups. The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled its new icon, MyPlate, recently to help guide Americans toward eating balanced meals. The dinner

Country Crossroads, Livestock, Poultry

Low-Priced Drumsticks Beat Path To U.S. Dinner Tables

By Bob Burgdorfer June 9, 2011

Chicken drumsticks are finding their way to American dinner tables as a slowdown in exports has kept more of the dark meat in U.S. grocery stores and warehouses. Historically, chicken dark meat – long shunned by U.S. consumers in favour of white meat chicken breast – has largely been exported by U.S. chicken companies. China

Livestock

Flood, Cold Spring Threatens U.S. Crop Output

June 2, 2011

Nearly 3.6 million acres of farmland in the Mississippi River Valley, including 40 per cent of U.S. rice area, have been affected by spring flooding. The figure was larger than earlier reports of three million acres of flooded farmland and amounts to 1.1 per cent of land usually planted in the two dozen principal U.S.

Livestock, Poultry

Feds Looking To Boost Small Meat Plants

By Alex Binkley May 19, 2011

Winnipeg Old Country Sausage is among 12 Canadian meat plants that may get help achieving federal- inspection status in a bid to create opportunities for livestock producers. Ontario, Saskatchewan and Quebec both have three plants under consideration while P.E.I. and Alberta have one each. Federal and provincial agriculture ministers want to encourage provincially inspected plants

Beef cattle, Livestock

The Big Chill

May 12, 2011

Barbecues are sitting idle across the U.S. as unseasonably cold, damp weather keeps people cooking indoors. “We are not going to invest in good steaks just to cook them on top of the stove,” Mary Jane Kasper of suburban Chicago said. That attitude has been typical this spring as cookouts have been rained out from

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Advice From A Failing Competitor

April 28, 2011

As noted in this space April 14, Vince Peterson, vice-president of U.S. Wheat Associates, was recently in Winnipeg to say that genetically modified wheat is inevitable. The theory is that higher yields are needed for a hungry world, and to make wheat competitive with corn and soybeans. USWA wants all exporters to agree to simultaneous

Crops

Reading The Small Print In The Soil

April 28, 2011

What is a healthy soil? It is difficult to def ine that term so we prefer to use the term soil quality. Soil quality can be measured in terms of organic matter, fertility, texture, salinity, cation exchange capacity, pH and a number of other factors, all of which have identifiable quantitative numbers that can be

Cereals, Livestock, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 21, 2011

By Reuters April 21, 2011

Food safety chair:Is our food safe to eat? A new Chair in Food Safety the first of its kind in Canada puts McGill University at the head of the table in seeking answers to that question. The chair will undertake collaborative research, offer undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, and provide the independent, third-party expertise on

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Apr. 14, 2011

By Reuters April 14, 2011

Frozen culverts:Floods from melting snow could damage highways and bridges in Saskatchewan, the provincial government said April 7. The Saskatchewan Highways Department said it has brought in steaming equipment as well as pumps and water tanks to thaw out frozen culverts to help drainage. Last year, big sections of Saskatchewan’s highway network were flooded, including

Cereals, Crops

Feed Wheat Helps To Fill Corn Void

April 14, 2011

Arecord five billion bushels of corn will be used to make fuel ethanol, a potential strain on the tightest U.S. corn supply in 15 years, but it will be offset by more use of wheat as a substitute for corn in hog and poultry rations, said the government on April 8. USDA pegged the carryover

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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