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Crops, Forages

Petition Started To Keep GE Alfalfa Out Of Manitoba

Manitobans opposed to genetically engineered alfalfa are taking their fight to the legislature. A petition started by the Manitoba Green Party is being circulated throughout the province to keep genetically engineered pesticide-resistant alfalfa crops out of Manitoba. “Manitoba needs to take action for change; we can be a catalyst for change and set an example
Crops

Corn Stocks To Rise If Ethanol Tax Credit Cut

Stockpiles of U.S. corn would begin to rebuild if Congress allows tax credits for ethanol to expire at the end of the year, a key group of economists at the University of Missouri said March 7. The university’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, or FAPRI, forecast corn stocks at the end of the 2011-12
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Worries Aside, U.S. Has “Foot On The Gas” On Ethanol

The United States “can do it all” – turn more corn into ethanol without running short of food, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 24, as oil prices soared and the government raised its forecast of food price increases this year. “There is no reason for us to take the foot off the gas,” said
News, Oilseeds

U.S. Crop Boom Not Enough To Rebuild Supply

Huge U.S. corn and soybean plantings this spring will likely fail to refill razor-thin stocks enough to quell the surge in grain prices, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 24. In updated forecasts for the world’s biggest crop exporter, the USDA warned that it could take several years to restore inventories to comfortable levels. It
Beef cattle, Livestock

Americans On Budgets Push Up Price Of “Cheap” Beef

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With more Americans tightening their belts, demand for cheaper cuts of U.S. beef has actually pushed the price of select-grade beef higher than the generally more expensive choice cuts. For the first time in nearly two years, select-grade beef prices are above those for better-quality choice grade, according to U.S. government data. The data showed
News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 17, 2011

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Biodiesel mandate:Canadian canola growers are pleased by a federal announcement Feb. 10 to mandate biodiesel in diesel fuel starting July 1. “A two per cent renewable fuel mandate for diesel fuel has the potential to create new domestic demand for about one million tonnes of canola,” says Ed Schafer, president of the Canadian Canola Growers
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U.S. Locked Into Ethanol Growth

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The U.S. government has few options to slow down the ethanol boom that has played a big role in drawing down corn supplies to their lowest level in 15 years, a top U.S. Agriculture Department official said Feb. 10. “The fact is the industry has pretty much been built,” USDA chief economist Joe Glauber told
Crops

China Displaces Canada As Top U.S. Customer

China became the No. 1 market for U.S. farm goods in 2010 for the first time, unseating Canada’s traditional spot as the top agricultural buyer, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 11. China’s insatiable appetite for U.S. soybeans, used to feed livestock and make vegetable oil, was a key part of the country’s total U.S.
Cereals, Crops

U.S. Producers Boost Major Crop Acreage

U.S. farmers will increase plantings of the eight major crops this year by four per cent as high commodity prices encourage growers to replenish low stockpiles, the government said Feb. 14. The U.S. Agriculture Department said farmers will sow 255.3 million acres this year, up 10.1 million acres from 2010, with all major crops seeing
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USDA Deregulates Industrial GE Corn

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The U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 11 it has deregulated a variety of corn genetically engineered to produce a common enzyme that speeds the breakdown of starch into sugar, a vital step in making ethanol. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Syngenta, the Swiss maker of the enzyme, called alpha-amylase, will create an

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