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Distillers Grain Set To Ride Ethanol Coattails

By Michael Hirtzer November 12, 2009

Demand for distill-ers grain, a byproduct of distilling corn into ethanol, will continue to grow domestically and abroad as livestock producers turn to the feed as a cheaper alternative to corn, analysts said. And with the ethanol industry gearing up for a better year in 2010 after the financial crisis of 2008 triggered by corn

Hogs, Livestock, News

Briefs continued – for Nov. 5, 2009

November 5, 2009

New members: The Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council (MCEC) has appointed three new members to its council. Barry Todd, deputy minister of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives is the new chair. Other newcomers include, Charles Gall, of Moosehorn and David Wiens of Grunthal. They join current members Gaylene Dutchyshen, of Gilbert Plains, Albert Todosichuk, of

Hogs, News

USDA Finds More Show Pigs With H1N1 Flu Virus

By Roberta Rampton November 5, 2009

Six pigs shown at the Minnesota State Fair last month have been confirmed as having had the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Oct. 29. The USDA said it is running confirmatory tests on samples from another six pigs that tested positive for the virus during preliminary tests. Some of those

Opinion

Defining “Natural” Is A Tricky Proposition

By Ronald Doering October 29, 2009

Indirect or implied “natural” claims are everywhere already and the industry will continue to get bolder. With a public suffering from chemical paranoia, there is a growing consumer demand for more “natural” products. Growing doubts about the meaning of “organic” and the spotty regulatory efforts to limit the amount of misleading labelling led the food

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Uptake Low For New U. S. Support Plan

By Charles Abbott October 29, 2009

Just eight per cent of farmers signing up for U. S. crop subsidies opted for a new federal program designed to protect grower revenue, the Agriculture Department said Oct. 20. Some 128,620 farms enrolled in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program for their 2009 crops while 1.54 million choose to receive traditional supports, which

Country Crossroads

More Fruit, Fewer Calories Urged For U. S. School Lunch

By Christopher Doering October 29, 2009

“This will be a very wise investment in children’s health.” – VIRGINIA STALLINGS U. S. children should get more fruits, vegetables and whole grains in their school meals even though this will push up costs, and calories should be limited, a panel recommended to the federal government Oct. 20. As obesity among adolescents continues to

Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. Lawmakers Agree Dairy Aid

October 8, 2009

House and Senate negotiators agreed on $350 million in U. S. aid to dairy farmers who face the lowest farm gate milk price in decades, a key senator announced on Sept. 30. Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl said $60 million would be used to purchase dairy products for use in U. S. public nutrition programs and

Livestock

Cattle Marketings A Record Low

October 1, 2009

USDA reported Sept. 18 the cattle supply on major U. S. feedlots at 9.882 million head, or 99 per cent of a year ago. The amount of cattle placed onto feedlots during August was put at 2.110 million, or 102 per cent of last year, cattle marketed during August at 1.81 million, or 96 per

Beef cattle, News, Poultry

In Brief… – for Sep. 24, 2009

September 24, 2009

Food aid budgets crash: Food aid is at a 20-year low despite the number of critically hungry people soaring this year to its highest level ever. Josette Sheeran, UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) executive director said the number of hungry people passed one billion this year for the first time, adding the UN has barely

News

Farm Surveys Pretty Accurate, Statisticians Say

By Ron Friesen September 24, 2009

If you’re an agricultural analyst, statistics are your lifeblood. But where do statistics come from? Statistics come from raw data. Raw data comes from surveys. And surveys come from people talking to farmers. But what if farmers don’t tell the truth? Chances of that are small. And if producers do fudge the numbers, deliberately or

Daily Network News

Australian farmers shift to less fertilizer-intensive crops as Iran war costs surge

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

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