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Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Heat Wave Helps Wheat, Barley Crops

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Warm, late-summer weather has Canadian farmers reaping bigger and better harvests than they expected in midsummer, when slow growth and bad weather suggested a potential crop disaster. Farmers now look to escape a year of drought, flooding and cool temperatures across the Prairies with slightly below-average-size crops of wheat and barley and average quality, said
Livestock

French Farmers Launch Milk Strike

French dairy producers launched a “milk strike” Sept. 10, which they hope will spread across Europe and force the authorities to take more action to counter a slump in the dairy sector. French dairy unions the OPL and APLI called for producers to throw their milk away, after a meeting of the European Milk Board
Hogs, Livestock

Limited Market For Swine Vaccine

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Dr. Cate Dewey, professor of swine health management at the University of Guelph, said that a vaccine to prevent “classical” H1N1 influenza infection in swine has existed for years. “But we don’t have information on how well that vaccine is going to protect pigs from the novel virus,” she said. The “novel” H1N1 virus is
Hogs, Livestock

USDA Tries To Speed New H1N1 Flu Vaccine For Hogs

The U. S. Agriculture Department is trying to speed the development of an H1N1 flu vaccine for hogs by providing two master seed viruses to five veterinary vaccine makers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sept. 10. The new pandemic flu strain, a mix of human, avian and swine vi ruses of ten referred to as
Country Crossroads

U. S. Official Asks Industry For Eat-Your-Veggies Ads

The U. S. produce industry could help Americans trim their waistlines while boosting sales if it would fund public service advertisements encouraging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sept. 10. “What if we took five per cent of your marketing budget and set it aside for that purpose?” Vilsack
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Ukraine Moves To Change Meat Import Rules

Ukraine has changed its meat import regulations and may require its inspectors to visit all foreign plants shipping meat products to the country, a U. S. Agriculture Department attaché said in a report released Aug. 24. The new requirements will begin Jan. 14, 2010, but the detailed requirements of the regulation are unclear, the attaché
Hogs, News

Hard Times Have U. S. Hog Producers Seeking Help

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“The big driver of losses for this business is the run-up in costs of production.” – STEVE MEYER U. S. hog producers, who have been losing money since late 2007, have asked the U. S. Agriculture Department for $250 million in assistance, of which $150 million would buy pork for federal food programs. Producers also
Cereals, Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Aug. 20, 2009

Be slap happy: August 20 is World Mosquito Day – a day set aside to raise awareness of the importance of mosquito control. “Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism, and afflict not only humans, but animals as well,” the American Mosquito Control Association says in a release. The annual event was originated
Cereals, News

Briefs continued – for Aug. 20, 2009

More wheat: The U. S. Agriculture Department bumped up its forecast for the world wheat crop this month, thanks to strong crops in India, the United States, China, Ukraine and most of Europe, but said drought has trimmed prospects for Russia, Argentina and Canada. World wheat production for 2009-10 was forecast at 659.29 million tonnes,
Hogs, Livestock

Slumping Hog Futures — Sell Or Buy?

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U. S. hog futures, which slumped to a seven-year low last week as the recession took a big bite out of demand, is seen by some analysts as a buying opportunity. But others are not convinced that the worst is over. “If I was a speculator, I would probably buy them,” Jim Robb, economist at

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