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Radiation In Japanese Food A Concern

By Risa Maeda March 24, 2011

The World Health Organization said on Monday that radiation in food after an earthquake damaged a Japanese nuclear plant was more serious than previously thought, eclipsing signs of progress in a battle to avert a catastrophic meltdown in its reactors. Engineers managed to rig power cables to all six reactors at the Fukushima complex, 240

Beef cattle, News

Cattle Producers Still Live In BSE’s Shadow

By Ron Friesen November 4, 2010

Cattails and swamp grass are all that’s visible on some pastures as Menno Friesen drives a visitor around his Interlake farm in an aging pickup truck. Friesen spent 45 years beating back bushes and shrubs to develop some prime crop and grazing land in the heart of cattle country. But due to the abnormally wet

Hogs, News

Pandemic Virus Swapping Genes In Pigs

By Tan Ee Lyn June 24, 2010

The H1N1 swine flu virus has been spreading quietly in pigs in Hong Kong and swapping genes with other viruses, and researchers said the findings support calls for tighter disease surveillance in pigs before new bugs can emerge and infect people. The finding, published in Science June 18, supports the theory that flu viruses infecting

Livestock

TB Testing Makes More Sense In Some Countries Than Others

By Daniel Winters June 24, 2010

“We are committed to eradicating the disease, and believe it can be done.” – DR. MARI A KOLLER-JONES Battle-fatigued ranchers on the front lines of the fight against bovine tuberculosis near Riding Mountain National Park aren’t alone in questioning whether ongoing eradication efforts are worth it. Dr. Paul Torgerson, a U. K.-born veterinarian who tested

News

Ont. Report Sees No Link From Wind Farms To Illnesses

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 27, 2010

Mining the available scientific evidence, a new report from Ontario’s chief medical officer of health finds that while living near wind turbine farms “may annoy some people,” it’s a stretch to blame the turbines for health problems. “According to the scientific evidence, there isn’t any direct causal link between wind turbine noise and adverse health

Country Crossroads

Sowing Seeds Of Hope For The World’s Hungry

By Kim Langen May 20, 2010

“It’s just a Christian response to meet the needs of the hungry.” BARRY REIMER, CO-CHAIR AND FARMER WI TH THE KILLARNEY GROWI NG PROJECT, WHO SOWED THE SECOND HALF OF A 120-ACRE FIELD EARMARKED FOR THE CANADIAN FOODGRAINS BANK. The conditions couldn’t be better,” said Dale Balour, who wanted things to go perfectly on Monday,

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Progress Being Made To Stop GM-Related Trade Disruptions

By Allan Dawson May 6, 2010

“I think there’s increased recognition within Europe that the pendulum swung too far… and I think there is a conscious effort to re-examine it.” – Dennis Stephens Trade disruptions caused by itinerant genetically modified (GM) crops can be fixed if countries end their zero-tolerance policy and set low but realistic thresholds, says Dennis Stephens, a

News

Cold Fronts Linked To Bird Flu Outbreaks

By Kate Kelland April 15, 2010

Outbreaks of H5N1 flu among birds in Europe came at the edges of cold fronts that caused wild birds to change migration patterns, scientists said April 8, suggesting cold snaps may signal future outbreaks. Dutch and American researchers found European outbreaks of avian influenza during the 2005-06 winter were driven by collective movements of wild

Livestock, News

Mongolian Herders Face Grim Work Project

By Undp Release March 11, 2010

The Uni ted Nat ions Development Program (UNDP) is developing an unusual cash-for-work program in Mongolia to remove the remains of millions of livestock that are scattered around the country, reduce health risks for the population while providing income for herders whose livelihoods have disappeared due to extreme weather conditions unique to this country. A

Country Crossroads

Plants Reduce Indoor Pollution

By North Dakota State University January 21, 2010

R esearch by scientists has found that houseplants can reduce pollution levels dramatically by cleaning indoor air. T he World Health Organization reported in 2002 that harmful indoor pollutants represent a serious health problem that is responsible for some 1.6 million deaths every year. “The indoor air quality is compromised by VOCs (volatile organic compounds)

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on expectations of tight supplies

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall, but achieve first annual gain in three years

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola unlikely to have a good start to 2026

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