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YOUTH AG-SUMMIT:’Thought leaders’ consider farming’s future

By FBC staff August 28, 2015

Sustainability, leadership and innovation in agriculture guided four days of learning, debating and discussion among young “thought leaders” from 33 countries at this week’s Youth Ag-Summit. The event, held in Canberra, Australia from Aug. 24 to 27, and organized by Bayer CropScience and the Australian youth organization Future Farmers Network, was set up to build […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

By Gus Trompiz August 28, 2015

Paris | Reuters — European dairy farmers caught out by a global market decline as they emerge from a 30-year-old quota system may have little choice but to produce at full pelt, hoping for a recovery in international prices next year. Milk prices paid to EU farmers are down 20 per cent from last year […] Read more

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Youth Ag-Summit: Mentoring future farmers

By Lisa Guenther August 28, 2015

Grainews’ Lisa Guenther spoke to organizers at this week’s Youth Ag-Summit in Canberra, Australia about why mentoring future farmers is important — and what they expect the summit’s youth delegates to take away from the event.

Crops, Markets

‘Megatrends’ expected to move ag sector in future

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 28, 2015

CNS Canada — Health-conscious customers with money to spend will be looking to purchase more food over the next 20 years, while changing technologies and global economic uncertainty will bring their own challenges. That’s the outlook in a recent report out of Australia, highlighting five megatrends expected to impact the agricultural sector in the coming […] Read more

Youth Ag-Summit delegate Samba Ouma of Kenya, giving his acceptance speech Thursday night. (Lisa Guenther photo)

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Youth Ag-Summit: Two to represent at UN meeting

By Lisa Guenther August 28, 2015

Two delegates from the 2015 Youth Ag-Summit will be jetting to Rome in October to take part in a meeting of the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security. Australia’s Laura Grubb and Kenya’s Samba Ouma were selected from 80 nominees. Ouma and Grubb are now charged with presenting the Canberra Youth Ag Declaration — […] Read more

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Schoepp: Farming with ‘intentional design’

By Brenda Schoepp August 28, 2015

There are many ways to describe intentional design — from the theory of creation to a management style. When I think about the term, I am drawn to compare it to reactive design and how they differ in result from an industry and labour perspective. This is not a critical singling out of any industry […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Farm kids: Don’t worry about wages

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 27, 2015

A new study by Cornell University agricultural economists says family members who work on the family dairy farm make $22,000 less annually than comparable hired managers, but are handsomely compensated with “socioemotional” wealth. “While $22,000 seems like a large penalty, there are non-financial rewards they experience working for the family business,” Loren Tauer, professor at […] Read more

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Cattle herd still shrinking in StatsCan estimates

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 21, 2015

The size of Canada’s cattle herd is still in decline and almost a quarter smaller than its peak in 2005, Statistics Canada reports. The federal statistics agency on Thursday released estimates showing the herd at 13 million cattle on farms on July 1 this year, down 2.1 per cent from the same date in 2014. […] Read more

Discount retailers’ success in Britain has led established grocery firms to cut prices for certain basic produce. (Aldi.co.uk)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.K. grocers Morrisons, Aldi give ground in milk dispute

By Reuters August 14, 2015

London | Reuters — British supermarkets Morrisons and Aldi responded on Friday to pressure from financially strapped dairy farmers by raising the price they pay milk suppliers. U.K. farmers have warned they face financial ruin, with falls in the price of milk forcing many out of work and spurring others to blockade distribution centres and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle

Tips to help cattle cope with summertime heat stress

If cows and calves aren't eating, overall performance and weight gains are down

By Peter Vitti August 13, 2015

I always feel sorry for beef cattle in an open field that cannot escape the hot summer sun. The other day I was driving a pasture with about 30 Black Angus cows and spring calves. Not a tree or waterer in sight. All the animals were crowded together, none were grazing and their calves were […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Dairy cattle

YOUTH AG-SUMMIT:’Thought leaders’ consider farming’s future

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

Youth Ag-Summit: Mentoring future farmers

‘Megatrends’ expected to move ag sector in future

Youth Ag-Summit: Two to represent at UN meeting

Schoepp: Farming with ‘intentional design’

Farm kids: Don’t worry about wages

Cattle herd still shrinking in StatsCan estimates

U.K. grocers Morrisons, Aldi give ground in milk dispute

Tips to help cattle cope with summertime heat stress

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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