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U.S. drought may create winners, losers on Bay Street

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 14, 2012

While U.S. crops of corn and soybeans wilt in the worst U.S. drought in a half century, winners and losers are emerging in the agriculture sector of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), even if investors are playing it cautious so far. The drought in the key Midwest growing region has severely curtailed crop yields and […] Read more

General, Machinery

Across Canada in a farmhouse: Edmonton to New Norway

By john-varty, molly-daley, GFM Network News August 13, 2012

The Edmonton area provided more content than we had originally bargained for. Toward the end of our previous entry, we referred to land-use battles between citizen groups and the municipality. Well, after some digging around we soon found folks willing to tell us (albeit not on camera) some startling personal stories about ongoing battles for […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Crop management website coming for Man. farmers

By GFM Network News August 11, 2012

Manitoba farmers can get ready to visit a website providing free crop-management advice from some of the province’s top agronomists. CropChatter.com, due to launch Monday, is hosted by Farm Business Communications, publisher of the Manitoba Co-operator, with co-operation from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. MAFRI crops branch staff will provide start-up consulting advice, but […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

UN urges change in U.S. biofuel policy to avoid food crisis

By Catherine Hornby, GFM Network News August 10, 2012

The United Nations’ food agency stepped up the pressure on the United States on Friday to change its biofuel policies because of the danger of a world food crisis, arguing the importance of growing crops for food over their use for fuel. Global alarm over the potential for a food crisis of the kind seen […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Feds name arbitrator for CP labour talks

By GFM Network News July 20, 2012

Seven weeks after they were legislated back to work, Canadian Pacific Railway’s engineers and conductors have a federal arbitrator named to resolve their labour contract with the company. Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt on Thursday named Toronto lawyer William Kaplan to lead arbitration on a new contract between CP and the 4,800-odd railway employees represented […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Off-patent ag chem maker buys Prairie distributor

By GFM Network News July 17, 2012

A Des Moines-area manufacturer of off-patent ag herbicides and pesticides plans to bring 16 of its wares into Canada’s West by buying a Prairie ag chemical distributor. Albaugh, Inc., which runs a manufacturing plant north of Kansas City and supplies the generic glyphosate Clearout 41 Plus in Canada through Farmers of North America (FNA), on […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Markets

Feds back merger of livestock traceability data

By GFM Network News July 13, 2012

The federal government will put up half a million dollars to create a single national data management system for livestock traceability in Canada. Pierre Lemieux, the federal parliamentary secretary for agriculture, announced the funding for the creation of a new single system, Canadian Agri-Traceability Services (CATS), on Friday at the Calgary Stampede. CATS will provide […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Manitoba ag lending agency lifts limits on loans

By GFM Network News July 13, 2012

Manitoba’s provincial farm lending agency has raised its ceiling on farm loans and stripped out several of its limits on who can apply for financing and why. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC) announced changes to its lending mandate Thursday that "will help more farmers access long-term, fixed-rate financing and initiatives for young farmers that MASC […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Biodiesel fraud roils U.S. industry

By Roberta Rampton, GFM Network News July 13, 2012

Jennifer Case had big plans for expansion of her small San Diego plant that turns used restaurant cooking oil into biodiesel fuel after it sold out its entire production of about 1.5 million gallons in 2011. By the end of the year, business had taken a "devastating turn," Case told lawmakers at a Capitol Hill […] Read more

General, Machinery, Weather

Health Canada to probe wind turbine noise

By GFM Network News July 11, 2012

Health Canada plans its own primary research to paint “a more complete picture” of the potential health impacts on rural Canadians from life near wind turbine farms. The federal department on Tuesday announced it will work with Statistics Canada on a new peer-reviewed study, for completion sometime in 2014, on “the relationship between wind turbine […] Read more

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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

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U.S. drought may create winners, losers on Bay Street

Across Canada in a farmhouse: Edmonton to New Norway

Crop management website coming for Man. farmers

UN urges change in U.S. biofuel policy to avoid food crisis

Feds name arbitrator for CP labour talks

Off-patent ag chem maker buys Prairie distributor

Feds back merger of livestock traceability data

Manitoba ag lending agency lifts limits on loans

Biodiesel fraud roils U.S. industry

Health Canada to probe wind turbine noise

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