Daily News Headlines From Country Guide West

Malting barley initials to get $50-plus boost

Country Guide West — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:48:00 EST

Prairie malting barley growers can expect to see an extra $51.90 per tonne in the next few weeks for their 2011-12 deliveries. [Full Story]

Alta. backs ag societies for youth leadership work

Country Guide West — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 20:30:00 EST

Agricultural societies in Alberta will get extra funding this year toward farming-related leadership development activities for youth in the province. [Full Story]

Sask. cattle producers to double checkoff

Country Guide West — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:13:00 EST

Members of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association have approved a plan to double the provincial checkoff levy on cattle sales to $2 a head. [Full Story]

Dairy farmers to pilot animal care assessment plan

Country Guide West — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:42:00 EST

Canada's dairy farmers plan to draft and test-pilot an animal care assessment model that would help ensure treatment of animals on farms within an accepted code of practice. [Full Story]

Mosaic to dial back potash production

Country Guide West — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:35:00 EST

Citing "lower near-term demand," fertilizer giant Mosaic Co. has announced plans to cut back the output from its potash mines in Saskatchewan for the next four months. [Full Story]

StatsCan stocks report holds few surprises

Country Guide West — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:12:00 EST

The grain and oilseed stocks in all positions report released Friday by Statistics Canada held few surprises over, with the exception of the estimate for peas. [Full Story]

DuPont to increase investment in food, nutrition

Country Guide West — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST

Chemical and bioscience giant DuPont will spend $10 billion and release thousands of new products over the next nine years aimed at improving food production and nutrition, company officials said Thursday. [Full Story]

Dairy farmers launch new supply-management defense

Country Guide West — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:16:00 EST

Their system of revenue under renewed jabs from various angles, Canada's dairy farmers have compiled their retorts into a new online campaign. [Full Story]

In Ethiopia: Too many people, too little land and a changing climate

Country Guide West — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:18:00 EST

The highway southwest of Addis Ababa to Wolayto-Soddo is wide and smooth, but there is no such thing in Ethiopia as setting the cruise control and just cruising, as one would expect to do on the wide open Canadian Prairies. [Full Story]

Drozd: Cattle rally to new historical high to begin 2012

Country Guide West — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:39:00 EST

Live cattle and feeder cattle rallied to a new historical high last week. In reaching $150, feeder cattle prices achieved a technical measurement derived from a rectangle pattern. [Full Story]