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Alta. backs ag societies for youth leadership work

thumb Agricultural societies in Alberta will get extra funding this ye...
Feb 3, 2012 8:30PM


Dairy farmers to pilot animal care assessment plan

thumb Canada's dairy farmers plan to draft and test-pilot an animal ca...
Feb 3, 2012 5:42PM


Mosaic to dial back potash production

thumb Citing "lower near-term demand," fertilizer giant Mosaic Co. has ...
Feb 3, 2012 4:35PM


DuPont to increase investment in food, nutrition

thumb Chemical and bioscience giant DuPont will spend $10 billion and ...
Feb 3, 2012 12:01AM


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

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.

Higher ethanol blends would hit livestock sector: study

Policies designed to cut Canada's emissions from fossil fuels have instead made the ethanol industry a "subsidized competitor" against the livestock sector, according to a new study from a well-known ag think tank.

Deere to take MacDon windrowers global

Farm equipment maker MacDon Industries will be the manufacturer for several lines of self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to be sold worldwide under John Deere paint.




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Dairy farmers launch new supply-management defense

thumb Their system of revenue under renewed jabs from various angles, Canada's dairy farmers have compiled their retorts into a new online campaign.
Feb 2, 2012 6:16PM


Drozd: Cattle rally to new historical high to begin 2012

thumb 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.
Feb 2, 2012 4:39PM


Sask. pledges seven figures to wheat research

thumb The Saskatchewan government has pledged $10 million over five years in new funding for development work on better, hardier wheats.
Feb 2, 2012 4:26PM


Wheat growers get wild-oat killer in liquid form

thumb Prairie wheat and durum growers this year can get one of their wild-oat herbicides suspended rather than stirred.
Feb 2, 2012 4:10PM


Former Molson, Dollarama exec to lead Agropur

thumb Major dairy co-operative Agropur has found its new chief executive sitting on its own board of directors.
Feb 1, 2012 5:05PM


Top Sask. cattle auctioneer Sheldon Nicholson, 45

thumb Memorial services are planned for Thursday at Tugaske, Sask. for noted livestock auctioneer and market manager Sheldon Nicholson, who died Monday at age 45.
Feb 1, 2012 3:39PM


CN train strikes loaded cattle truck in SW Man.

thumb Thick fog is blamed for the deaths of an unknown number of cattle when the semi-trailer carrying them was hit by a freight train Tuesday night in southwestern Manitoba.
Feb 1, 2012 3:07PM


Canola council seeks replacement for Senator Buth

thumb The national organization representing Canada's canola industry has spread out its executive duties while it searches for a new president and vice-president for crop production.
Feb 1, 2012 1:44PM


Russia to determine grain export cap Thursday

thumb Russia's government will determine on Thursday how much grain can be exported during this crop year before it considers imposing a protective duty to keep grain in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov told Reuters.
Feb 1, 2012 6:13AM


Canada cattle herd to shrink despite trade wins

thumb Canada's cattle herd should keep shrinking for several years, making it tough for the No. 3 beef exporter to capitalize fully on new overseas opportunities, the head of the country's new beef industry group said.
Feb 1, 2012 6:05AM


CWB won't offer Pool B for 2011-12 feed barley

thumb Usually due to open Feb. 1, the second of the Canadian Wheat Board's two annual feed barley pools will not be offered for the 2011-12 crop year.
Jan 31, 2012 7:25PM


In Ethiopia: First impressions of a far-off land

thumb The sun was just peeking above the horizon as the Boeing 777 banked south just over Cairo, Egypt and headed for Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital that serves as the hub for all of Africa.
Jan 31, 2012 10:14AM


Prairie flaxseed cash bids continue to soften

thumb Jan 31, 2012 9:33AM


Monsanto to expand community support plan

thumb Jan 31, 2012 6:00AM