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The roads of Zambia
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The roads of Zambia

We’ve always known the country’s agriculture potential is massive. Now there are signs it is being opened up

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Reading Time: 10 minutes Associate editor Maggie Van Camp travelled to Zambia through an International Federation of Agricultural Journalists investigation into the country’s challenges and opportunities. One farm was ultra-modern and 74,000 acres, she reports. Others struggle with basic subsistence. The future may need both. Driving to Nsongwe, Zambia from tourist-rich Livingstone is a tooth-rattling, 30-minute adventure through a […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Japan lifts block on B.C. poultry

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan’s farm ministry on Friday partially lifted a ban on imports of live poultry and poultry meat from Canada and the U.S. following an outbreak of bird flu. Imports from British Columbia and from eight U.S. states — Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Kansas, Arkansas, Montana and Indiana — will resume after […] Read more
Youth Ag-Summit: Mentoring future farmers
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Youth Ag-Summit: Mentoring future farmers

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Reading Time: < 1 minute 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.
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

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Reading Time: 2 minutes 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
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario in the latest sign the farm sector is starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu. USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H5N2 avian flu was […] Read more
(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Chinese demand seen eating into pork supply glut

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers have seen increased demand from China in recent weeks, which could boost prices in coming months. Despite turbulence in the China’s economy, an industry specialist says exports should be little affected. Pork prices are sensitive to economic change to an extent, but not as much as non-food markets, said […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it has put out a request for proposals to help the nation’s veterinarians have access to bird flu vaccines for poultry this fall, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Tokyo | Reuters — Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact, after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 per cent of the global economy. Ministers from the 12 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership […] Read more
Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact
Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — New Zealand dairy farmers have a message for their Canadian counterparts, who worry a Pacific trade deal will throw them on the mercy of world markets and devastate their industry: It’s not so bad. But heavily protected Canadian farmers have reason for skepticism. A deadlock over dairy has emerged as one of the […] Read more

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