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Editors’ Picks: Agricultural analysis goes animated

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Reading Time: 2 minutes A four-minute animated adaptation of a 62-page report on food security from Japan’s agriculture ministry has become a “minor YouTube hit,” according to the U.S. magazine BusinessWeek. Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) recently commissioned Tokyo design studio Groovisions, which has previously developed visuals for MTV in Japan, to develop a MAFF report, […] Read more
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Soil conservators name new top manager

Reading Time: 2 minutes Retired soil conservationist Glen Shaw has been hired as the new executive director of the Soil Conservation Council of Canada. Shaw, who hails from Moose Jaw, Sask., assumed the new post earlier this month for the organization, which is based 140 km east of Moose Jaw at Indian Head, Sask. “Glen served on our board […] Read more
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Farm equity rose in 2007: StatsCan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm sector equity in Canada increased 8.9 per cent in 2007 to $252.3 billion, as assets rose more rapidly than liabilities. All provinces recorded an increase in equity in 2007, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. Farm assets rose to $302.2 billion in 2007, an 8.0 per cent increase over 2006, the federal statistics agency said. The […] Read more
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Canada to sign ag trade memo with India

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Reading Time: < 1 minute (Resource News International) — The Canadian government on Tuesday will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India regarding agricultural trade issues, Canada’s agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said in a teleconference from New Dehli on Monday. Ritz is visiting India with industry representatives from Pulse Canada and Canada Pork International as part of a trade […] Read more
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Crops up, livestock down in price index

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Prices farmers received for their commodities in October 2008 were up 0.3 per cent from September 2008, as the increase in the crops index offset the decrease in the livestock and animal products index, both compiled each month by Statistics Canada for its farm product price index (FPPI). The largest month-over-month decrease was for cattle […] Read more
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4-H grant program to fund urban outreach

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian 4-H Council has put up a new program which it expects to help fund new clubs in both urban and rural areas across Canada, and to help expand existing clubs. The RBC 4-H Rural-Urban Youth Outreach Program, announced Wednesday, is to be available to “anyone who would like to join 4-H” and provides […] Read more
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Editors’ Picks: Study shows rural injury risks higher

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Rural areas of the U.S. boast much higher rates and severities of injuries needing hospitalization in most categories, compared to that country’s cities, according to a West Virginia University study. WVU’s Injury Control Research Center on Monday announced the results of its findings in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, […] Read more
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Malaysian company promoting Canadian soybeans

Reading Time: 2 minutes A respected Malaysian food and beverage company is proudly promoting the fact that it uses soybeans from Canada.   Yeo Hiap Seng, a century-old Malaysian company world renowned for its nutritious soy milk drinks, is now displaying the Canada Brand logo – a stylized red maple leaf – on its product labels. This is the […] Read more
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Maple Leaf settles listeria lawsuits

Reading Time: < 1 minute Maple Leaf Foods today announced that, subject to court approvals in Saskatchewan, Quebec and Ontario, it has reached a settlement agreement with the principal counsel groups who launched class actions following a listeriosis outbreak that was linked to products made at the company’s Toronto facility. “Our goal throughout this legal process has been to negotiate […] Read more
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Manitoba promoting Prairie aquaculture

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Manitoba provincial and federal governments are partnering in a program to promote aquaculture in the laregly landlocked heart of Canada.

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