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| Dark and lonely AGM for N.S. pork producers |
| Source: The Kings County Register, by Sara Keddy |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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Nova Scotia’s pork producers ignored the head table, podium, microphones and overhead presentation screen provided for their annual meeting June 19.
The front end of the conference room in Greenwich was dark, with the dozen growers left in the provincial industry pushing just two tables togethe... (read more) |
| Canadian fruit and vegetable production: 2009 |
| Source: Statistics Canada |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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Canadian farmers reported planting 528,000 acres of fruits and vegetables in the spring of 2009, down 3.0% from the spring of 2008.
Vegetable growers planted about 240,000 acres of vegetables, of which they expect to harvest 238,000 acres.
Harvesting area is down 1.3% from the previous year.... (read more) |
| Fire levels Grafton warehouse |
| Source: The Kings County Register, by Sara Keddy |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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One of the Gillespie daughters awoke to hear the family dog coming upstairs and barking, with a neighbour from across the street at the door: “Is your barn supposed to be on fire?”
Waterville (Nova Scotia) firefighters were paged out at 3:55 a.m. June 24 to the 377 Arnold Road, Grafton, Gillesp... (read more) |
| Hong Kong further loosens beef ban |
| Source: Canadian Cattlemen |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has further relaxed its import controls on Canadian beef to allow specific cuts from older cattle.
The CFS, in a release Tuesday, said the government has officially implemented the second phase of its agreement with Ottawa to allow imports of Canadi... (read more) |
| A happy cow is a healthy cow |
| Source: University of British Columbia, by Lorraine Chan |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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What does the world look like to a cow?
UBC researchers are using science to understand how dairy cattle experience the environments we build for them. As a result, the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS) has earned a global reputation for advancing calf and cow welfare and practical solutio... (read more) |
| Chicken ban? What chicken ban? China denies import action |
| Source: MeatingPlace, by Rita Jane Gabbett |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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A Chinese vice minister has denied reports that China would block imports of chicken from the United States, according to Reuters.
"According to our information, China's chicken imports are normal and orderly with stable prices," Reuters quoted Chen Jian as telling reporters.
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| Germany: Continuous rise recorded in softwood lumber sales volume in recent weeks |
| Source: EUWID Wood Products and Panels |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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The sawmilling industry in northern and eastern Germany has also profited from a general upswing in demand on the domestic market and on a number of relevant western European export markets in the last few weeks. In connection with this, businesses report a comparatively rapid rise in order backlo... (read more) |
| SFK Pulp to breach key credit covenant |
| Source: The Montreal Gazette |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
| Quebec pulp producer SFK Pulp Fund came within a whisker of being able to announce a key agreement with its bankers at Monday's annual shareholders' meeting.
CEO Pierre Gabriel Cote, after the meeting, said it wasn't possible to get four Canadian banks and as many as 19 U.S. instit... (read more) |
| 'Organics' get credibility with new federal standards |
| Source: CTV |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has given a new level of credibility to the organics industry, establishing a national set of standards that products must now meet in order to be designated "organic."
Under the new Organic Products Regulations, only products that meet specific req... (read more) |
| What's Up (Down) With The Cull Cow Market? |
| Source: CattleNetwork.com, by Dillon M. Feuz |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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I have been following the cull cow market for 20 years and I have analyzed historical data since before I was born. Of all agricultural markets, this market is more consistent and more predictable than any others I have analyzed. I have looked at cull cow price data from Billings, MT to Amarillo... (read more) |
| Time for strawberries |
| Source: The Daily Gleaner, by Laverne Stewart |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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Looking for local berries? Local strawberry producers are frustrated, pointing to lack of retail, government support ---
Raymond Young is one of them. After more than 20 years in business, this 57-year-old says he's discouraged.
"What's really killing us is the big stores are... (read more) |
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| Nuts about nuts |
| Source: The Guardian, by Mary MacKay |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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A steady downpour pummels a hillside on the Green Road, near Bonshaw (Prince Edward Island).
But instead of rivers of red soil running into the nearest waterway, this steep grassy field and its complement of more than 200 hazelnut trees is just clinging to the rain, letting it filter downward a... (read more) |
| Casey accuses agriculture minister of breaking an election promise |
| Source: The Truro Daily News, by Harry Sullivan |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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TRURO – Agriculture Minister John MacDonell is failing to keep an election promise to help support Nova Scotia’s cattle producers, MLA Karen Casey says.
During the election, she said in a news release issued Thursday, Hants East MLA MacDonell told an agriculture forum that an NDP government w... (read more) |
| Farmers have fingers crossed |
| Source: The Daily Gleaner, by Heather McLaughlin |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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Wet days | Crops need some sunshine ---
Strawberry producers are already shaking a fist at the sky and other farmers will likely follow suit if wet, cloudy weather continues to hang around.
With a bumper crop of green strawberries on their plants, damp, sunless days are slowing the ripenin... (read more) |
| Beef & Cattle Trade Update |
| Source: CattleNetwork |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
| Both U.S. beef exports and imports have reflected the global macroeconomic situation in recent months along with unique factors affecting the domestic situations for many of our trade partners. Total beef exports were up 5 percent for the year to date through April, though that increase reflects U.... (read more) |
| Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert |
| Source: The New York Times, by Keith Bradsher |
| Date: 03-Jul-2009 |
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DUNHUANG, China — As the United States takes its first steps toward mandating that power companies generate more electricity from renewable sources, China already has a similar requirement and is investing billions to remake itself into a green energy superpower.
Through a combination of carrot... (read more) |
| New trees could protect Florida citrus industry |
| Source: FreshPlaza |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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Disease-resistant orange trees were planted for the very first time in Southwest Florida and some experts say the trees could save the Florida citrus industry.
Southern Gardens Citrus in Hendry County is one of the largest citrus suppliers in the country despite all of their orange groves bei... (read more) |
| Russia lifts H1N1-related meat bans on some U.S. states |
| Source: MeatingPlace, by Tom Johnston |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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Russia has lifted bans on imports of meat from the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Michigan, which were among many U.S. states that Moscow targeted amid the outbreak of H1N1 influenza.
Russia's animal and plant health watchdog also has relaxed a ban on Illinois, restricting only i... (read more) |
| Welsh Assembly proposes tough GM controls |
| Source: Farmers' Weekly Interactive |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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The Welsh Assembly has proposed tough measures to control genetically modified crops, including GM-free zones and a ban on GM crop growing in national parks.
Assembly officials set out the proposals at the launch of a consultation on protecting conventional and organic crops from contamination ... (read more) |
| U.S. farmers not that concerned with glyphosate resistance |
| Source: Ontario Farmer Daily |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
| Survey results published in Weed Technology indicate that U.S. farmers in general do not feel a sense of urgency when it comes to developing a deeper understanding of the herbicide glyphosate and its relationship to weed resistance.
The study, “U.S. Farmer Awareness of Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds ... (read more) |
| PC beef recalled due to E. coli |
| Source: The Chronicle Herald |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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Consumers should avoid eating certain President's Choice brand steaks, roasts and ground beef products that are being pulled from store shelves because of possible contamination with E. coli, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
The agency issued the health hazard alert Tuesday as an ... (read more) |
| Fire razes Westmoreland barn |
| Source: CBC |
| Date: 02-Jul-2009 |
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Heat lamp used to incubate chickens blamed ---
Fire destroyed a barn in Westmoreland, P.E.I., Tuesday.
Firefighters from Crapaud, Victoria, Kinkora and Borden were called to fight the blaze at the barn owned by Shane MacDonald Tuesday morning.
Seventy-five chickens perished in the fire.
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