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Crops, Dairy Cattle, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Louis Dreyfus ring-fences some units, considers options

By GFM Network News January 29, 2016

London | Reuters — Louis Dreyfus Commodities is ring-fencing its crop inputs, metals, juice and dairy units and is considering options ranging from joint ventures to the sale of certain assets, a senior company source said. In December, Reuters reported the trade house had been seeking buyers for its juice and fertilizer units for some […] Read more

News

LIVE BLOG: Alberta FarmTech 2016

Event begins Tuesday, Jan. 26 and runs to Thursday, Jan. 28

By Grainews Staff January 26, 2016

Edmonton’s EXPO Centre at Northlands is the place to be for producers and the public during Alberta FarmTech 2016, running from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28. Want up-to-the-minute information on what’s going on at FarmTech? Check out our live blog page here! FarmTech features more than 50 sessions and a world class lineup of speakers providing […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Canada to sign TPP, but undecided on ratification

By GFM Network News January 25, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada’s new Liberal government will take the “technical step” of signing a 12-nation trade deal next week but has not yet decided whether to formally ratify the agreement, Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday. Canada is one of 12 nations that initialed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in early October after years […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

New Zealand to host TPP signing Feb. 4

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 21, 2016

New Zealand plans to host the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact by its 12 member nations on Feb. 4. The country’s trade minister, Todd McClay, confirmed in a statement Thursday that New Zealand has issued invitations to TPP ministers to sign the agreement in Auckland, marking the end of negotiations. Signing the deal […] Read more

Questionable water quality is not usually life-threatening, but it can impact a healthy cow’s nutrition and compromise essential nutrients needed for good milk production.

Cattleman’s Corner, Dairy Cattle

Beware of “things” in dairy cow water

Dairy Corner with Peter Vitti

By Peter Vitti January 20, 2016

A professor who once taught our nutrition class a long time ago (a long time ago) said the actual amount of water drunk by lactating dairy cows was important for milk production. However, she said it was the “things” that existed in their drinking water, which often limit their health and production during lactation. Even […] Read more

The past decade has seen a lot of land turned away from growing grain and returned to pasture for sheep and dairy.

Columns

Agriculture on the Emerald Isle

Like farmers anywhere, Irish farmers are always eager to talk about agriculture

By Brian Wittal January 18, 2016

I recently had the great fortune and opportunity to spend two weeks traveling around Ireland with my wife Kim for our anniversary. Arriving in Dublin, we picked up our subcompact rental car and proceeded south along the coastline to Wexford. We stayed in a remodeled 13th century abbey on the edge of a small town. […] Read more

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the week centred on Jan. 6. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 15, 2016

Rome | Reuters — Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades, leading the United Nations’ food agency to call on Friday for an emergency cash injection of US$50 million to help the country overcome the crisis. Crop production has fallen up to 90 per cent in some regions and failed completely in the country’s east, […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

EU to review use of last-resort antibiotic on farms

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 14, 2016

London | Reuters — European drug regulators launched a review on Jan. 11 of the use in farming of a key last-line antibiotic called colistin, after international research found alarming evidence of a gene that makes bacteria resistant to the drug. The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was responding to a European Commission […] Read more

Livestock, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino conditions weakening

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 14, 2016

Reuters — The El Nino phenomenon currently affecting weather is expected to weaken during the Northern Hemisphere spring and transition to normal conditions by late spring or early summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said Thursday. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, was in line in its monthly forecast […] Read more

Columns

Be safe about your safety liability

Reporter's Notebook: Discussions of Alberta’s Bill 6 have left Prairie farmers concerned about their liability

By Lisa Guenther January 12, 2016

As I write this, Bill 6 has passed its third reading in Alberta. That legislation will make workers’ compensation mandatory for paid farm employees, and subject Alberta farms to Occupational Health and Safety regulations. I hope a look at Manitoba’s situation will shed some light on the safety issues Albertans should start thinking about, and […] Read more

Daily Network News

Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

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