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

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

Columns, Crops

That’s the way we’ve always done it

How much can large-scale farmers to change to meet urban consumer demands?

By Toban Dyck January 14, 2016

Traditions are thoughtless, lazy, convenient, oh, I could go on. Because you’ve always done something a certain way is not a reason for anything. It’s not an argument. And it’s certainly should never be used to retaliate against new ideas, new ways of doing things, that creep up in the agriculture world. Before you get […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Investing for tough times ahead

Guarding Wealth: When you have to change your strategy from “making money” to “not losing money”

By Andrew Allentuck January 13, 2016

We are coming to the end of the longest bond bull market in history, a 32-year trend of falling interest rates and rising bond returns. Marked by a final decade of global stagnation and, recently, inflation rates virtually at the doorstep of deflation, the next step is expected to be a small rise in short […] 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

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Packers approved to move beef, pork to Ukraine

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 11, 2016

Inspectors have approved 15 Canadian beef and pork processing plants to export to Ukraine, more than doubling the number of Canadian meat plants able to ship to the country. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday announced Ukraine has, essentially, approved beef and pork exports from any Canadian federally-registered establishment […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Make your New Year’s resolution an injury-free 2016

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association January 7, 2016

Get fit, spend less money, eat better and be kinder. These are all typical New Year Resolutions. Fuelled by the determination to get those six-pack abs — OK two-pack abs — we are excited to show the world (and more importantly, ourselves) that we can do it! We have the self-control, the energy and the […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

El Nino seen declining, to return to neutral by Q2

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Sydney | Reuters — The 2015-16 El Nino weather event, one of the three strongest in the past 50 years, has peaked in recent weeks and will likely return to “ENSO neutral” by the second quarter of this year, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. The El Nino phenomenon is driven by warm […] Read more

Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)

Livestock, Reuters

Oregon activists picked the wrong battle, militia leaders say

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Reuters — Self-styled militia members who seized federal property in rural Oregon in an effort to galvanize opposition to the U.S. government appear to have made a tactical error — potential allies say they picked the wrong battle. As armed anti-government activists occupied a snowy wildlife refuge for a third day to call attention to […] Read more

Columns

Editing transactions with AgExpert: Pt. 1

Even the best bookkeepers don't always get it right the first time. Here's how to fix it

By Kelly Airey January 4, 2016

Making corrections to previously posted AgExpert Analyst transactions is something every user will inevitably need to learn how to do. My mistakes in data entry often happen when I’m trying to multi-task, in a rush, or working late at night. Most busy producers can relate! Thankfully, making corrections and changes to an account number or amount, changing […] Read more

Columns

Pay off debts before selling the farm

Farm Financial Planner: This Manitoba couple can pay off their debts and look forward to a reasonable retirement

By Andrew Allentuck January 4, 2016

In south central Manitoba, a couple we’ll call Herb and Cathy, both 64, are looking ahead to their future. They have farmed grain for more than two decades and have two children, a son age 40 and a daughter, 42. Each has a career off-farm and neither has an interest in returning to the family […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

Other livestock

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

That’s the way we’ve always done it

Investing for tough times ahead

Be safe about your safety liability

Packers approved to move beef, pork to Ukraine

Make your New Year’s resolution an injury-free 2016

El Nino seen declining, to return to neutral by Q2

Oregon activists picked the wrong battle, militia leaders say

Editing transactions with AgExpert: Pt. 1

Pay off debts before selling the farm

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