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Organic farmers ponder the future of food
They weren’t shying away from the big issues at the recent Organic Connections conference here: one renowned sustainable farming expert declared the days of "cheap" energy to be coming to an end. "It’s not a question of exactly when we run out of oil, natural gas, or coal — it’s when it’s no longer going […] Read more
Continued decline seen in Amazon forest destruction
Brazil has something to tout at global climate change talks that began this week in Doha: destruction of the world’s largest rainforest is still slowing at a record pace. Data released Tuesday suggests destruction of Amazon woodlands has slowed to the lowest rate since monitoring began in 1988. The figures, based on Brazilian government data […] Read more
Canadian farms’ net, gross, expenses all rise in 2011
An increase of nearly 12 per cent in farm cash receipts in 2011 over 2010, against an 8.4 per cent rise in farm operating expenses, helped lead to a year-over-year increase of over 50 per cent in Canadian farmers’ realized net income, according to Statistics Canada. Realized net income for Canadian farmers amounted to $5.7 […] Read more
Indonesia readies new food law in self-sustainability drive
Indonesia has drafted a food law to speed self-sufficiency efforts by creating a new "super body" that could lead to greater curbs on imports and exports of staples, hinder much-needed overseas investment and eventually push up prices. As Indonesia struggles to meet rising demand from an increasingly affluent population of 240 million, it is now […] Read more
Drozd: Canadian dollar slips below par
The Canadian dollar has been trending lower, since it penetrated the lower boundary of the uptrending channel. I have found that chart analysis is a valuable resource for determining the price trend and where support and resistance to the trend may be anticipated. Trendlines During the course of a trend and all the fluctuations which […] Read more
New Brunswick poultry processor opens this month
Quebec-based agro-food processor Olymel and New Brunswick-based poultry processor Westco on Nov. 3 held an open house and information day for the new Sunnymel poultry processing plant at Clair, New Brunswick. The companies said the joint venture, scheduled to start up Nov. 19, cost more than $50 million, will create 250 jobs and will slaughter […] Read more
FCC seeks applications from official language minority communities
For the sixth year in a row, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) will award $50,000 from the FCC Expression Fund to encourage the use of Canada’s official languages in communities across Canada. The Expression Fund supports projects that contribute to the vitality of official language minority communities and help residents express the cultural and linguistic diversity […] Read more
Prairie farmers selling wheat aggressively into cash market
Now that the Canadian Wheat Board, now known as CWB, no longer has a monopoly to market all the wheat grown in Western Canada, farmers are selling aggressively into the cash market. “Without the wheat board, farmers aren’t limited in terms of delivery calls, so they can deliver as much as they want or as […] Read more
U.S. wheat ratings fall to record low due to dry weather
U.S. wheat ratings fell to 39 per cent good to excellent, the lowest ever for early November, as the health of the crop deteriorated due to dry conditions in the southern U.S. Plains. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s weekly crop progress and conditions report released on Monday afternoon also said the U.S. corn harvest was 95 […] Read more
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