The RCMP needs help in naming a new batch of police puppies. Children are encouraged to submit names for 10 German Shepherd puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre near Innisfail, Alta., which is the national training centre for the canine unit. Contestants are allowed one name per entry and need to keep […] Read more
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Canadian dairy producer Saputo eyeing further buys
Feb 6 (Reuters) – Canada’s largest dairy producer Saputo Inc , which recently won control of Australian dairy Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company, is hungry for further acquisitions in that country, as well as in New Zealand, Brazil and the United States, Chief Executive Lino Saputo Jr. said on Thursday. Saputo gave no indication […] Read more
Confirmed pig virus cases jump in latest week
Feb 6 (Reuters) – Confirmed cases of a deadly pig virus spreading across the U.S. farm belt increased by 265 last week, the biggest weekly increase since it was discovered in the United States in April 2013, according to the USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), which causes diarrhea, vomiting […] Read more
U.S. oat price soars to an all-time high on Canadian rail woes
CHICAGO, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. oat market soared to an all-time high on Thursday, ignited by a razor-thin supply of oats moving into the United States from top exporter Canada in the wake of logistical nightmares. Chicago Board of Trade oat futures rose the 20-cent daily trading limit – notching a record high […] Read more
Indian forecast for good pulse crop questioned
One of the world’s largest pulse crop processors is casting doubt on reports about India’s looming bumper crop. “The word from the Indian trade is that seeded acreage is down and the overall yields are projected to be average to sub-average,” said Murad Al-Katib, president of Alliance Grain Traders Inc. That contradicts official reports from […] Read more
Another PED case reported in Ontario
An eighth Ontario farm is reported to be infected with the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, according to information provided by Ontario Agriculture. A farrow to finish operation in Wellington County is the latest to report the disease. It is the first to be identified in that particular county, which is northwest of Kitchener. There are […] Read more
Japanese firm buys Aussie grain company
Australia’s fifth largest grain company has been sold to a Japanese buyer. Tokyo-based commodities trader Sumitomo Corp. announced Feb. 5 that it has acquired full ownership of Australia’s Emerald Grain. Sumitomo had previously acquired a 50 percent share in Emerald Grain, which handles 4.5 million tonnes of Australian grain annually. The new deal will see […] Read more
German 2013 bioethanol production up 9.6 percent
HAMBURG, Feb 6 (Reuters) – German 2013 bioethanol production rose 9.6 percent to 672,000 tonnes from the previous year as low prices attracted buyers, German bioethanol industry association BDBE said on Thursday. BDBE Chief Executive Dietrich Klein said Germany’s bioethanol is competitive, noting sales of gasoline with a higher 10 percent bioethanol content also rose. […] Read more
African states seek new farmland deals without problems of past
ABU DHABI, Feb 6 (Reuters) – African countries that missed out on Gulf cash pouring into agricultural projects elsewhere on the continent are trying to entice Arab investors with deals they say are designed to avoid problems of the past. An earlier wave of foreign investment in African farmland aroused domestic hostility or even unrest […] Read more
EU ready to lift duties on most U.S. goods to reach trade pact
BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The European Union will offer to lift tariffs on nearly all goods imported from the United States as part of negotiations towards the world’s largest free-trade deal, people familiar with the proposal have told Reuters. The offer will be made on Monday, a week ahead of face-to-face talks between EU […] Read more
