The canola futures market didn’t do much Monday. But that meant it held onto recent gains, which have removed a small portion of the losses that have hammered in the last couple of months. “It was quiet,” noted broker Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg. March canola futures rose 10 cents to $442.10 per […] Read more
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U of C vet student to attend International Livestock Congress
A doctoral candidate at the University of Calgary’s department of veterinary medicine will be attending the International Livestock Congress in Denver, courtesy of the International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation. Christy Goldhawk of Airdrie, Alta., was one of 12 post-secondary students from six countries to receive the travel fellowship. She and other recipients will travel later this […] Read more
Will the U.S. bull market continue? – COLUMN
By John Wasik CHICAGO, Jan 6 (Reuters) – What are the odds that the U.S. stock market’s bull run will continue? Despite last year’s record rise – the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average both closed at all-time highs – it does not always follow that one good year will be succeeded by another. […] Read more
Farm Progress Show manager off to manage Manitoba exhibition
Rob O’Connor is leaving his position as manager of Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina to become general manager of the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba in Brandon. He leaves Regina at the end of January after 10 years as show manager and takes over in Brandon Feb. 17. “I really still have that great passion […] Read more
Wheat nears 2-week peak as cold threatens U.S. crops
CHICAGO, Jan 6 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures approached a two-week high on Monday as the coldest weather in two decades threatened to damage dormant crops in the United States. Corn and soybean futures edged higher amid technical buying ahead of a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop report on Friday and on expectations […] Read more
Meat pumped with pond water in south China
SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) – China has held seven people in southern Guangdong province for injecting dirty pond water into lamb meat to swell its weight and raise its price, state television reported in the latest food scandal to hit the world’s second largest economy. The suspects slaughtered up to 100 sheep per day at […] Read more
Brutal cold hits U.S. Midwest crops, livestock
CHICAGO, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Midwest and Plains woke up to near-record low temperatures, raising the risk of damage to the dormant wheat crop and stalling the movement of grain and livestock to markets, a senior agricultural meteorologist said on Monday. “The central Plain wheat region will have some damage, and the southeast […] Read more
Google helps Parks Canada offer virtual walking trails
Making parks more accessible | Service expected to be used by armchair travellers, trip planners and teachers as they develop lesson plans
It’s now possible to visit many of Canada’s national parks and historic sites without ever leaving home. Armchair travellers can use Google Maps or Google Street Viewer to take a virtual walk on park trails. Parks Canada and Google recently launched a collection of visual vignettes that will eventually highlight more than 70 national historic […] Read more
Food banks a common Canadian staple
Usage keeps growing | Program operators call on government to develop programs to alleviate poverty and child hunger
Food bank operators would like nothing better than to be out of a job. Canada, among the world’s most prosperous nations, has a system of food banks that have become virtual fixtures in many communities. The Lethbridge region has two of them. “Food banks sort of got started the same way the income tax got […] Read more
Do happy animals earn you more money?
EDE, Netherlands — Gerbert Oosterlaken feels tremendous satisfaction when he watches his sows and piglets eat together as a family in his newly built hog barn. “That is beautiful to see,” he said. Oosterlaken, who farms in northeastern Netherlands, took a giant leap forward last year when he and his wife, Antonet, built a 600 […] Read more
