Three bison positioned high on an indoor cliff form a striking but still tableau for visitors to Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump near Fort Macleod, Alta. The three animals are visible from numerous vantage points throughout the UNESCO World Heritage Site, and are constant reminders of the importance of bison to First Nations people over […] Read more
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Buy Local funds help North Cariboo program grow The North Cariboo Farm Country — Grown For You campaign has received $22,000 from the B.C. government’s Buy Local Program. The campaign is led by the Quesnel Community and Economic Development Corp. and the North Cariboo Agricultural Marketing Association. The campaign includes plans for the promotion of […] Read more
Manitoba sheep industry takes slow approach to growth
Manitoba’s sheep industry may be entering a period of consolidation after a year of relatively low prices. Mitch Millar, who farms near Lundar, Man, said some small-scale producers are leaving the industry but farmers with large flocks are expanding. “It seems like some of the smaller flocks, where the producer doesn’t depend on sheep for […] Read more
U.S. Cattle Supply Seen Down For 12Th Straight Month
(Reuters) — U.S. feedlot cattle supplies as of Aug. 1. were likely down from a year earlier for the 12th straight month as the 2012 drought resulted in fewer cattle available for placement in feedyards now, according to analysts surveyed by Reuters. The U.S. Agriculture Department will issue its August cattle-on-feed report on Friday, which […] Read more
U.S. Corn Producers May Hold Back Supplies On Lower Prices
PERTH (Reuters) — U.S. farmers may be reluctant to sell corn as they face prices that have dropped 30 percent this year on expectations of a bumper harvest, a U.S. Grains Council official said on Wednesday. Lower output in the United States, the world’s No.1 corn producer and exporter, had kept prices high in recent […] Read more
Western Australia Wheat Production To Rise 25 Percent
PERTH (Reuters) — Western Australia’s wheat production is set to rise 25 percent in the 2013-14 year, with rains last month likely to boost output, CBH Group, the state’s largest grain handler said on Wednesday. The state, Australia’s biggest exporter of wheat, despite having the driest June on record will produce 7.5 million tonnes of […] Read more
U.S. Farm, Food Groups Want Better Oversight Of GMO Field Trials
(Reuters) — More than 150 U.S. farm and food businesses and organizations on Wednesday called for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to strengthen its oversight of field trials of experimental, genetically modified crops. The group includes organic and natural food industry representatives as well as family farm and trade policy players. It said the disarray […] Read more
Alberta begins plans for better flood protection
Brad Stelfox was traveling on the Danube River studying the effects of flooding in Europe when he received a phone call from his son in Calgary June 20. The police had given him 10 minutes to evacuate the family home in Sunnyside, an inner city Calgary community hard hit by flooding. The flooding of the […] Read more
Researchers identify Ug99 resistant genes
The work of American researchers should provide plant breeders with new tools in the fight against the Ug99 race of wheat stem rust. Ug99 has been identified as a threat to world food security. In separate reports recently published in the journal Science, researchers from the University of California, Davis, document how they introduced Ug99 […] Read more
Ottawa provides $14 million for beef research
AIRDRIE, Alta. — The federal government has committed $14 million to beef cattle research over the next five years. The Beef Cattle Industry Science Cluster will manage the money to improve beef quality and food safety, animal health and welfare, disease detection, forage production and feed efficiency, federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said in an […] Read more
