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NSERC delists “food” as target area for research

Jan. 22, 2011 at 12:57 am CST

Agriculture groups are lining up against plans by Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to drop “food and agriculture” from its list of targeted areas for research funding. NSERC “controls the agenda for university research funding so this is a real setback for Canadian farmers,” Grain Growers of […]

Funds’ commodity holdings could hit $500 billion

Jan. 20, 2011 at 6:17 am CST

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Higher prices lift farmer optimism in FCC survey

Jan. 18, 2011 at 7:18 pm CST

“Father of ag medicine” named to Order of Canada

Jan. 10, 2011 at 12:01 am CST

Record-high food prices stoke fears for economy

Jan. 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm CST

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Best Comments: Jan. 7

Jan. 7, 2011 at 8:00 am CST

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U.S. drops ADM Canada crusher from restricted list

Dec. 30, 2010 at 3:47 pm CST

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dropped Archer Daniels Midland’s canola crushing plant in Windsor, Ontario from its list of plants that are under import restrictions due to salmonella concerns, easing measures that sharply cut Canadian shipments of the livestock feed to its biggest export market. The FDA […]

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Iowa farmland average tops $5,000 per acre

Dec. 29, 2010 at 12:45 pm CST

The average value of an acre of farmland in Iowa increased 15.9 per cent in 2010, according to an annual survey conducted by Iowa State University Extension. Mike Duffy, ISU Extension economist who conducts the survey, said the statewide average land value as of Nov. 1 this year was $5,064 […]

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GLOBAL FARMER POLL: Free trade or farm support? You decide

Dec. 24, 2010 at 2:06 am CST

“The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.” — Michael Pollan, award-winning U.S. writer and intellectual. It is the ultimate modern paradox. On the one hand, agricultural subsidy stabilizes food supply, has fuelled green revolutions the world over, and has delivered sustainable farming systems. […]

By Tom Allen-Stevens

Canada, EU to push ahead with trade talks

Dec. 15, 2010 at 5:10 pm CST

(Reuters) — Free trade negotiations between Canada and the EU are more ambitious than most such talks, particularly when tackling sensitive sectors that each side wants to protect, Canada’s federal Trade Minister Peter Van Loan said Wednesday. Van Loan and European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said they had […]

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