Inflows of private capital in agriculture worldwide are expected to more than double to around $5 billion to $7 billion in two years as rising food prices spur investments in farm land and production facilities. Investors from the United States and Europe are looking at South America for growing more feed grains, corn and soybeans,[...]
Farm private investment seen doubling in two years
Only poor-quality chickpeas available to be bought
Kabuli chickpeas have seen an increase in price over the past week, as values have found strength from a lack of good-quality supplies. “There isn’t a lot of good product left in Canada for this year,” said Les Aubin of Walker Seeds at Tisdale, Sask. “If regular buyers are going to take anything, they need […] Read more
Pork exports to India tied to FTA breakthrough
Canadian producers hope free trade negotiations with India will result in that country allowing imports of Canadian pork products, according to an official with one of the agencies trying to open those doors. "There is definitely demand for Canadian pork in India," according to Jacques Pomerleau, president of Canada Pork International. Currently, no Canadian pork[...]
Canpotex to build Sask. railcar facility
The offshore marketing arm of Saskatchewan's three potash mining firms plans to build a new $55 million railcar maintenance and staging facility in the province. Canpotex, jointly owned by PotashCorp, Mosaic Co. and Agrium, said Tuesday it will start construction next month on a facility 12 km southwest of Lanigan in the RM of Usborne,[...]
The rise of iFarmer
Three generations ago Canadian farmers got their market information from the local elevator and their weekly farm paper. A generation on, they shushed the kids and strained to hear the markets on the CBC's noon-hour farm report. Just a generation ago, a handful took the electronic plunge and bought a DTN system that gave them[...]
N.S. to fast-track handoff of unwanted Crown land
The Nova Scotia government plans to step up the release of up to a quarter-million acres of "unacknowledged and ungranted" Crown land to private owners. The province on Tuesday introduced an amendment to its Court and Administrative Reform Act will give authority to the natural resources minister to sign certificates of release for parcels of[...]
Manitoba soybean acres to see increase
Soybean acres in Manitoba are expected to see an increase over last year when Statistics Canada releases its first acreage estimates of 2011 next Tuesday (April 26). Roger Kissick, product manager at Linear Grains at Carman, Man., said the wet conditions are favourable to soybeans, and given the cool and wet spring in the province, […] Read more
Don’t drive across flooding roads
The only sure way for drivers not to drown when crossing flooded rural roads is not to cross them, says Gordon Giesbrecht, associate dean at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation. Even if a road isn't washed out -- something drivers can't see -- it takes just 18 inches of water to[...]
Korea’s beef ban seen likely lifted by June
South Korea is likely to lift an eight-year ban on Canadian beef imports by end June and plans sweeping changes in its grain growing and import policies in the face of rising global food prices, the country's farm minister said. Rising global food prices have prompted the country to eye participation in grain operations abroad[...]
Prairie seeding seen 10 days to three weeks behind
Farmers in Western Canada's waterlogged crop belt expect to plant their crops 10 days to three weeks behind schedule, raising the risk of lower yields and quality, a Canadian Wheat Board official said Monday. Snowfall late last week and through the weekend worsened wet conditions that have kept tractors idle this spring. Planting delays leave[...]
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