BLACKBURN AGRI-MEDIA CLOSING MARKET REPORT: Date: 01-27-12 On the Chicago Board of Trade: Corn Futures: March up 7 and a quarter at 6.41 and a half May up 7 and a half at 6.47 and a half Soybean Futures: March down 3 and a half at 12.19 May down 3 and a half at...
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Hog Producers’ Decision: Feed Cost Savings Or Disease Susceptibility?
A reduced diet for pigs in the nursery stage won’t necessarily mean a reduced...
South American Weather, Russian Supplies Impact Grain Markets
What’s going on in South America continues to have an impact on grain market...
Mitchell Dairy Fined Over Worker Injury
Parmalat Canada has been fined after a 2009 incident at it’s Mitchell facility. A...
CFFO Says Farmers’ Red Tape Burden Wearing Thin
A Christian Farmers Federation spokesman says the burden of over-regulation is wearing thin for...
Jan. 27th – Closing Agricultural Markets
Hog Producers’ Decision: Feed Cost Savings Or Disease Susceptibility?
A reduced diet for pigs in the nursery stage won’t necessarily mean a reduced weight at market. That’s according to a study discussed at the recent Centralia Swine Update in Kirkton. Crystal Levesque says that finding could translate into significant savings in feed costs. LEVESQUE-Diet-1 Levesque says the down side is that the reduced...
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South American Weather, Russian Supplies Impact Grain Markets
What’s going on in South America continues to have an impact on grain market prices. Grain Farmers of Ontario analyst Ahmed Chilmeran says the lack of rain has prompted the U-N’s agriculture agency to predict Argentina is going to have a lower corn harvest this year. That’s supported the corn prices in Chicago. Chilmeran...
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Mitchell Dairy Fined Over Worker Injury
Parmalat Canada has been fined after a 2009 incident at it’s Mitchell facility. A worker received first and second degree burns when sprayed by hot water from some pipes he was working on. The milk and dairy product producer was fined 100 thousand dollars for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act....
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CFFO Says Farmers’ Red Tape Burden Wearing Thin
A Christian Farmers Federation spokesman says the burden of over-regulation is wearing thin for many Ontario farmers. Nathan Stevens says the Premier promised to reduce red tape by 25 per cent in 2011. That included the requirement that for every new regulation imposed on business, two must be eliminated. But Stevens says there are...
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Canadian Honey Headed For HAACP Registration
The Canadian Honey Council is getting some help to update their on-farm food safety system. The help comes in the form of a 30 thousand dollar investment from the federal government. Council spokesman Rod Scarlett says it’s taken a great deal of effort and hard work from a number of producers to get the...
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Jan. 26 – Closing Agricultural Markets
BLACKBURN AGRI-MEDIA CLOSING MARKET REPORT: Date: 01-26-12 On the Chicago Board of Trade: Corn Futures: March 6.34 and a half May down a quarter at 6.40 Soybean Futures: March up 9 and a quarter at 12.22 and a half May up 9 and a quarter at 12.32 Wheat Futures: March up 12 and a...
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Grey, Bruce & Dufferin OMAFRA Connects Updated
Check out the updated OMAFRA Connects for Grey, Bruce and Dufferin Counties …. http://www.agri-media.ca/omafra-connects/bruce-county/
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OMAFRA Specialist Says Demand For Pork On The Upswing
The demand for pork is on the upswing and that has pork producers in a positive frame of mind. About 65 people turned out to the Grey Bruce Pork Producers Association annual meeting in Walkerton. OMAFRA Swine Team member John Bancroft was a guest speaker. He says prices are relatively high and that’s obviously...
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Tory MP Says Ottawa Staying Out Of Ontario’s Risk Management Programs
Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb The M-P for Huron-Bruce says the Federal government has not changed its mind on Ontario’s Risk Management Plan. Ben Lobb restated the federal position at the recent Huron Grain Farmers of Ontario meeting. 1Lobb-RiskManagement Lobb says the issue is Agri-Stability and the Federal government is addressing that through their Growing...
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