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| ICE Futures Canada prices closed lower - Friday, November 21, 2008
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| Brazil's once booming ethanol sector hits brakes after billions in new investments - Friday, November 21, 2008Brazil's biofuel industry just months ago was being flooded with billions in new investments for vast new sugar cane plantations and gleaming distilleries that churn out the cheapest ethanol on earth. read more ...
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| Report says family cattle producers facing most severe crisis since Depression. - Thursday, November 20, 2008A new report by the National Farmers Union is painting a bleak picture for Canadian cattle producers. The report released Wednesday states that, adjusted for inflation, Canadian farmers and independent feeders are receiving half as much for their cattle as they did from the 1940s through the 1980s. read more ...
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| Corn protein polymers inspire diverse new uses - Thursday, November 20, 2008Zein, a major corn protein, is primarily used in specialty coatings, such as for paper. Now, improved methods of purifying and modifying zein devised by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could usher in new cosmetic and biomedical applications as well. read more ...
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| France hammers out compromise on EU's agricultural future - Thursday, November 20, 2008After marathon discussions lead by French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier last night (19 November), the EU 27 agreed to shift money to rural development as of 2009 and progressively liberalise the EU dairy sector before milk production quotas expire in 2015. read more ...
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| Canadian mad cow case snags talks - Wednesday, November 19, 2008Recently resumed negotiations to reopen the Korean market to Canadian beef hit a snag yesterday after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported a new case of a cow infected with mad cow disease. read more ...
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| Commodity Boom, Plummeting Import Prices Drive Canadian Income Gains - Wednesday, November 19, 2008As commodity prices rose and import prices fell between 2003 and 2007, Canada saw unprecedented, countrywide gains in purchasing power, a new report from Statistics Canada says. read more ...
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| Critics worry new animal protection bill will lead to abuses, hurt farmers - Tuesday, November 18, 2008Changes to Ontario's animal cruelty laws risk giving too much unchecked power to protection agencies and causing problems for farmers trying to do their jobs, critics charged Monday. read more ...
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| Court orders Ontario to give farm workers right to collective bargaining - Tuesday, November 18, 2008An Ontario law that has effectively prohibited farm workers from unionizing is unconstitutional, the Ontario Court of Appeal said Monday in a ruling supporters say will bring Ontario into the 21st century and in line with nearly every other province. read more ...
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| Sask minister suggests oil supply should be raised in trade disputes with U.S. - Monday, November 17, 2008Saskatchewan's agriculture minister says the federal government should take a stronger position against new rules requiring Canadian beef and pork products to carry country-of-origin labelling in the United States. read more ...
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| IBM Joins Push to Deliver Rural Broadband Service Over Power Lines - Monday, November 17, 2008IBM Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind an idea that seemed to have faded: broadband Internet access delivered over ordinary power lines. read more ...
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| World's largest plant DNA project may lead to new medicines or surprise discoveries - Monday, November 17, 2008A rising star in the field of genome research has been lured back to Canada from the U.S. to carry out the world's largest plant DNA project at the University of Alberta. read more ...
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| BSE CASE CONFIRMED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA - Monday, November 17, 2008OTTAWA, November 17, 2008 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a seven-year-old dairy cow from British Columbia. No part of the animal’s carcass entered the human food or animal feed systems. read more ...
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| More Speculation Over Next Ag Secretary Pick - Friday, November 14, 2008John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, is among those being vetted for Agriculture secretary in the Obama Cabinet. read more ...
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| Isley Family Education Trust - Friday, November 14, 2008It is with sad hearts we announce the creation of the Isley Family Educational Trust in honor of Sonya Isley, who passed after a car accident on Wednesday evening. Sonya's memory will live on through the legacy of her children Gerald Riley, Taylor and Cody. In lieu of flowers, your donation to an educational trust for the Isleys would be greatly appreciated. read more ...
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| Canada's trade surplus declines by $1.1-billion - Friday, November 14, 2008Canada's trade surplus declined by more than $1-billion in September to $4.5-billion – a nine-month low – as exports declined and imports rose, Statistics Canada said Thursday. read more ...
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