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| Meat Industry Launches Environment Taskforce - Monday, January 05, 2009Leading meat industry representatives from farmers through to retailers have come together to form an environmental taskforce to develop an environmental 'roadmap' for the sector. read more ...
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| Rising optimism over 2009 grains prices - Monday, January 05, 2009Rising optimism about the outlook for 2009 allowed markets to creep higher across the board at the end of 2008 trading in US grain futures markets. read more ...
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| Global trends driving 'land grab' in poor nations - Monday, January 05, 2009Resource-hungry nations are snapping up huge tracts of agricultural land in poor Asian nations, in what activists say is a "land grab" that will worsen poverty and malnutrition. read more ...
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| Red meat production up for year, off in November - Sunday, January 04, 2009There was good news and bad news regarding commercial red meat production so far this year. The good news is commercial red meat production from January to November 2008 was 46.1 billion lbs, up 3% from 2007 read more ...
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| Federal grants available for rural high speed internet - Sunday, January 04, 2009The federal government has offered up $9 million dollars in grant funding for the Rural Connections: Community Broadband Infrastructure Pilot Program. read more ...
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| Waste Peel From Pomegranate Juice Factories Makes Healthy Cattle Feed - Sunday, January 04, 2009Pomegranate peel left over from production of the juice renowned for its potential health benefits can make a nutritious feed supplement for cattle, researchers in Israel report. read more ...
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| Animal Health Act, disease control regulations come into force January 1 - Friday, January 02, 2009The Animal Health Act (AHA), Alberta’s primary animal disease control legislation, will come into effect on January 1, 2009, along with three new regulations. read more ...
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| Mexico Lifts Ban on Some US Meat Plants - Thursday, January 01, 2009Mexico has lifted import restrictions on 20 of about 31 US meat plants, reversing bans imposed last week. read more ...
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| 12 Million Cattle Now in Feed-Lots - Thursday, January 01, 2009The government of Argentina is financing the building of five major feedlots, each with a capacity of 40,000 head. These yards are tailored for dairy bull calves to take them on for young steer beef. read more ...
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| Alberta Livestock Identification and Commerce Act comes into force - Tuesday, December 30, 2008The LICA consolidates, streamlines and modernizes three existing acts - the Brand Act, the Livestock Identification and Brand Inspection Act and the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. The livestock industry will see changes such as mandatory livestock security interest disclosures, greater protection for personal property in livestock, and standardized documentation. read more ...
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| Commodities markets expected to stabilize in 2009 - Tuesday, December 30, 2008During the first six months of 2008, commodities looked to be the saviour of investors who were losing money in the stock market. In the second half, particularly for those who had invested in oil, futures contracts were their undoing. read more ...
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| Saskatchewan eyes success in 2009, even as rest of country in economic turmoil - Monday, December 29, 2008It's -20 C with the wind chill and snow is falling as Shelley Hood stands in front of her new home in Regina, ready to face her first Saskatchewan winter. ``Well, I hear it's a dry cold,'' she laughs. Hood has left the hustle and bustle of life in Toronto, enticed to the West with her husband and four children after meeting a delegation from Saskatchewan at a recent job fair. read more ...
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| USDA Sees Food Price Inflation Falling to 4.5% in 2009 - Monday, December 29, 2008Food-price inflation in 2009 may fall to 4.5 percent as lower dairy costs give consumers relief from this year's price gains, the highest in 28 years, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. read more ...
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