New pork processing plants in Coldwater, Mich. and Sioux City, Ia. is changing the supply side of the hog market.It seems something has to give in terms of demand to offset higher production. Don Roose, founder of U.S. Commodities, Inc.,
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(Huzhou, Zhejiang province) — Over 220 tons of diseased pig carcasses and contaminated earth buried on a mountain in East China has created a stink about improper waste disposal in the country.Police have detained five suspects after a company commissioned
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Farmers should benefit from returning to the past with water planning management, said the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers.
And combined with a province-wide environmental compensation program, Manitoba farmers might soon start seeing progress on turning farmers into respected partners in
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Cash calf and feeder cattle prices continued to show resilience this week, helped along by rallying futures prices.Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to $5 per cwt higher during the holiday-shortened week, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
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OTTAWA — The federal government says if Omnitrax refuses to maintain rail service to Churchill, Man., it will force the company to sell the rail line to a new owner.The U.S.-based company hasn’t operated its Hudson Bay Rail line between
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Beans starting to turn, corn okOntario Field Crop Report, Sept. 7By Kate AyersPrint & Online News Reporter Producers aware of lower corn yield and overnight low temperatures did not find much relief in yesterday’s OMAFRA Field Crop Report.Corn Frost RiskThe unseasonably
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America’s cattle feeders earned an average of $323 on a cash basis for every steer and heifer they sent to market during the first eight months of 2017. That’s according to calculations by John Nalivka, president of Sterling Marketing, Vale,
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Bayer’s proposed takeover of Monsanto isn’t going as smoothly as officials would like. Last month European anti-trust regulators opened an in-depth investigation into the $66-billion (U.S.) deal, which is expected to last until early January. The European Commission has “concerns
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