Administrative law: CP Rail is challenging Ottawa's Fair Rail
for Grain Farmers Act, which gives grain farmers and other railway clients the right to «interswitch» their goods between rail lines within 160 kilometres at a prescribed rate.
Since our previous Client Alert: New Marketing Freedom
For Grain Farmers, a judge of the Federal Court ruled on December 6, 2011, that the Minister of Agriculture had acted in breach of the Canadian Wheat Board Act.
Rick and 12 other farmers arrested received a pardon from Prime Minister Stephen Harper on August 1, 2012, when the federal government's Marketing Freedom
for Grain Farmers Act came into effect, which allowed producers to opt out of the Canadian Wheat Board and sell wheat on the open market.
But
for grain farmers and grain elevator operators in states like Minnesota and the Dakotas, it's a near disastrous crisis that could continue to cost them tens of millions of dollars.
Not exact matches
CHICAGO, Feb 16 - U.S. agricultural merchants are scrambling to register themselves as cooperatives after a blunder in the country's new tax law gave
farmers a tax break
for selling
grains to co-ops rather than private firms.
Farmers are earning huge profits on their wheat, soybeans, cotton and other crops; strong demand
for (and relatively tight supplies of)
grain, oilseeds and other key food inputs encouraged them to use large volumes of fertilizer (notably potash, phosphate and nitrogen) to boost their crop yields.
We've seen how supply management
for dairy, poultry and eggs hurts a) consumers through artificially high prices; b) food processors (and the jobs they could be creating in Canada) because of their inability to compete internationally; c) exporters of all kinds looking
for more international trade access, but which Canada is denied because of supply management; d) the majority of Canadian
farmers (over 90 per cent)-- those who grow and produce beef, pork,
grains, oilseeds, pulses, and who are not supply managed — who would also benefit from more international trade access; and finally e) most ironically, dairy
farmers themselves, also prevented from exploiting international growth opportunities.
Following a season of higher - than - expected
grain production in the Prairies,
farmers are now faced with the most severe backlog in years, with many deliveries
for wheat, oats, barley and other products lagging months behind schedule.
Some business groups, particularly those representing
grain farmers and shippers, have called
for an expedited passage of C - 49.
Canadian oil producers have struggled to find sufficient rail cars to move their barrels since TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline spilled in South Dakota last year and have turned to securing railway cars to move their barrels, a situation which has exacerbated problems
for farmers moving their
grain off the prairies.
Established by Quaker merchants in the 1730s, Wilmington was a milling and
grain - shipping center
for farmers in Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania.
Our stations are known God the
farmer knows a kernel of corn
for sweet corn or alcohol depending on the need or wheat
grain for bread or wallpaper paste.
In fact, a preference
for white wheat products in Asia has contributed to a decline in the export of U.S. red wheat to this rapidly growing region of the world.5 Since
farmers can switch fairly readily to white wheat, the forces of supply and demand should ensure that there is enough white wheat to make popular whole
grain products.
Not only do the farms raise pigs in a natural way in open pens, but also the
farmers feed them
grain they farm themselves, which allows
for higher - quality, well - monitored feed free of animal byproducts that might contaminate the pigs.
By connecting the bakers» demand
for quality flours with the
farmers» desire to grow breeds of
grains with unique flavors, Baker's Field Flour & Bread is producing delicious flour.
Agri - TNCs Network - Philippines, MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura), KMP (Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas), PNSFP (Philippine Network
for Food Security Programs), SIBAT (Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya), HEAD (Health action
for Democracy), PAN Phils (Pesticide Action Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force
for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center
for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women
Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization
for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India,
GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, Sri Lanka
In doing so, she has taken on the challenges of helping long - time conventional
farmers transition, creating a market
for their organic
grains, and compressing costs of businesses by helping
farmers sell directly to processors.
Farmers are tipped to harvest a record winter crop as growers will increase
grain production
for the first time in nearly a decade.
GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small
farmers and social movements in their struggles
for community - controlled and biodiversity - based food systems
Rice
farmers across Asia work hard to produce rice
for Singapore and other countries that depend on rice imports to meet national demand
for the
grain.
Breeders at the Philippine Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), and the Indonesian Center
for Rice Research (ICRR) are developing Golden Rice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local
farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and
grain qualities.
To gain the Certified Transitional logo
for its new cereal, Kashi worked with Hesco / Dakota Organic Products, a specialty
grain company, to identify and work with two
farmers interested in transitioning new land from conventional to organic farming practices.
The weakening dollar is offsetting declines in global
grain prices on the back of a strong international crop and is a tailwind
for Victoria's dairy
farmers.
Stock up on produce at
farmers» markets; get bulk - size pantry items (beans, legumes,
grains) from health food stores and co-ops; and find deals online
for fats, oils, nuts, and seeds and ship them to your door.
Supplies
for organic
grain are at all time low with seasonal difficulties, retiring
farmers and water allocations reducing the number of growers in Australia.
«It is important that new and improved rice varieties also possess superior
grain quality that add value through meeting domestic and export market expectations to further improve the lives of
farmers who rely on rice
for their livelihood and sustenance,» he added.
Specifically, the Senate Committee recommended: (1) that the ACCC re-open its informal review of ADM's proposed acquisition of GrainCorp and obtain independent expert advice when conducting that review; (2) that the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) consider evidence from the committee's hearings, potential loss of taxpayer revenie, the potential
for the takover to «distort the capital market to the detriment of Australian
farmers and Australia's economy due to food security concerns» and the need to «protect the public interest and the interests of
grain growers» when making its recommendation to the Treasurer.
I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor
farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach
farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice
grain and what makes
for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.
Additionally, we also aggressively recycle our brewing byproduct — our spent
grain and yeast is sent to local dairy
farmers for use as animal feed or soil fertilizers and we've invested in carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery systems that allow us to capture and reuse CO2
for carbonation and other brewery related processes.
The FFS has now become a model approach
for farmer education in Asia and many parts of Africa and Latin America, and has since been used with a wide range of crops including cotton, tea, coffee, cocoa, pepper, vegetables, small
grains and legumes.
Einka ® is Bluebird
Grain Farms own brand of einkorn products - our Einka ® einkorn is always organically produced, grown by our team of family farmers in eastern Washington, and 100 % whole grain (never pearled) for maximum nutrient den
Grain Farms own brand of einkorn products - our Einka ® einkorn is always organically produced, grown by our team of family
farmers in eastern Washington, and 100 % whole
grain (never pearled) for maximum nutrient den
grain (never pearled)
for maximum nutrient density.
Acme uses only organic flour and works closely with
farmers in evaluating and selecting the
grain varieties
for its flour each year.
«Optimising rice processing is also important
for farmers and industry as
grain breakage during milling can cause crop value to plummet to as little as one per cent, something parboiling can help to avoid.»
Farmers hardly need them given world demand
for food and feed
grains.
For rice, barley, and wheat, early
farmers got the stems that turn into flowers to branch more, so ultimately more
grains were produced per stalk.
A plantation in Ethiopia's Gambela region, owned by a Saudi Arabian billionaire, diverts water from the Alwero River, according to a June 2012 report from
GRAIN, a non-profit organization that advocates
for small
farmers.
Organic rice is increasingly desired by U.S. consumers, but
farmers know that growing the
grain chemically free can mean providing a feast
for insects, diseases and weeds.
In Nigeria,
for example,
farmers simply hand - toss the product — dead sorghum
grain coated with spores of the «good mold» — on their crops a couple weeks before their crops bloom.
Farmers in the Great Plains of Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and the panhandle of Texas produce about one - sixth of the world's
grain, and water
for these crops comes from the High Plains Aquifer — often known as the Ogallala Aquifer — the single greatest source of groundwater in North America.
Quite simply, the first
farmers were not very successful at eking out a living from the land, and their
grain - heavy diet was deficient in protein and vitamins — critical
for fueling growth of the body and brain.
This discovery implies that Britain's hunter - gatherers traded with nearby
farmers for the cereal
grain long before they adopted agriculture.
«We can see this because the terms of trade
for smallscale
farmers in Indonesia have not improved since the Green Revolution, which focused so much on increasing yields of a few selected
grains.
Turn to bulk bins
for your nuts and
grains, and if there's a
farmers market going on in your neighborhood, challenge yourself to shape a side dish out of the fresh produce you pick up there.
In 2000 Monica Spiller founded the non-profit Whole
Grain Connection to promote whole organic grain foods for everyone and particularly to supply farmers with locally appropriate organic wheat
Grain Connection to promote whole organic
grain foods for everyone and particularly to supply farmers with locally appropriate organic wheat
grain foods
for everyone and particularly to supply
farmers with locally appropriate organic wheat seed.
Increasing demand
for these
grains in the west has only meant that more
farmers are growing them than before in the past decade.
It took years
for the French court to come to this final ruling on a lawsuit between a
grain farmer and business giant Monsanto.
Next, Australian cattle
farmers are increasingly turning to sprouted
grain as a replacement
for standard
grain feed.
Acme uses only organic flour and works closely with
farmers in evaluating and selecting the
grain varieties
for its flour each year.
This study examines how substituting biofuels
for gasoline may increase greenhouse gas emissions as
farmers worldwide respond to higher prices and convert forest and grassland to new cropland to replace the
grain or cropland diverted to biofuels.
Although English life was beginning to change with the gradual development of cities, the economy was still mostly agrarian in the 1200s, with 90 % of the population (estimated to be around four million people in 1300 AD) making their living off the land, either as
farmers (growing wheat
for personal use or other
grain crops to feed livestock) or herders (mostly sheep and goats).