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  • Over 200 global food movement leaders and organizations reject “gene drives” October 17, 2018
  • Indian state wins prize for showing 100 per cent organic ‘no longer a pipe dream’ October 12, 2018
  • National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: October 10 October 11, 2018
  • Alberta couple chooses a different route to farming October 10, 2018
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Over 200 global food movement leaders and organizations reject “gene drives”

Rome | ETC Group – Global food movement leaders and organizations representing hundreds of millions of farmers and food workers today set out their clear opposition to “gene drives” – a controversial new genetic forcing technology. Their call for a stop to this technology accompanies a new report, Forcing the Farm, that lifts the lid […]

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Indian state wins prize for showing 100 per cent organic ‘no longer a pipe dream’

By Thin Lei Win Reuters Thomson Reuters Foundation – India’s first fully organic state won top prize in a U.N.-backed award on Friday, with organisers saying its policies had helped more than 66,000 farmers, boosted tourism and set an example to other countries. The small Himalayan state of Sikkim on India’s border with Tibet was declared fully organic in 2016 […]

Whole Peeled, Unpeeled and Rolled Oats Markets

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: October 10

USDA – Compared to last period, trade active on good demand for feed grade corn, trading 30 cents lower than two week’s ago and 68 cents higher than a year ago. The bulk of activity was on forward contracting, mainly for Q4 2018 and Q1 2019. Yields reported are higher than expected. Trade activity and […]

  1. Over 200 global food movement leaders and organizations reject “gene drives”
  2. Indian state wins prize for showing 100 per cent organic ‘no longer a pipe dream’
  3. National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: October 10

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Whole Peeled, Unpeeled and Rolled Oats

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: October 10

October 11, 2018

USDA – Compared to last period, trade active on good demand for feed grade corn, trading 30 cents lower than two week’s ago and 68 cents higher than a year ago. The bulk of activity was on forward contracting, mainly for Q4 2018 and Q1 2019. Yields reported are higher than expected. Trade activity and […]

Organic crops show strong quality as Prairie harvest drags on

September 28, 2018

By Terry Fries Commodity News Service Canada  While many organic producers struggle to complete harvest in the wake of recent rain and snow, the overall crop quality appears good. While some downgrading due to weather may yet occur, the general consensus is that most growers are seeing good crops. Read more: Organic price quotes: Late September […]

organic price quotes

Organic price quotes: Late September

September 28, 2018

Read more: Organic crops show strong quality as Prairie harvest drags on

Trends

Organic milk production no hedge against low price

October 5, 2018

Wisconsin | Western Producer — A couple of years ago, Adam Seibel received US$35 per hundredweight for his organic milk — nearly double the price of regular milk. Then the price fell off a cliff. This year, Seibel is getting about $19 per cwt. — only a few dollars more than the price paid to […]

Alberta organic industry hits new heights

June 15, 2018

By Jennifer Blair and Glenn Cheater Glacier FarmMedia staff A surge in the number of organic crop producers in Alberta has boosted organic production on the Prairies to a level not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. That’s a key highlight of a new report from the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative, an alliance of Organic […]

Start the organic transition on a high note

May 29, 2018

A big part of going organic is getting things in shape before starting the transition. That’s according to Martin Entz, a professor and natural systems agriculture researcher at the University of Manitoba. Entz has spent years asking organic hopefuls to take a hard look at their management pre-transition and to take advantage of conventional tools […]

Growing

A common weed to replace pesticides

October 4, 2018

Exeley Inc. – Nematodes, also known as roundworms, are one of the most numerous animal species on earth. As simple as they seem, many of them live as parasites in plants, insects and animals; habitats also include, soil, sea as well as fresh water. Researchers perform studies on nematodes, since many of them are beneficial […]

Organic farming methods favour pollinators

September 20, 2018

Lund University – Pollinating insects are endangered globally, with a particularly steep decline over the last 40 years. An extensive 3-year study from Lund University in Sweden has found that organic farming methods can contribute to halting the pollinator decline. This beneficial effect is due to both the absence of insecticides and a higher provision […]

Organic farmers urged to focus on soil health

September 14, 2018

By Karen Briere Glacier FarmMedia staff Cody Straza encourages organic growers to use five soil health principles to improve their systems. Trying to implement all five is a challenge, he told a recent organic and low-input field day in Swift Current, but it can be done. Straza and his family operate Upland Organics on 2,100 […]

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