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The Future of Poultry Research in Canada |
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Written by Mojtaba Yegani
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Writing blogs on different topics that the poultry industry is
currently facing is a very effective way to express opinions or share
experiences with colleagues. This is my first blog for Canadian Poultry
Magazine and I would like to briefly talk about the future of poultry
research in Canada.
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Strange Times Indeed |
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Whenever the financial markets go off the bridge and plunge onto the
craggy rocks at the bottom of the gorge you can be certain that
investment advisers will be out in force telling us “Don’t panic."
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Written by Jim Knisley
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 Late last week I cleaned out my fridge removing all the cold cuts and
other meat and tossed them in the trash. I suspect thousands, if not
tens or hundreds of thousands of Canadians did the same thing.
Later that day I went to the grocery store and avoided the deli and meat counters. I suspect many Canadians did that as well.
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Saving Doha |
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Written by Jim Knisley
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Appropriately on July 4 the Globe and Mail ran an editorial subtitled “Doha is dying.”
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Yes, we have no tomatoes |
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Written by Jim Knisley
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Sometimes you really don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.
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Written by Jim Knisley
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This week, the USDA dropped its forecast for U.S. corn production this year to 10 per cent less than last year’s record crop.
It also reduced the amount of corn that will be carried from the 2008 crop year into 2009 to a 13-year low.
The combination sent prices soaring with corn for December delivery up 17.5 cents a bushel to $7.03. Corn for July, 2009 delivery set a new futures’ market record of $7.2625 and corn for delivery this July was up 16 cents to $6.7325.
The USDA’s June 10 forecast reduced production by three per cent from May’s prediction.
Because of the cold, wet weather in the U.S. Midwest, the USDA cut its projected average yields by five bushels per acre.
This drop in yield, combined with a drop in acres seeded to corn compared to last year, has reduced projected production to 11.7 billion bushels from 13 billion last year.
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What a Disservice |
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Written by Jim Knisley
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There was a massively important meeting of world leaders to address the world food crisis in Rome last week. More than 60 heads of state are there. Other countries have sent senior cabinet ministers. The head of the U.N. is there. The Pope had a message read to the gathering.
Canada sent its Ambassador to Italy.
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Written by Jim Knisley
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Sometime Canada and the U.S. are going to have to mount a massive joint science project to solve one of the great riddles of our time: On what planet are Ottawa and Washington, D. C. located.
It is clear neither is on the planet we lovingly call Earth.
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