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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 06/ 27/ 12 10:07 pm

Corn Prices Rise as Midwestern Crops Wilt in Heat
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Re: Food Markets

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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 06/ 30/ 12 1:10 pm


WTO sides with Canada in country-of-origin labelling

The Canadian Press
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 7:53 PM MT
Last Updated: Jun 29, 2012 7:51 PM MT

An international trade referee has sided with Canada in a long-running dispute over labelling beef and pork products produced in this country.

In a decision welcomed by industry officials and politicians, the World Trade Organization has decided U.S. rules that force country-of-origin labels on Canadian products violate trade agreements.

"It's been a long wait. It's been an expensive wait. But we're very pleased with the decision and hope that we'll be able to move along quickly from here," said Ray Price of the Canadian Meat Council, which represents the packing industry.............http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ ... ision.html
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 02/ 12 3:49 pm

Darn I wish we had this here :ohwell:


Growing Trend: Nighttime Farmers Markets

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Re: Food Markets

Postby RedDog » 07/ 02/ 12 3:52 pm

Issue in Edmonton about "foreign" product being peddled at a "farmer's market".

Farmers' market feud over foreign fruit

Organizers of the downtown farmers' market are considering changes after some have raised questions about international produce showing up in vendor stalls.

While many of the stalls stick to local produce, some include wholesale fruit or products from the United States, no different than what could be found in a grocery store.

Farmer Steven Suto says the downtown market should stick to selling fruit that was grown in Alberta and B.C. — not south of the border. “It affects us right now,” says Steven Suto, who drives in from B.C. to sell fruit from his family farm. “It hurts our sales.”

Suto says vendors can bring in fruits like peaches that aren’t yet in season in Canada.

“We've been told that we can sell U.S. products, to bring it in, and we say why bring it in? Customers come to us because of our honesty.”

Suto says the rules allow vendors to sell fruit from the U.S. if it’s clearly marked as such. He’d like to see the rules changed.

It’s a change that some shoppers are calling for, too.

Sarah Baptiste was shopping for vegetables with her husband Saturday afternoon. She says she thinks the market should stick to Canadian fruit.

“I'd rather buy Canadian fruit and vegetables, and if you can't get it because its not in season then you don't need it,” she said. "That's the whole point of the farmers' market."

Rules will change next year

Market organizer Dan Young says it’s a problem that the city market is well aware of.

Young says under Alberta’s rules, market’s must have 80 per cent of their products made by the vendors, while the other 20 per cent can be bought elsewhere and resold.

“[The farmers' market] is essentially made up of people who make it and bake it and grow it. They’re the kind of folks that we want to attract to our market,” he said.

Young says the downtown market allows vendors from Alberta resell fruit from B.C., which has a longer growing season.

He says market organizers are hoping to have fewer re-sellers next year, and instead attract orchards in B.C. to come to Edmonton to sell the product themselves.

“So when the customer comes, they can talk directly to the [producer].”

However, Young says organizers are creating new rules for the market next year with the aim of keeping fruit from south of the border out of the downtown market.

“The plan is to have zero American fruit, that is the plan … that's on the books for next year,” he said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ ... fruit.html
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 03/ 12 12:47 pm

Heatwave Threatens US Grain Harvest
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7bc2f826 ... abdc0.html

Drought Could Disrupt Future Delivery Contracts
http://www.agweb.com/article/drought_co ... contracts/
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Re: Food Markets

Postby RedDog » 07/ 05/ 12 12:27 am

The Washington cherries are here! These from the Kennewick region and perfect! Two days and two big bags for the cherry monsta and on sale at WalMart. Maybe another week for the Wenatchee area crop. BC Okanagan thereafter.

They say only 13 million crates this year expected, down from 18 million to cooler weather. That may be but I haven't seen a single bad berry yet.
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 05/ 12 11:54 am

Fears of New Dust Bowl as Heat, Drought Shrivel Midwest Corn
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/us/fo ... -heat.html

Colorado's Drought Declared a Crop Disaster

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ ... says-trees

What Happens If Record Heat, Crippling Drought Cause Widespread Crop Failures Throughout The U.S.?
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archiv ... ted-states

Poisonous Shellfish Found at Washington Harbor
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Shel ... 09855.html
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 09/ 12 11:40 am

Corn Crisis Explodes into Corn Disaster
http://standeyo.com/NEWS/12_Food_Water/ ... aster.html

Another Sign Of The (Heat) Times: Thousands Of Dead Fish
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/ ... -dead-fish
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 09/ 12 1:17 pm

Interesting :-k The world economy is going to H in a hand basket and their crops are frying in the field. Yet here in Canada our economy is humming the banks are solvent and the crops will be record. God is certainly smiling on Canada.



Bumper crops possible across Canada – if Mother Nature co-operates
By Janet Davison, CBC News
Posted: Jul 8, 2012 3:43 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 9, 2012 7:46 AM ET
In Andrew Campbell's Southwestern Ontario field, the corn was taking on the distinct shape of a pineapple — its leaves sticking straight up in the air.

That was not good. The pineapple shape is a key sign the corn plant is under stress from drought and is not really a surprise, given how little precipitation has fallen in the area in recent weeks...............http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/201 ... pects.html
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 09/ 12 5:23 pm

Corn Crisis Explodes into Corn Disaster
http://standeyo.com/NEWS/12_Food_Water/ ... aster.html

Missouri Needs Rain and Lots of It to Save Crops

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/201 ... ris-crops/

Extreme Heat Affects Jersey Crops
http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/ind ... l_cro.html

In Texas Cotton and Corn Are Hurting – Farmers May Not Plant FALL Crops

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_ ... 689014.php

In Tenn. Crops Wilting Under Extreme Temperatures – Even the Weeds Are Dying
http://www.wsmv.com/story/18937830/tn-c ... mperatures

Ohio's Corn: “Rain Could Still Help, But Much of the Damage Is Already Done”
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... 01932.html

20-50% of Corn Crops in 9 States Rated Poor or Very Poor; Stockpiles Down 48% March-June

http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2012/0 ... dust-bowl/

Midwest Drought Affecting National Food Production

http://www.khou.com/news/Midwest-drough ... 86135.html

Farmers Reporting Huge Crop Losses Because of Immigrant Labor Drop

http://immigration.about.com/b/2012/07/ ... ortage.htm
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Re: Food Markets

Postby RedDog » 07/ 09/ 12 5:32 pm

9 Mexicans came into electronics yesterday to get long distance calling cards. I saw them buy nothing else and I've seen the same group before. Almost no English spoken amongst them but lots of smiles and head nodding to my pitiful attempts at Español. (imagine their gags on the phone about this dork white guy trying to speak Spanish in Alberta) I can almost certainly name one of 3 or 4 local agricultural employers who hauled them into town to shop. Unemployment should be terminated as long as Canadians won't take these jobs.
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 12/ 12 6:29 pm

USDA Forecasts Higher Beef Production as Pastures Deteriorate
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-new ... 48305.html

Russian Grain Harvest to Fall 15% in 2012
http://en.rian.ru/business/20120712/174567778.html

What Senators Got Paid Off to Support S.510 – The ‘Food Austerity Act’
http://en.rian.ru/business/20120712/174567778.html

Grocery Store Items Really Are Shrinking Before Our Eyes

http://www.businessinsider.com/grocery- ... yes-2012-7
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Re: Food Markets

Postby styky » 07/ 13/ 12 8:17 pm

Some Corn Farmers Mow Fields As Drought Worsens
http://www.denverpost.com/dnc/ci_210510 ... ht-worsens

Farmers Suffer as Soaring Temperatures Worsen Drought in Midwest
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/13/us/midwes ... index.html

Midwest Corn Crop Hinges on Next 30 Days
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n ... upda/67906

Widespread Drought Causes Corn Prices to Surge; Grocery Goods Next?
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/l ... 0984.story

Crops Surge as US Cuts Harvest Outlooks Amid Parching Drought
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-1 ... ought.html
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Re: Food Markets

Postby RedDog » 07/ 15/ 12 7:31 am

US heat may bring higher Alberta grain prices

With hot weather in the United States wreaking havoc on crops, grain prices are going up in Alberta. As the CBC's Nadia Stewart reports, that's good news for farmers but maybe not for consumers.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ ... rices.html

(Thomas Mulcair has his head exploding again in his rage of Alberta hate - government has to do something)
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