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Icky to Some, Delicacy to Others Employees Remove Feathers from Chicken Heads at a Chicken-Processing Factory in Suining, Southwest China’S Sichuan Province SPRING THE FORWARD! COURTSHIP Sunday, March 11 BEGINS Daylight savings until the Winnipeg’s grain industry first Sunday in November wooed by other cities » PAGE 17 March 8, 2012 SerVinG Manitoba FarMerS Since 1925 | Vol. 70, No. 10 | $1.75 Manitobacooperator.ca CGC back on drawing board Proposals include ending mandatory inward inspection By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF h e C a n a d i a n G r a i n Commission is on the fed- T eral government’s radar — again. Last month the commission announced its latest proposals for “modernizing” itself, and the Canada Grain Act it administers. The public has until March 23 to respond. The commission, established in 1912, is Canada’s grain indus- try watchdog, ensuring the qual- ity of grain exports, arbitrating grade disputes between farmers and buyers, licensing grain com- panies and ensuring buyers post See CGC on page 6 » Employees remove feathers from chicken heads at a chicken-processing factory in Suining, southwest China’s Sichuan province. REUTERS/STRINGER (CHINA) Icky to some, delicacy to others Chicken feet worth more than chicken breasts in some Asian markets By Allan Dawson North American livestock producers, says When it comes to producing meat, North CO-OPERATOR STAFF Dermot Hayes, an agricultural economist America already has a competitive advan- from Iowa State University and the 2012 tage, which would be enhanced by export- he sight of a pretty Chinese girl pre- Kraft Lecturer. ing to Asia the animal’s parts thrown out paring to gobble down a cooked Hayes said the emerging markets for here, but command a premium over there. Tchicken head might be a turn-off for meat offer both opportunities and risks for “For chickens it would be the wing tips North American meat eaters, but it rep- the North American industry, not the least and the feet, with legs going perhaps to resents a sexy new market for livestock of which is the possibility of new product Russia and the breast staying here,” Hayes producers. lines. (See page 33 for more coverage.) said. “That has two implications. First it Asians are willing to pay a premium for “Young Asian people love the interesting reinforces this urge to move a valuable the privilege of eating animal parts the parts of the animal,” Hayes said. product around and secondly it poten- industry can’t give away in domestic mar- “This struck home when I saw chicken tially can reduce the break-even price of kets, an agricultural economist from Iowa feet selling at a premium to boneless, skin- the pieces of the animal that’s in demand State University says. less, chicken breast. in North America.” Selling those parts as well as the pre- “They’re bored by the loin and the ten- Hayes, who has visited China and other mium cuts favoured by traditional mar- derloin and the ham. They want the feet, Publication Mail Agreement 40069240 kets would lower production costs for the ears, the lungs, internal organs.” See CHICKEN FEET on page 6 » NOTHING HITS HARDER. OR LASTS LONGER. Only PrePassTM offers superior pre-seed burndown control for up to 21 days with unique SoilActiveTM technology. Plus a 30 minute rainfast guarantee and the full service you expect from Dow AgroSciences. PrePassTM and SoilActiveTM are trademarks of Dow AgroSciences LLC. 02/12-17722-01A 17722-01A PrePass 10.25X3_FBC.indd 1 2/13/12 7:47 AM 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | March 8, 2012 inside on the lighter side liVESTOCK Fashionistas fancy The yin yang of emerging markets green as the new black Asian markets might Pistachio stilettos and wood chip corsets are becoming vogue be new customers or new competitors 33 Reuters / London ould “green” be the new black? Perhaps if you can imagine wearing stilettos made CroPs C from pistachio nuts and coffee beans and clothes from orange peel, fungi and mould. While the fashion pack is hitting the catwalks at Paris Fashion Week, students at London’s It’s in the bag, Kingston University are trying to lower the cloth- ing and accessory industry’s carbon footprint by but is it dry? using biodegradable materials. Grain bags are not a The fashion industry has a high environmen- good environment for tal footprint. high moisture canola 17 The manufacture of synthetic fibres like poly- ester alone produces nearly five times as much carbon dioxide per kilogram as some organic cotton and more than twice as much as hemp, according to a Stockholm Environment Institute study. FeAtUre According to waste industry reports, more than one million tonnes of textiles are thrown away every year, with most going to landfill and only 25 per cent recycled. Making a deal InCrops, an initiative based at the University of East Anglia, sponsored the Kingston fashion project, asking students to create designs that The CWB and Cargill show renewable raw materials derived from A model presents a creation from the Mary Katrant- announce a grain crops can be used to create low or zero carbon 25 zou 2012 Autumn/Winter collection during London handling agreement fashion. Fashion Week in London, February 21, 2012. REUTERS/ Designs also include a wood chip corset by OLIVIA HARRIS British designer Stefanie Nieuwenhuyse. CROSSROADS Going local a READER’S PHOTO sovereign affair Re-localizing food and energy key to economic strength 28 Editorials 4 Grain Markets 11 Comments 5 Weather Vane 16 What’s Up 8 Classifieds 41 Livestock Markets 10 Sudoku 46 online Visit www.manitobacooperator.ca for daily news and features and our digital edition. (Click on “Digital Edition” in the top right corner.) At our sister site, AGCanada.com, you can use the “Search the AGCanada.com Network” function at top right to find recent Co-operator articles. Select “Manitoba Co-operator” in the pull-down menu when running your search. PHOTO: JEANNEttE GREAVES www.manitobacooperator.ca PUBLISHER Bob Willcox NEWS STAFF Reporters ADVERTISING SERVICES SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES [email protected] Allan Dawson Toll-Free 1-800-782-0794 204-944-5751 Classified Advertising: [email protected] Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. U.S. Subscribers call: 1-204-944-5568 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ 204-435-2392 Phone (204) 954-1415 E-mail: [email protected] EDITORIAL DIRECTOR John Morriss Toll-free 1-800-782-0794 Subscription rates (GST Registration #85161 6185 RT0001) FOR MANITOBA FARMErs SINCE 1927 [email protected] Shannon VanRaes Canada 204-944-5754 [email protected] ADVERTISING CO-ORDINATOR 1666 Dublin Avenue 204-954-1413 Arlene Bomback 12 months – $51.45 (incl. 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Trucks and cars circled the Woodlands Legion Hall last week, with more than 60 people turn- ing out for the association’s first annual meeting. “Not a lot has changed — we’re basically sitting here, having the same conversation as last time,” meeting chairman Fred “At the end of the day DeLaroque told the crowd. when the farmers are “We do have buyouts on the gone from all across table for some people and we have Board members of the Shoal Lakes Flooded Landowners Association prepare for a meeting at the Woodlands Legion this northern area — received our per-acre payments ... Hall. Approximately 60 people attended. PHOTOS: SHANNON VANRAES but there are a lot of questions and what is there going many issues going forward.” to be left?” Voluntary Last spring, the province FRED DELAROQUE launched a voluntary buyout program for producers with inundated land and received more than 70 applications. But would be more effective in its some at the meeting pointed to lobbying efforts. inconsistencies in offers being “We’ll have to take this back to made to producers. our members and see what they “All I can say is that if you get have to say,” said Garnet Lobb, an offer, be on your toes,” said co-chair of the Southend Shoal Brian McCulley who farms near Lakes Homeowners Group. Grassmere Creek. “I have had He said some members of his an offer made, and I can tell organization may choose mem- you they are not all the same ... bership in both organizations, some of the offers have different Garnet Lobb, co-chair of the South- possibly wish to amalgamate clauses in them.” end Shoal Lakes Homeowners or want to retain a separate Once applicants receive an Group, comments on a proposal put organization.
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