Index
3. EDITORIAL – Where does agriculture need to change direction?
4. ACROSS BORDERS – Improving rice tolerance to difficult conditions will aid other crops
5. US farmers to White House: What’s holding up GIPSA?
5. Availability of feed grain
5. Ditch corporate agriculture, says UN report
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS – GMO alfalfa “several years away:, says Monsanto
7. $1.5M boost to ALUS Ontario
7. Pork producers need Korean access NOW
8. IAF puts $920,000 into new projects
9. BEES – UN report decries collapse of bee colonies worldwide
10. Australian beekeepers don’t want Apis cerana either
11. COMPETITIONS & AWARDS – MB Egg Farmer of the Year; ON Finest Meats takes centre stage
12. Regional Outstanding Young Farmers named
13. Honouring Canadian women who excel in agriculture
13. City of Burnaby named first Blue Community in Canada; the Maple Gourmet Road 2011
14. ENVIRONMENT – Mapping human vulnerability to climate change
14. Study links forest health to salmon populations
15. Isaac Meadows – An environmental success story
16. EVENTS – Ag Awareness Day salutes farmers; Calgary Stampede rule changes
17. Fairs, exhibitions and farm shows
18. FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT – Financial fitness
19. Minimum wages don’t help the poor
20. FARM SAFETY – A safe farm is a great place to grow
21. Spring livestock trailering tips
22. FOOD – Sustainability emerging as a growing priority for global food industry
22. UN report on food policy advocates return to small scale farming
23. GRAIN – Government action to improve rail service welcomed
24. OPINION – What to do about bad leaders
25. Budget fails to address farmers’ priorities
26. PEOPLE – Reappointments to FPCC, CWB; CFC, KAP new executives; New CEO for Cdn Angus
27. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT – Cdn researchers first to generate pluripotent stem cells from horses
27. Grant to Cornell for wheat rust studies; How do plants fight disease?
28. WATER – Water, water everywhere … but we need to be stewards
28. Crops need less water
