WASHINGTON - Feb 1/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) left interest rates on commodity loans unchanged for the month of February. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 1/06 - SNS -- Loan rates for corn, soybean and sorghum were announced by the USDA for 2006 crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- Value chains aimed at creating value-added marketing opportunities for primary producers are gaining momentum in Saskatchewan, according to Bryan Kosteroski, an Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Saskatchewan (ACAAFS) value chain specialist in Saskatoon. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- Natural Valley Farms is a perfect example of a value chain in agriculture -- something where farmers organize themselves to take advantage of value added marketing opportunities for what they produce. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 8/06 - SNS -- The USDA designated seven counties in Texas as primary natural disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators eligible for low-interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- The USDA will begin issuing second partial counter-cyclical payments for 2005-crop corn, grain sorghum, barley, upland cotton, rice and peanuts under the Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP). USDA will also issue the final counter-cyclical payments for 2004-crop rice. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - Feb 15/06 - SNS -- Alberta Agriculture wants to see farmers in the province do more to add value to what they produce, taking advantage of a new trend which is seen as a critical strategy to sustain small farmers and their communities. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BOZEMAN - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- Chickpea growers need to test prospective planting seed to see if it is infected with aschochyta blight as soon as possible to avoid last minute delays getting results, caution lab specialists. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BOZEMAN - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- Prospective chickpea growers need to prepare themselves for a different management style than for other crops to avoid losing their seed investment to disease -- as many learned in 2002 and 2001. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- Canadian grain and oilseed producers will face a terrible year in 2006 based on current price forecasts and projected costs of farming, argues University of Calgary economist Dr. Christopher Bruce in a report for the Alberta Grain and Oilseeds Producers Advocacy Trust. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- More hired hands are working on farms than was the one year earlier and the average wages paid have risen 3%, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The USDA designated counties in Massachusetts, Oregon and Texas as primary natural disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators eligible for low-interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Feb 20/06 - SNS -- This year's Wheat Midge Forecast Map indicates that densities of this insect pest have increased over much of the eastern half of Saskatchewan and will pose a high risk to crops, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food Insect Pest Specialist Scott Hartley. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KANSAS CITY - Feb 22/06 - SNS -- The USDA designated counties in Connecticut, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin as primary natural disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators eligible for low-interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canada -- Farm Cash Receipts Oct-Dec 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

OTTAWA - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- Market cash receipts for Canadian farmers rose 1.1% in 2005, according to Statistics Canada, as declines in crop revenues were more than offset by gains by the livestock industry, recovering from the BSE (mad cow disease) situation. Market cash receipts represent revenues from the sale of crops and livestock. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHNSTON - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- DuPont's new Stout (mp) herbicide for postemergence grass and broadleaf weed control in corn has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- The preliminary USDA'S all Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in February, at 113, based on 1990-92=100, is unchanged from January. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- The February Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW) is 146% of the 1990-92 average, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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