Toxic Chinese food ethics Tuesday, October 2, 2012 The People's Republic of China's female volleyball team won a bronze medal at the Olympics in London in August. A month before, teams that didn't even qualify were thumping them. The reason? According to The Atlantic magazine, the coach blamed a vegan diet, brought on by a need to avoid eating contaminated Chinese meat that might result in a positive test for drugs like clenbuterol, a respiratory medication for horses illegally used to encourage lean meat production in other species. Earlier in the year, China's state sport authority had ordered athletes not to eat meat outside of official training facilities.The Atlantic article, by Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, blamed "China's failure to establish a code of business ethics as its market economy expands faster than government regulators can keep pace."In a country where serving God is still suppressed, and 'serving the people' is no longer in vogue, serving money seems to be the main attractive option."Yet an excessive focus on poor government oversight often means that the much graver problem of disintegrating civic morality is neglected," Huang wrote in another August opinion piece published in the New York Times. BP Is bacon craziness passé? The pressure to move to loose housing builds across North America
2025 Canadian Farming Outlook Reveals Mixed Results Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Canadian crop production in 2025 is expected to show both gains and declines, with farmers projected to harvest more canola, corn for grain, oats, and lentils. At the same time, spring wheat, durum wheat, soybeans, and barley are anticipated to see reduced production compared with 2024,... Read this article online
Canola Production to Rise in 2025 Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Statistics Canada projects Canadian canola production to increase in 2025 as stronger yields in Saskatchewan and Alberta outweigh smaller harvested areas, though Manitoba is expected to see a small decline. ARTICLE CONTENT: Statistics Canada projects that Canada’s canola production... Read this article online
Markets react to drought and disease pressure in crops Tuesday, September 2, 2025 On the weekly , hosted by Farms.com Risk Management’s Chief Commodity Strategist Moe Agostino and Commodity Strategist Abhinesh Gopal, the focus was on the markets during the week of August 26 to 30, when US agriculture faced mounting challenges from weather and disease. Corn futures... Read this article online
Canadian Barley Production to Decline, but Oat Outputs to Rise Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Statistics Canada’s latest projections indicate that Canada’s barley and oat crops will follow different paths in 2025. Nationally, barley production is expected to decline, while oats are forecast to post a small gain. Barley production across Canada is projected to fall by 1.9% year... Read this article online
Canadian Farmers Face Weaker Soybean Yields Ahead Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Statistics Canada forecasts that Canadian soybean production will decline in 2025, reflecting weaker yields across major producing provinces. Nationally, output is projected to fall by 7.3% year over year to 7.0 million tonnes. The decline is linked to a drop in yields, which are expected... Read this article online