Daily News Headlines From Manitoba Cooperator

Malting barley initials to get $50-plus boost

Manitoba Cooperator — Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:48:00 EST

Prairie malting barley growers can expect to see an extra $51.90 per tonne in the next few weeks for their 2011-12 deliveries. [Full Story]

Mosaic to dial back potash production

Manitoba Cooperator — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:35:00 EST

Citing "lower near-term demand," fertilizer giant Mosaic Co. has announced plans to cut back the output from its potash mines in Saskatchewan for the next four months. [Full Story]

StatsCan stocks report holds few surprises

Manitoba Cooperator — Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:12:00 EST

The grain and oilseed stocks in all positions report released Friday by Statistics Canada held few surprises over, with the exception of the estimate for peas. [Full Story]

Dairy farmers launch new supply-management defense

Manitoba Cooperator — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:16:00 EST

Their system of revenue under renewed jabs from various angles, Canada's dairy farmers have compiled their retorts into a new online campaign. [Full Story]

In Ethiopia: Too many people, too little land and a changing climate

Manitoba Cooperator — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:18:00 EST

The highway southwest of Addis Ababa to Wolayto-Soddo is wide and smooth, but there is no such thing in Ethiopia as setting the cruise control and just cruising, as one would expect to do on the wide open Canadian Prairies. [Full Story]

Drozd: Cattle rally to new historical high to begin 2012

Manitoba Cooperator — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:39:00 EST

Live cattle and feeder cattle rallied to a new historical high last week. In reaching $150, feeder cattle prices achieved a technical measurement derived from a rectangle pattern. [Full Story]

Sask. pledges seven figures to wheat research

Manitoba Cooperator — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:26:00 EST

The Saskatchewan government has pledged $10 million over five years in new funding for development work on better, hardier wheats. [Full Story]

Wheat growers get wild-oat killer in liquid form

Manitoba Cooperator — Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:10:00 EST

Prairie wheat and durum growers this year can get one of their wild-oat herbicides suspended rather than stirred. [Full Story]

Top Sask. cattle auctioneer Sheldon Nicholson, 45

Manitoba Cooperator — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:39:00 EST

Memorial services are planned for Thursday at Tugaske, Sask. for noted livestock auctioneer and market manager Sheldon Nicholson, who died Monday at age 45. [Full Story]

Canola council seeks replacement for Senator Buth

Manitoba Cooperator — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:44:00 EST

The national organization representing Canada's canola industry has spread out its executive duties while it searches for a new president and vice-president for crop production. [Full Story]