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Strong flax prices may not encourage acres this spring

By Terryn Shiells April 10, 2013

Values for new-crop flax across Western Canada are strong, but that may not result in more acres this spring. According to Prairie Ag Hotwire, new-crop values ranged from $13.75 to $14.50 per bushel as of April 4, 2013. Old-crop prices across Western Canada were reported as being around $14 to $16.50 per bushel. “A lot of guys[...]

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Canola outlook bearish despite tight supplies 

By Terryn Shiells March 8, 2013

Canadian canola supplies for the current crop are looking very tight — but that’s not likely to do much for prices, says a market analyst with Cargill. That’s because traders have already priced tight supplies into the market and are looking ahead to what’s going to happen next, David Reimann said in a presentation at the[...]

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Manitoba oat prices near historic highs

By Terryn Shiells October 26, 2012

Cash bids for oats in Manitoba have soared to a level near historic highs, industry officials said.Some Manitoba oat farmers were receiving up to $4 per bushel as of Oct. 22, Warren Alexander, a commodity trader with Emerson Milling, in Emerson said.“This price level, historically, seems to be the high,” he said. “Prices have really[...]

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Lower prices may mean fewer Manitoba corn acres 

By Terryn Shiells February 23, 2013

Farmers in Manitoba may plant fewer acres of corn this spring than anticipated a few weeks ago due to weaker prices. Eldon Dueck, a grain merchant with Linear Grain at Carman, Man., said Manitoba farmers were receiving about $6.70 per bushel for their corn as of Tuesday. “The market has really dropped,” he said. “We paid farmers[...]

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Green pea prices hit record highs

By Terryn Shiells February 23, 2013

Both old- and new-crop cash bids for green peas have now reached record highs due to extremely tight supplies. Francis Gaudet with Belle Pulses Ltd. in Saskatchewan said there are almost no old-crop green pea supplies left in Canada, leaving zero carry-over stocks. Gaudet said supplies are extremely tight because acreage has been on a decline, and[...]

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Feeder cattle head south as feed grain supplies tighten in Western Canada

By Terryn Shiells April 18, 2013

More feeder cattle in Western Canada are heading to the U.S. for finishing because of tight feed supplies, according to industry officials. And springtime road restrictions are further reducing supplies of feed wheat and barley. “Seasonally, we’re going into a time of year where moving grain is difficult from the farm gate to the end-user,” said Jim[...]

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Cool weather hurting province’s sunflower crops

By Terryn Shiells August 21, 2013

Cool weather has Manitoba’s sunflower crop behind schedule. “Planting was a little bit later than what we were hoping as well, so compounding the cooler weather, we’re like a week and a half (to) two weeks later than average,” said Mike Durand, sales and purchasing manager with Nestibo Agra  in Deloraine. Some crops are just[...]

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Demand for Prairie flax to increase

By Terryn Shiells March 1, 2013

Export demand for western Canadian flax is expected to increase this year, Jonathon Driedger, senior market analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions said in a presentation at the annual Wild Oats Grain World Conference in Winnipeg on Feb. 25. Driedger expects exports of western Canadian flax to increase to 436,000 tonnes in 2012-13, from 391,000 in 2011-12. The[...]

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Wheat could be the next canola

By Terryn Shiells March 7, 2013

Industry insiders say $2.2 billion will be pumped into wheat research in the coming decade and that will be a game changer

If research into the crop pays off, King Wheat is ready to elbow aside canola, say some industry experts. Seed and chemical companies are pumping up their research and will soon be turning out new seed varieties, treatments and fungicides, Todd Ormann, head of crop portfolio for cereals at Syngenta Canada, told attendees at the recent[...]

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CWB looks to cash market to attract more wheat 

By Terryn Shiells December 1, 2012

Sign-up deadlines for CWB’s pool programs have come and gone, but the company is still looking for more grain. “We’ve been able to get some really good sales for the tonnes that we have now, and movement has been really good,” said Gord Flaten, CWB’s vice-president of grain procurement. “So looking to the rest of the[...]

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Strong flax prices may not encourage acres this spring

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Manitoba oat prices near historic highs

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Green pea prices hit record highs

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Cool weather hurting province’s sunflower crops

Demand for Prairie flax to increase

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