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Former federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz.
Cereals, News

Ritz explains quick end to CWB monopoly

He learned from former ag minister McKnight and Mayer he had to move fast or it might not get done

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Most western Canadian farmers will remember Gerry Ritz as the agriculture minister who ended the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly. It wasn’t a secret in 2011 what the newly elected Harper majority government had in store for the farmer-run board — ending the monopoly was an election promise and one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s
Russian harvesting technology has advanced beyond that illustrated in this Soviet-era poster.
Crops

Black Sea in it for the long haul

The Former Soviet Union, once Canada's largest wheat customer, is now its largest competitor

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Black Sea wheat exports are projected at an all-time high this year, and there is good reason to have confidence in this forecast. During the 2015/16 marketing year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that the states of the former Soviet Union excluding Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia (FSU-12) will export a record 45 million
Crops, Markets

Feed Grains: EU votes down proposed GMO opt-out

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By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, October 28 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, October 28. –   CBOT corn futures were weaker on Wednesday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.7750 per bushel at midsession, as the advancing US harvest weighed on values. –   The
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close lower, but up from session lows

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Tuesday, pressured by cash price pessimism that later improved, following unexpectedly better cash prices which lifted contracts from morning lows, traders said. Spot October closed 2.875 cents/lb. lower at 136.675 cents, but is currently down 0.675 cents, to 138.875, in electronic trading
Crops, Markets

Feed: Cheap Brazilian corn bound for U.S.

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CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Tuesday, Oct. 27. • CBOT corn futures were weaker on Tuesday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.8025 per bushel at midsession, as the advancing U.S. harvest weighed on values. • Sorghum production in Mexico “has been plagued
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, following last Friday’s cash prices that fell short of expectations and worries over potential consumer response to news about a possible tie to red meat and cancer risk, traders said. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that eating processed meats can
Crops, Markets

Feed: U.S. cattle on feed edge up

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CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Monday, Oct. 26. • CBOT corn futures were stronger on Monday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.845 per bushel, as a rally in wheat provided spillover support. However, the advancing US harvest and generally improving yield prospects

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