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In Your Co-operator this Week: May 9

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 6, 2019

1. Farmers grow frustrated: Some Canadian farmers, no closer to knowing when they’ll regain access to their biggest canola customer, are going from feelings of uncertainty and anxiety to anger and frustration. “We demand action,” Ian Steppler, who farms near Deerwood, Man., wrote on Facebook last week. The federal government and grain industry are committed

Oil and meal haven’t been the target of Chinese trade troubles yet, but there’s little capacity to expand processing here at home.

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola crush processing near capacity

That limits their ability to offset lost seed sales to China by processing more 

By Allan Dawson May 6, 2019

Don’t look to Canada’s canola crushers for relief from the Chinese canola seed bans. Canola oil and meal are still being exported to China, but because Canadian crushers are working at almost full capacity there’s not much opportunity to offset the loss of canola seed exports to China with increased shipments of oil and meal.

Crops

Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis or forget about favours

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News May 6, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive. In a sign of increasing frustration at what it sees as a lacklustre U.S. response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s

Federal International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr speaks at the China-Canada economic and financial strategy dialogue in Beijing on Nov. 12, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee/Pool)

Crops

Canada ‘playing chess’ on canola file

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola seed sales to China remain at a standstill with little fresh news to report, according to a Canola Council of Canada briefing to farmers held Friday morning together with federal International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr. However, efforts on a number of fronts are ongoing, as Canada works to resolve the issue.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, May 1, 2019.

News

Conservatives want action on the lingering canola crisis

Appoint an ambassador and increase advance payments, opposition leader, Andrew Scheer urges

By Alex Binkley May 3, 2019

It’s time for government action on the canola file, according to the leader of the opposition. Canada needs an ambassador in Beijing and should immediately increase the funds available to farmers under the Advance Payments Program (APP), says Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. More than a month has passed since China banned imports of canola seed

Pork, peas and soybeans are now reporting trouble with shipments to China.

News, Oilseeds

Canadian farm exports run into Chinese wall

New commodities are reporting unexpected delays for importation to China

By Hallie Gu, Rod Nickel May 3, 2019

An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. China has already blocked Canadian canola from Richardson International and Viterra, two of Canada’s biggest farm exporters, saying that shipments had pests. Other China-bound canola cargoes have been cancelled,

Grain Markets, Markets

Swine fever will hurt China’s soybean and canola imports

Suppliers of hog feed ingredients will take a hit from culls

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 2, 2019

China is facing the grim reality of its massive hog industry taking a huge blow due to African swine fever. The BBC has reported China has already culled about 40 million hogs. This came after more than 120 cases of African swine fever were found in most parts of China. Rabobank has issued a projection

Crops, Local news

Manitoba Agriculture predicts near-normal canola acres

The province also expects higher corn and sunflower plantings this spring

By Allan Dawson May 2, 2019

Manitoba Agriculture expects Manitoba canola acres to remain flat or decline just slightly this spring, provincial oilseed specialist Dane Froese said in an interview April 26. That’s consistent with what Jason Voogt of Field 2 Field Agronomy Inc. is hearing. “Our clients haven’t changed their plans,” he said, despite China’s boycott of Canadian canola seed.

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Keep calm, farm on

By Gord Gilmour May 2, 2019

Every year, as seeding begins to ramp up, there’s no shortage of uncertainty. One can hope for the best, plan for the worst, and still find themselves in the weeds as an unexpected event or uncontrollable variable comes home to roost. Yet that never seems to stop the farmers of Manitoba, or even give them

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Label problem caused China’s suspension of two pork shippers

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Rod Nickel May 2, 2019

Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — China’s suspension of two Canadian pork exporters’ permits was due to a labeling problem, Canada’s agriculture minister said, adding that she was hopeful of it being resolved. China’s action against two Canadian pork companies, announced by Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday, widened a diplomatic rift between the countries. On Thursday,

Daily Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Seasonal gains expected this spring

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch

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