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Comment: A method to its madness

There’s more to Richardson’s canola council withdrawal than meets the eye

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Canola is a Canadian success story and there’s no disputing the Canola Council of Canada’s role in making it so. That’s why when Richardson International, Canada’s largest grain company, didn’t renew its council membership in 2018, there was shock, disappointment, concern and even anger. Why would Richardson suddenly pull out of an organization with a
Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola
Crops, Oilseeds

Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola

Good agronomy, higher input costs and more work, including split fertilizer applications, are the key, says farmer Florian Hagmann

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When growing a 70-bushel-an-acre canola crop it’s the “little things that matter.” That’s advice Florian Hagmann, who farms at Birch Hills, in north-central Saskatchewan, offered farmers attending Ag Days here Jan. 16. Hagmann, whose 2017 canola averaged 70 bushels on 5,000 acres, emphasized good agronomy is more important than new equipment. So is hard work
Total stocks of principal Canadian field crops at Dec. 31, 2017, rounded to nearest thousand tonnes. (StatCan.gc.ca)
Crops, Markets

Canadian canola stocks jump

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CNS Canada — Stocks of Canadian canola have increased substantially, according to the latest estimate from Statistics Canada. Total stocks of oats, lentils and peas also rose, but not by as much as canola. StatsCan on Monday pegged canola stocks, as of Dec. 31, 2017 at 14.15 million tonnes, up from the 2016 total of
Country Guide in 2014 profiled Milligan Biofuels, whose Foam Lake, Sask. facility is shown here with the company’s first executive manager, local farmer Zenneth Faye. (Photo for Country Guide by Carol’s Photography)
Crops

Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

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An eastern Saskatchewan biodiesel processor using growers’ heated, green, spring-harvested, tough and otherwise off-spec canola for feedstock is in receivership. Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday appointed Calgary-based insolvency trustee Hardie and Kelly as the receiver for Milligan Biofuels, which operates at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton. Alberta’s Crown lending agency
Bearish factors outweigh bullish news in canola
Grain Markets, Markets

Bearish factors outweigh bullish news in canola

Reduced promotional funding may weigh on canola in future

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Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform held within a rather narrow range during the week ended Jan. 26, lacking any real clear direction as conflicting outside forces kept the oilseed trading sideways. On the supportive side, weather worries in Argentina and the resulting gains in Chicago soybeans provided some underlying support. Solid end-user
Supporters of the Arborg and District Growing project pose for a portrait on harvest day. Meaza Melkamu, (second from right), a policy adviser working for the Foodgrains Bank’s conservation agriculture program in Nairobi was on site to take part in the harvest gathering that afternoon.
Country Crossroads

Growing projects celebrate a successful 2017

Canadian Foodgrains Bank ‘farm’ last year covered 
16,640 acres and stretched from the Maritimes to Alberta

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Canadian Foodgrains Bank staff often refer to growing project acres planted across the country as “the farm,” and last year it covered 16,640 acres. Projects from P.E.I. to Alberta involving what also adds up to thousands of supporters sowed them to wheat, barley, corn, pulses, soybeans, canola and other grains. Roughly 5,000 of the Canadian

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