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ICE weekly outlook: Canola enjoying broad-based support

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News October 25, 2017

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts are benefiting from developments down south. The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday imposed antidumping duties on biodiesel imported from Argentina and Indonesia. The department claimed the fuel was being sold at prices below market value in the U.S. The move was enough to lift soyoil in the

Local news

Online voting an option for MCGA

There are four director slots up for grabs this year, so a formal vote isn’t a foregone conclusion

By Allan Dawson October 24, 2017

Manitoba canola producers are poised to make history if an election is necessary this fall. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) is set to offer optional online voting along with traditional mail-in ballots if an election is needed this fall to fill four board of directors’ positions. MCGA approved a bylaw change allowing for online

Crop rotation and disease-resistant varieties are the best ways to manage blackleg in canola, said canola council agronomist  Clint Jurke.

Crops, Oilseeds

New blackleg diagnostic test available this fall

A new diagnostic test will make it easier for producers to match the right kind  of blackleg-resistant seed to the specific race in their fields

By Jennifer Blair October 24, 2017

There are things you can do this fall to reduce your risk of blackleg next spring — and the first step is to scout for it. “The more you can identify it, the more you’re going to know whether you’re successful at controlling it,” said Clint Jurke, agronomy director for the Canola Council of Canada.

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

U.S. EPA abandons changes to biofuel program

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw October 20, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has backed off a series of proposed changes to the nation’s biofuels policy after a massive backlash from corn-state lawmakers worried the moves would undercut ethanol demand, according to a letter from the agency to lawmakers seen by Reuters. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in

Grain Markets, Markets

Fundamentals, uncertainty hold canola rangebound

USDA’s soybean yield outlook was briefly helpful

By Dave Sims October 19, 2017

The ICE Futures Canada canola market enjoyed a slight bump during the week ended Oct. 12, as a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report lifted the tide for all oilseeds. However, canola futures will likely need more bullish news if they hope to shake free of their recently established range of $490-$500 per tonne. USDA

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Seasonal uptrend possible for canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 18, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts trended higher over the past month, but appear to be running into resistance from a chart standpoint. Seasonal price trends, however, should see values continue their uptrend over the next month. The most-active November contract has now traded above the $500 per tonne level for five straight

With crops coming off the field, many farmers are switching on the aeration fans, but what are the best practices  for natural air drying?

Crops, News

What’s the word on night-only aeration?

Research urges farmers to go nocturnal when it comes to aeration and natural drying

By Alexis Stockford October 18, 2017

Experts are still divided when it comes to night-only natural air drying. Dr. Ron Palmer, project engineer with the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation, made waves in 2015, when he suggested that grain would dry better at night when air temperature outside was less than grain temperature. The idea flew in the face of conventional

Crops, News

Tech targets ideal aeration through bin-specific data

Farmers can access the free online calculator to hone in on ideal drying conditions,  while an experimental algorithm looks to automate the practice

By Alexis Stockford October 18, 2017

New technology out of Saskatchewan hopes to nail down the ideal time for aeration and automate fan operation. Ron Palmer, of the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation, has released two projects, a bin-specific online calculator to determine if air conditions are right for drying and new software that monitors air going in and leaving the

Our History

“Terminator” technology terminated

Our History: October 7, 1999

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 18, 2017

In the 1990s, Delta and Pine Land, a company working with and later acquired by Monsanto, devised the ultimate protection for preventing farmers from replanting seed from protected varieties. It developed what became known as “Terminator” technology which would render the seed sterile after its first year. The technology was highly controversial, and we reported

Crops

BASF’s new Canadian stake to include three plants, 300 staff

By GFM Network News, Leeann Minogue October 17, 2017

Among the major players still in the world’s crop protection and seed business, remaining competitive comes at a cost. To be sure, several smaller companies remain in the game — but with marriages now consummated for Dow Chemical and DuPont, and for Syngenta and ChemChina, Bayer’s pending takeover of Monsanto and, now, BASF getting set

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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