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Canadians to spend more on food in 2020, report predicts

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team December 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadians will spend two to four per cent more on food in 2020, according to the latest Canada Food Price Report from researchers at Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and the University of Guelph. The average family in the country will see its total food bill for groceries and restaurant meals rise by

Neil Townsend (left) of FarmLink and Jason Newton of Nutrien discuss farm consolidation at the Grain World conference in Saskatoon on Nov. 28, 2019. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

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Grain World: Farm consolidation key to increasing yields

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 4, 2019

Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Consolidating farms — going from numerous small operations to fewer, but much larger, farms — is central to improving crop yields, according to grain industry observers Neil Townsend and Jason Newton. Townsend is the chief market analyst for FarmLink Marketing Solutions, while Newton is the chief economist and head of marketing

CBOT January 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Soy rises on trade hopes

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub December 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday, buoyed by renewed optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal as well as some bargain buying, traders said. Corn futures were lower, giving up early gains on technical selling, while wheat futures firmed after two days of sharp declines. Investors were reassured by a Bloomberg report

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Pattison to shut one Saskatchewan Deere dealership

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff December 4, 2019

Pattison Agriculture’s chain of Deere ag equipment dealerships in Saskatchewan and Manitoba is preparing to cut one link. The Prairie farm equipment sales and service arm of B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group announced Tuesday on its website and social media it will permanently close its dealership at Foam Lake, Sask. effective Dec. 31. The Pattison store

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WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 3, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization (WTO) battled on Tuesday over whether to bring its Appellate Body to an abrupt halt or allow its adjudicators to settle a handful of pending cases, according to trade officials present at a meeting on the subject. The Trump administration has for more than two years been

A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)

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CN strike to weigh on railway’s 2019 profit

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 3, 2019

Reuters — Canadian National Railway on Tuesday cut its adjusted profit growth target for 2019, citing shipment delays from the country’s largest rail strike in a decade that ended last week. Shares in CN, which counts billionaire Bill Gates’ investment firm as its biggest shareholder, fell almost two per cent in morning trading in both

CBOT March 2020 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop sharply

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub December 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures sagged 1.8 per cent on Tuesday, the biggest percentage loss for the most-active contract in two months, on a round of profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. U.S. corn futures closed narrowly mixed, with nearby contracts weighed down by the drop in

CBOT March 2020 corn with 10-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn futures firm on technical buying

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub December 2, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed on Monday, edging up to their highest in nearly a month on a round of technical buying despite signs of poor demand, traders said. Soybean futures fell, with traders waiting for concrete signs of progress in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China before buying into a

John Barlow, shown here in 2015, is the federal Conservatives’ new lead shadow cabinet minister for agriculture and agri-food. (Johnbarlowmp.ca)

Federal Tories’ former associate ag critic takes lead chair

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 29, 2019

Andrew Scheer’s federal Conservatives will have a familiar face in the agriculture critic’s chair when the House of Commons reconvenes next month. Scheer on Friday named John Barlow, the MP for the southwestern Alberta riding of Foothills, as the lead opposition critic for agriculture and agri-food. Barlow replaces Quebec MP Luc Berthold, who takes up

Cam Dahl (centre), Cereals Canada president, shares a joke with Yasuo Sasaki (left), executive director of the Japanese Flour Millers Association at a recent new crop mission to Tokyo.

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Canada still has high-quality milling wheat to sell

But it may not be as easy to access following harvest challenges across the Prairies

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2019

A tough harvest has hit quality, but Western Canada still has the high-quality milling wheat it is famous for. That’s the message prospective buyers will hear at seminars this fall and early winter in Asia, Latin America, Italy, and North and West Africa. The events are organized by Cereals Canada, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

Cereals

Canadians to spend more on food in 2020, report predicts

Grain World: Farm consolidation key to increasing yields

U.S. grains: Soy rises on trade hopes

Pattison to shut one Saskatchewan Deere dealership

WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

CN strike to weigh on railway’s 2019 profit

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop sharply

U.S. grains: Corn futures firm on technical buying

Federal Tories’ former associate ag critic takes lead chair

Canada still has high-quality milling wheat to sell

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