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2019-20 CWRS major grading factors.
Cereals, News

Mildew top degrading factor for CWRS grades No. 2, 3 and CW Feed

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Based on early samples assessed by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) through its Harvest Sample Program this fall, sprout damage was not the top factor reducing the grade of western Canadian wheat in the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class. The single biggest degrading factor was mildew affecting 24.7 per cent of the No. 2,
Jason Shapiro at Grain World. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)
Crops, Markets

Grain World: Geopolitics is back dominating global relations

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Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Geopolitics is again shaping the international scene, including China, Jason Shapiro explained here Thursday at the Grain World conference. Geopolitics, he said, resulted in catastrophic global wars and generated very little peace for close to a century. Shapiro, director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures — an Austin, Tex.-based international risk analysis
Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)
Markets

A ‘little more work’ needed on CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said a little more work needed to be done on a new continental trade deal which has run into opposition from some U.S. Democrats over labour and environmental provisions. Officials are trying to agree on a series of tweaks to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (CUSMA)
You don’t have to finish harvest before filing your MASC Harvest Production Report. You have until Dec. 2.
Crops, Local news

MASC harvest production reports deadline Dec. 2

Farmers who file online will find out right away if they are in a claim position

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The deadline for Manitoba farmers to submit crop insurance Harvest Production Reports to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) is Dec. 2, whether the farmer completed harvest or not. Both the paper and online report forms should be easier for farmers to fill out because less information is now required, David Van Deynze, MASC’s vice-president
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

CN kicks off recovery after eight-day strike

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Reuters –– Canadian National Railway on Thursday said it was putting a recovery plan in place while ramping up operations after the country’s biggest rail strike in a decade. The eight-day-long work stoppage at Canada’s largest railroad sent shocks through the country’s economy with grain and propane shipments scuttled. The strike by about 3,200 conductors
Markets, News

Australian terminal deal passes major regulatory hurdle

The deal is a precursor to a ‘demerger’ of GrainCorp’s malt division

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Reuters – Two of Australia’s largest grain handlers are one important step closer to a key asset sale. GrainCorp passed a major regulatory hurdle November 15 to sell its Australian bulk liquid terminals business to ANZ Terminals, propelling its shares around eight per cent higher. The clearance from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Louis Dreyfus’ oilseed processing plant at Yorkton, Sask. (LDC.com)
Crops

Dreyfus to cut costs amid trade jitters, swine fever

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — Agricultural commodities giant Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC) has launched a cost-cutting and reorganization drive in the face of difficulties confronting global trading houses, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday. LDC confirmed the memo’s authenticity in a statement, saying the company aimed to optimize its cost base
CBOT January 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall to two-month low

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slid to a two-month low on Wednesday on technical selling and expectations that increased rains will benefit crops in rival shipper South America. Corn and wheat futures also fell as traders adjusted positions ahead of Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday, when U.S. markets will close. The markets will reopen for
Nutrien’s potash mine near Rocanville, Sask. (Nutrien.com)
Crops

Nutrien potash mine idled despite rail strike’s end

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Plans by the world’s largest ag inputs provider to temporarily idle its biggest potash mine in view of the Canadian National Railway strike will proceed, even as CN goes back to work. Saskatoon-based Nutrien announced Monday it “will be forced to curtail production” at its Rocanville, Sask. mine due to the CN rail strike. The

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