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2012 wheat midge forecast low to moderate

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

North Dakota expects fewer wheat midge in 2012 and the outlook is similar for Manitoba. There could be some localized hot spots in western Manitoba but overall populations of the insect that can damage wheat kernels will be low to moderate, says Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives entomologist John Gavloski. The presence of wheat

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CWB books $6 billion in revenues for 2010-11

By Dave Bedard March 14, 2012

Prairie wheat and barley growers saw payments of about $5.5 billion for their deliveries to the Canadian Wheat Board during the 2010-11 crop year. The CWB released its annual report for 2010-11 Feb. 21 showing $6.071 billion in combined pool revenue, with $3.792 billion paid out to pool participants, another $1.709 billion paid out through

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Kazakhstan plans to create national grain company

By Raushan Nurshayeva March 14, 2012

Kazakhstan, a top 10 world wheat exporter, unveiled a tentative plan on Feb. 24 to create a national grain company funded by the state and private business that would equip the former Soviet republic with better infrastructure to move its grain to market. The company, a response to President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s call to better organize

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Canadian Wheat Board seen gaining grain-handling deals

By Rod Nickel March 14, 2012

Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Feb. 27 he is confident the Canadian Wheat Board will strike agreements with grain handlers to allow it to start buying farmers’ 2012 crops for future delivery. As of Aug. 1, the wheat board plans to continue buying and selling upcoming crops, even though farmers will be no longer

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March 14, 2012

Kazakhstan expects sharp decline in 2012 grain crop astana/reuters / Kazakhstan expects its grain harvest to revert to an average level of between 13 million and 15 million tonnes this year, a sharp decline from the record post-Soviet crop of 2011, Deputy Agriculture Minister Muslim Umiryayev said Feb. 21. Central Asia’s largest wheat exporter harvested

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Americans want to be able to deliver wheat to Canadian elevators starting Aug. 1

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

Canada is considering changes to its wheat quality control system making it easier for American farmers to ship wheat north of the border. “We are working on an initiative that will see the grading systems more in parallel,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told reporters Feb. 24 during a telephone news conference from Washington, D.C. “Certainly

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March 14, 2012

Teenagers killed on snowmobile Killarney RCMP report two teenage girls were killed Feb. 27 when the snowmobile they were driving collided with a trailer parked on a farm property near Boissevain. A 14-year-old girl from Boissevain and a 17-year-old girl, who was a student visiting from outside of Canada, were taken by emergency workers to

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Crops briefs March 1, 2012

March 14, 2012

Canola top revenue earner Farm gate receipts for canola deliveries in 2011 reached $7.3 billion in Canada, up 30.6 per cent from 2010, according to Statistics Canada’s report from February 23. “Canola provided Canadian growers a strong revenue outlook for 2011, which is why we saw over 18 million canola acres last year,” says Pat

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Corn to take over Minnedosa plant this spring

By Shannon VanRaes March 14, 2012

Husky’s Minnedosa ethanol plan is set ditch wheat and focus on corn during a two-month-long run this spring. “In the next couple of months, March and April, we’re going to do a 100 per cent corn run,” said Raymond Dyck, Husky Minnedosa’s grain marketing co-ordinator. “This is the first time we have gone to 100

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Court rules against ex-wheat board directors

By Dave Bedard March 14, 2012

Former Canadian Wheat Board directors may appeal a Manitoba’s Court of Queens Bench ruling that rejected their bid to delay implementation of the federal legislation removing the board’s monopoly as of Aug. 1. “We think there are a number of areas where the judge erred and we’re considering an appeal,” Bill Toews, one of the

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2012 wheat midge forecast low to moderate

CWB books $6 billion in revenues for 2010-11

Kazakhstan plans to create national grain company

Canadian Wheat Board seen gaining grain-handling deals

Briefs March 1, 2012

Americans want to be able to deliver wheat to Canadian elevators starting Aug. 1

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Corn to take over Minnedosa plant this spring

Court rules against ex-wheat board directors

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