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Which wheat market best?

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 14, 2012

The end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk Aug. 1, 2012, will create an increased need for a viable futures market to manage risk and aid in price discovery, said representatives of the Chicago Board of Trade, Minneapolis Grain Exchange, and ICE Futures Canada as they highlighted the benefits of using their respective contracts

Beef cattle, Cereals, Country Crossroads, News, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: March 8, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson March 14, 2012

I grin each time I spot this recipe in community cookbooks, new or old. It is for Stay-A-Bed-Stew. Obviously, it’s an all-time favourite — but why? Stay-A-Bed-Stew is from The I Hate to Cook Book published by Peg Bracken in 1960. Bracken was an American advertising copywriter and a working mother in the late 1950s,

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Wheat board signs first handling agreement with Cargill

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

It took awhile, but the Canadian Wheat Board announced its first handling agreement with a grain company last week and promises more to come. “These are important negotiations so we’re working through them carefully and meticulously,” Dave Simonot, the board’s director of Farm Services told farmers attending the Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association’s annual

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Trucking front and centre in talks on new beef code

By Daniel Winters March 5, 2012

What’s the most commonly raised topic in the letters that land on federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s desk? If you guessed the Canadian Wheat Board, you’d be wrong. “Animal transport is the issue that he gets the most letters on from constituents,” said Canadian Cattlemen’s Association vice-president Martin Unrau at a recent town hall meeting.

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FCWB launches $17-billion class-action lawsuit

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2012

The wheat board’s single desk must stay or western farmers should get $17 billion in compensation for its loss, says a class-action lawsuit launched Feb. 15 against the federal government by four farmers with the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB). It’s the latest salvo in the fight against the Marketing Freedom for Grain

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Lack of snow probably hasn’t hurt the winter wheat — yet

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2012

Everybody is talking about the lack of snow this winter, but like the weather, nobody can do much about it. The fields here are bare and it’s the same for much of southern Manitoba. That’s raising concerns about possible winterkill to crops such as alfalfa, winter wheat and strawberries. Snow is a good insulator. Fortunately

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ESN, urea or a blend? Researchers say that is a complicated question

By Alexis Kienlen March 5, 2012

ESN? Urea? A blend? Which is best for your crops? That may depend where you live. ESN is a polymer-coated urea product that releases the fertilizer over time, and new research suggests local matters when it comes to using it. “Once (ESN) is put into the soil, water moves into the granule, dissolves the nitrogen

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Crops Briefs, Feb. 23

March 5, 2012

Farmers favouring corn over wheat kiev / reuters / Ukraine is likely to bring in a grain harvest of 45 million tonnes in 2012 — its fourth largest in 20 years — despite a severe drought and cold snap which has hit winter grain crops. “This year’s harvest could total 45 million tonnes thanks to

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China trip boosts food industry

By Alex Binkley March 5, 2012

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s trade mission to China seems to have opened doors for major Canadian agri-food exporters. Now they’ll have to translate those agreements into orders. The beef, pork, pulse and canola sectors all received special attention during the visit and the Canadian Wheat Board got to remind everyone it isn’t going out of

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Expect canola industry to seek even more acres

By MarketsFarm Team, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 5, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remained pointed decidedly higher during the week ended Feb. 17, showing no real signs of slowing down. Similar gains in the Chicago soy complex did provide some underlying support to the Canadian futures, but canola was also benefiting from its own bullish fundamental and technical factors. Depending on the chart

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Which wheat market best?

Recipe Swap: March 8, 2012

Wheat board signs first handling agreement with Cargill

Trucking front and centre in talks on new beef code

FCWB launches $17-billion class-action lawsuit

Lack of snow probably hasn’t hurt the winter wheat — yet

ESN, urea or a blend? Researchers say that is a complicated question

Crops Briefs, Feb. 23

China trip boosts food industry

Expect canola industry to seek even more acres

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