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CWB boosts wheat and malting barley initials

Prairie malting barley growers can expect to see an extra $51.90 per tonne in the next few weeks for their 2011-12 deliveries. The barley adjustment payment, expected to flow by direct deposit on Feb. 21 and by cheques in the mail starting Feb. 24, is on the list of increased initial payments effective Feb. 9,
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EU wheat prices up on cold

European milling wheat futures rose on Monday to their highest in nearly eight months as buying linked to options reinforced support from nervousness about the risk to crops from freezing conditions across Europe. March milling wheat on the Paris-based futures market was up 5.00 euros or 2.3 per cent at 222.25 euros a tonne, a
Cereals, International news, News

World briefs Feb. 9

India eyes exports after record wheat crop new delhi / reuters / India is expected to produce a record 88.31 million tonnes of wheat in 2012, raising hopes the world’s second-biggest producer will allow additional exports to trim bulging reserves. “Temperatures have been ideal for wheat. Rains in January were very useful and we don’t
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No surprise in grain stocks report

Reuters / Canada’s supplies of canola were slightly tighter on Dec. 31 than a year earlier, but all-wheat supplies grew modestly, Statistics Canada has reported. The calendar year-end stocks report is an indicator of how accurate StatsCan’s final production estimates were for the most recent harvest, along with how robust demand was late in the
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EU grains vulnerable with no protective snow

(Reuters) –– Bitterly cold weather in Europe is raising concerns over damage to European Union grain plantings, but crops could still come through the cold snap unscathed, analysts said. The problem is that snow is scarce in west Europe’s Grain Belts. In France, a mild winter has soft wheat crops about two to three weeks
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Saskatchewan pledges seven figures to wheat research

The Saskatchewan government has pledged $10 million over five years in new funding for development work on better, hardier wheats. The new support, to flow through the province’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), is meant to “accelerate” development of new varieties and help improve “yield, quality and tolerance to disease and extreme weather conditions.” The province
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Second suit seeks damages from monopoly’s end

A second group will seek to bring a class-action lawsuit against the federal government to win compensation for farmers over the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s grain-marketing monopoly. The group, called Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, will file its claim seeking compensation for the CWB’s physical assets, such as rail cars, as well
Cereals, News, Opinion

Letters — for Jan. 26, 2012

Conservative government needs a history lesson It is a shame that our elected members of government do not research information before they print false statements. In Merv Tweed’s last parliamentary report, two statements must be corrected. The first false statement was that the Canadian Wheat Board was “imposed” on western farmers. After many years of
Cereals, News

Legal fights over CWB’s future not going away

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According to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, it’s all over but the crying for supporters of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk. “It’s a done deal, folks,’’ Ritz told delegates at the Western Canadian Wheat Growers convention in Moose Jaw recently, referring to the legislation to eliminate the CWB’s monopoly over wheat and barley exports Aug.

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