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Wanted: Young Farm Leaders

Canola checkoff dollars could soon be used to get younger farmers more involved in the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). Most of the association’s $1-a-tonne checkoff goes to promote canola consumption crop and improve yields. But MCGA president Rob Pettinger said in an interview following the association’s March 1 annual meeting it might be time
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

The Leadership Gap

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association president has a new crop he wants to see researched and developed with some of the $2.4 million it collected through farmer checkoffs last year. No, not a new type of canola. Young leaders. The association has just recently completed an extensive review and rewrite of its bylaws. There is
Cereals, Crops

Canadian Wheat Board CEO Sees Shift In Food Pricing

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Farmers in Canada, the world’s third-largest wheat exporter, are set to sow many of the millions of acres left fallow last year, even as volatile crop prices underscore a new economic reality for grain markets. After a week in which disconnected political upheaval in Libya triggered the biggest price collapse in months, the chief executive
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Fusarium resistant Wheat Gets Nod

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At first glance, WW 454 looked like it would be a ho-hum addition to the stable of winter wheat varieties competing for acres on Prairie farms. Its parents, McClintock and CDC Osprey, were a decent sort, but decidedly average. And the breeder that brought them together 11 years ago was a rookie recruit making his
Cereals, Crops

Middle East Pushes Durum Higher

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Nat ions in the Middle East and North Africa have long been the leaders in importing durum wheat, and despite the political unrest in the region, imports have not slowed down. Bruce Burnett, director of market analysis with the Canadian Wheat Board in Winnipeg, said the upheaval has caused some nations to bulk up on
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In Brief… – for Mar. 3, 2011

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New president:William Hill has been appointed president of the Flax Council of Canada, replacing Barry Hall, who is retiring. Hill has 30 years experience in the Canadian grain and agricultural futures industry, including 13 years at the senior management level. Most recently he was president and COO of ICE Futures Canada (previously Winnipeg Commodity Exchange).
Cereals, Crops

Next Year’s Prices Bode Well For “Next Year Country”

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The Canadian Wheat Board is predicting generally higher wheat and durum prices for the upcoming crop year, the result of a tighter global supply- and-demand balance. Pool return outlook (PRO) prices for most wheat classes are up from the previous year’s PROs, according to the CWB’s first pool return outlook for 2011-12 released Feb. 28
Cereals, Opinion

Time To Stop Embracing Change

The good old days weren’t always so good if you were an elevator manager, or especially an elevator manager’s assistant. You had to be pretty handy with a shovel when you were loading a boxcar. Then you had to “cooper” those cars before shipment, sealing the doors with kraft paper and wooden or metal “grain
Cereals, Crops

Committee Approves 14 New Varieties

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The federal decision in 2009 to axe kernel visual distinguishability as a requirement for registering wheat varieties in Canada prompted lots of frowns among grain handlers and farmers. But at least one plant breeder is smiling. Anita Brlé-Babel, a winter wheat breeder from the University of Manitoba, received approval from the Prairie Wheat, Rye and
Cereals, Opinion

Wheat Growers Oppose Wheat Board Vessel Purchase

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Ashocking announcement has erased all doubt as to the level of contempt that the Canadian Wheat Board holds for western farmers. The CWB purchased two brand-new ships for the purpose of transporting grain on the Great Lakes. Farmers with no choice in the matter will finance the $65-million purchase over four years. At the CWB’s

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