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New Hard White Spring Wheat Gains Interim Registration

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Canada is inching closer to the kind of wheat quality that could give it an edge in the lucrative Asian noodle markets. The Wheat, Rye and Triticale Registration Recommending Committee granted approval for an interim registration Feb. 24 to a Hard White Spring wheat line developed by Gavin Humphreys, a wheat breeder with the federal
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Dual Action Against Fusarium

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Anew broad-spectrum fungicide with two Group 3 actives against leaf and head disease in wheat and barley is billed as the “most effective” fungicide to suppress fusarium head blight. Bayer CropScience Canada has announced registration in Western Canada for its tebuconazole and prothioconazole product, Prosaro, to be available at participating ag retailers for the 2011
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Market Trends Suggest Higher Prices In Store

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Market fundamentals are expected to trump global political uncertainty as the Canadian Wheat Board raises its 2010-11 pool return outlook (PRO) values for wheat by as much as $13 per tonne. The board’s latest PROs see durum values up $1-$5 per tonne from its January PRO levels, while Pool B feed barley values are up
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Ritz Offers Railway Costing Review Compromise

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he would support a costing reviewing if it focused on all elements of the grain-handling and transportation system not just the railways. But the first order of business for the Harper government remains dealing with the recommendations of the final report of the Railway Freight Service Review, he told the
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How Much Wheat Have You Priced?

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Delivering wheat to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) isn’t the same as pricing it, even if the wheat is just going into the pool. And until grain is priced its value can go up or down. That’s why about a year ago the CWB introduced a price calculator farmers can access on the CWB’s website
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Sky-High Crop Acreage Targets Likely A Pipe Dream

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture reiterated its projections for record-high combined plantings of corn, cotton and soybeans this spring at its annual Outlook Forum, dealing a fresh blow to crop prices by standing by its projections for potentially record-high crop production in 2011. But while record U.S. crop-planting estimates are all well and good on
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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
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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).

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