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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, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

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Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face
Cereals, News

CWB To Push Grain Out Of Flood-Prone Areas

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The Canadian Wheat Board aims to get out ahead of expected spring flooding by clearing elevator space now in certain parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The board said Feb. 16 it will allocate additional rail cars to elevators in flood-prone areas so affected farmers can then deliver accepted Series A and B grain. The CWB
Cereals, Opinion

Hard To Sink This Deal

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The reaction to last week’s announcement that the Canadian Wheat Board is investing in lake freighters was for the most part predictable. Some farm groups actually think it’s a wise investment and a practical thing for the board to do. It’s certainly not the first time the board has invested in transportation infrastructure. And in
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 24, 2011

Regarding the story “All producers have a role in welfare image,” in the Feb. 17Manitoba Co-operator,I agree with the succinct differentiation provided by the executive director of the Ontario Farm Animal Council, Crystal MacKay. This is exactly the message that I have been trying to get across. All animal activists have been painted with the
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Price Of Wheat Is Too Low

Concerning the No. 1 wheat Jack Pawich of Cartwright sold for $2.45 per bushel (Manitoba Co-operatorFeb. 17), I had some No. 1 wheat and No. 2 wheat and averaged $5.03 per bushel.
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Profit-Taking Hammers Canola

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ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a roller-coaster of a week during the period ended Feb. 18, as the bottom finally fell out of the market and participants took profits after the steady rise over the past few months. However, after four straight days of large declines, values stabilized for a day, bounced higher and
Cereals, News

CN Boss Calls For Collaboration Instead Of Regulation

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CN Rail’s president and CEO Claude Monglace says he has Prime Minister Stephen Harper on side with his view that improving grain shipping requires collaboration not regulation. “Sincerely, we need to move away from the regulatory stance that is dominating the grain-handling system,” Mongeau said Feb. 17 during a speech to the Winnipeg Chamber of

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