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Critics of the existing regulatory framework say cereals productivity has lagged, while others say the numbers don’t support this assertion.

Analysis: Seed Summit long on rhetoric, short on specifics

Seed firms may not like the rules, but they don’t seem to have much sense of what they’d like to see replace them

By Allan Dawson April 22, 2022

Three meetings, over three weeks, and a total of nine hours later, Brett Halstead says he still doesn’t know what regulatory changes the seed industry wants. “I still haven’t really heard what the problems are,” the Saskatchewan farmer and chair of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission said during the final online Seed Summit meeting Feb.

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Seed regulation discussion has a long history

This conflict has been raging for years with few answers

By Allan Dawson April 22, 2022

Questions about what seed companies want aren’t new. Multinational firms have pushed for less regulation for years. The issue came up at the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale’s (PRCWRT) meeting back in February 2013, in Saskatoon. “What is the one thing you think we should stop doing?” Stephen Fox, who at the

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Feed weekly outlook: Market stagnant as U.S. corn imports continue

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 14, 2022

MarketsFarm — Feed grain markets in Western Canada are holding relatively steady for the time being, as end-users are well covered with corn imports from the United States. “It seems like most buyers have managed to cover themselves well into June with corn,” said Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, adding that

“Canada’s variety evaluation, registration and classification system is world class as is the quality of milling wheat producers deliver into the system... ” – Gord Harrison, CNMA.

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Canadian millers loyal to Canadian wheat

Russian wheat is arriving in Canada as part of finished food products

By Allan Dawson April 7, 2022

Canadian millers are not importing Russian wheat, but it’s possible Russian wheat is an ingredient in some manufactured foods imported by Canada. That’s according to Canadian grain industry officials, reacting to a recent Globe and Mail story. “I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the bread we buy in Canada contains Russian wheat,” Sylvain Charlebois,

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Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat nudges higher, durum dips

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 25, 2022

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Prairies during the week ended Friday saw moderate gains in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats while Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) eased slightly. The war in Ukraine continued to play havoc in the markets. After strong increases at the start of the

Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

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Rye in strong position going into 2022

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Last summer’s drought sharply reduced yields of many crops across the Prairies, leaving multiple supply challenges and rising prices in the aftermath. Western Canadian rye, however, was largely left unscathed, which may bode well for the crop heading into 2022. Rye production came in at 473,000 tonnes for 2021-22, according to Statistics Canada

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What about wheat?

Cereals Canada website resource talks up the fine points of Canadian wheat and wheat research

By Geralyn Wichers March 7, 2022

Wheat has taken its turn as a food ‘villain.’ For instance, in the early 2010s, the book Wheat Belly by cardiologist Dr. William Davis told consumers that wheat, and in fact most grains, was a cause of the flab around their belly, joint pain, eczema, and even depression and anxiety. The book was a bestseller,

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Feed weekly outlook: Rising oil prices increase freight charges

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 3, 2022

MarketsFarm — Acquiring livestock feed has been increasingly expensive as Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and a retaliatory ban on Russian oil imports by many Western nations, has caused oil prices to severely rise every day. As corn imports from the U.S. continue to make their way into Alberta feedlots, the cost to transport them

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Prairie cash wheat: Bids down despite cold weather, Russian tensions

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News December 31, 2021

MarketsFarm – Despite a wide array of factors which would have provided support to prices, Prairie wheat was in the red for the week ended Dec. 30. With areas already experiencing dry conditions, a large cold snap hit both the Prairie provinces in Canada and the Southern Plains in the United States. For the latter,

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Feed weekly outlook: Prices to remain steady until spring

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News December 30, 2021

MarketsFarm – Feed grains in Western Canada are seeing limited trading during the holiday season, but the demand for feed remains at feedlots. “The trade has been very slow. We’re kind of just in execution mode right now,” said Evan Peterson, trader for JGL Commodities in Moose Jaw, Sask. “Stocks are tight on the farm,

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USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

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Analysis: Seed Summit long on rhetoric, short on specifics

Seed regulation discussion has a long history

Feed weekly outlook: Market stagnant as U.S. corn imports continue

Canadian millers loyal to Canadian wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat nudges higher, durum dips

Rye in strong position going into 2022

What about wheat?

Feed weekly outlook: Rising oil prices increase freight charges

Prairie cash wheat: Bids down despite cold weather, Russian tensions

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to remain steady until spring

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