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Russia Needs 80-Million-Tonne Crop

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Russia will need to reap at least 80 million tonnes of grain in the 2011-12 crop year to cover domestic needs, Arkday Zlochevsky, president of powerful grain lobby the Russian Grain Union, said Nov. 18. Russia, formerly the world’s third-largest wheat exporter, was hit by its worst drought in over a century this summer. As
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A – for Nov. 25, 2010

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price spike in grains will reverse some acreage gains by legumes in Western Canada next year, but over the long term, the shift to crops like lentils will persist, a leading legume exporter says. Rising demand for protein in developing countries underpins the outlook for legumes, as for grains and fertilizer. But lentils, chickpeas and
Cereals, News

Some Mum On Single Desk Versus Open Market

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Since the first Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) directors’ election in 1998 candidates have declared themselves “for” or “against” retaining single-desk selling. In this year’s contest, five of the candidates running in Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are mum on the question: Henry Vos, Brian Otto, Vicki Dutton, Terry Youzwa and Ernie Sirski, leaving
Cereals, Opinion

Invest In A Kennel Carrier

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Our recent story about Manitoba’s Animal Care Act, which noted transporting unrestrained dogs in the back of pickups gives law enforcement officials cause to stop a vehicle and ticket the operator, has prompted a few calls and letters from readers. The complaints fall under three categories: Use of the word “hillbilly” by a provincial government
Cereals, Opinion

Democracy Doesn’t Just Happen

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It’s election season for farmers. Not only did rural municipalities recently have elections, but producers have received ballots in the mail for director elections to the Canadian Wheat Board. Democracy is great, but it does have its foibles. Overall election activity was up across the province and that’s a good thing. Too many sit on
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Parched Hard Red Wheat Belt In Western U.S. Looks For Rain

CHICAGO/REUTERS Light rain hit the eastern areas of the U.S. Hard Red Winter wheat belt Nov. 17 but the parched western region stayed dry, raising concern the crop will not be well established before winter, a forecaster said. “It will stay unfavourably dry over a good percentage of the crop belt, 40 per cent or
Cereals, News

Four Groups Registered As Third-Party Interveners

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The 2010 Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) election has been uncharacteristically quiet this time round. In 2008, there were allegations that federal government improperly engaged in the election when several Conservative MPs used their offices to mail letters urging farmers to elect candidates opposed to single-desk selling. There was also controversy over changes to the voters’
Cereals, News

World Farming To Get Climate Adaptation Aid

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Development agencies worldwide are joining forces to spend $200 million in a 10-year program to help the agriculture sector prepare for climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions, farm research groups said Nov. 17. The funding will go to research on how to feed a growing, more affluent world population in the face of expectations
Cereals, Crops

Broad Shipper Coalition Pushing Hard For Rail Regulation

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0ttawa Watching railway customer Rob Davies and railway spokesman Cliff Mackay debate railway regulation was like watching Abbott and Costello, except this was improv. “I just don’t think regulations create win-win solutions,” Mackay, president of the Railway Association of Canada, said during a panel discussion here Nov. 16 during a grain industry symposium organized by
Cereals, Crops

Farmers Making Progress In Fight For Better Rail Service

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Ken Rosaasen has witnessed previous grain transportation battles right back to Hall Commission in the 1970s and believes farmers and grain companies are making some headway this time around. “I think the transportation issue is moving on to the front burner and I think it’s going to stay there,” the University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist

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