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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’
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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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Ethanol Plants Accepting More Wheat

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Western Canadian wheat producers have seen an increase in demand from ethanol plants, thanks to more feed wheat in the commercial system. Jake Davidson, executive manager of Winter Cereals Canada in Minnedosa, said ethanol plants have been much more willing to take wheat this year. “I’m seeing an increase in usage in Manitoba,” Davidson said.
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Australia Wheat Quality Hit By Rain, Harvest Slows

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Australia’s wheat harvest is being slowed by continuing rain across eastern states, raising concerns over crop quality in one of the world’s top exporters of the grain. Harvesting is already running up to three weeks behind normal in parts of eastern Australia. “The issue is when will the rain stop so the harvest can fire
Cereals, Livestock

Ergot A Serious Problem In Feed This Year

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An Alber ta forage specialist is warning livestock feeders to be on the lookout for ergot in this year’s grain crop because of cool, damp weather. “Airborne ergot spores from previous crops infected the developing heads. This year, there’s a problem with not only rye, but triticale, wheat, barley, oats and even some of the
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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
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In Brief… – for Nov. 18, 2010

Faster loading:Paterson GlobalFoods has announced construction of a new terminal in Gleichen, which it says will be the fastest-loading facility in Western Canada. The 28,000-tonne “Long Plain Terminal” will include the first grain loop track in Canada. It is designed to allow locomotives to remain connected to a train, providing for continuous and timely loading

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