Manitoba Input Dealers Join Network – for Sep. 16, 2010

The owners of 19 independently owned crop input outlets in Manitoba have signed up as members of a new Prairie input dealers’ network. Launched Sept. 8, the Grow Community of Independents includes Double Diamond Crop Supply, Shur-Gro Farm Services and Munro Farm Supplies among its founding members, along with GJ Chemical as a dealer member.

Crop Report – for Sep. 16, 2010

SOUTHWEST Rainfall over the past week limited harvest to only a couple of days. In most cases producers were harvesting damp to wet grain. Harvests of cereal crops vary from 70 per cent complete in the Killarney area and 40 to 50 per cent north of Souris, to less than 10 per cent harvested north



World Bank Urges Transparency In Foreign Farmland Deals – for Sep. 16, 2010

The World Bank is urging greater transparency in land investment transactions to protect local land owners as the volume of foreign farmland investment in poor countries swells. Foreigners investing in agricultural land in developing countries should be open in their transactions and recognize the rights of existing owners to avoid weak governance, the World Bank


Food Prices Seen Lower Than In 2007-08 – for Sep. 16, 2010

Rising prices for a wide range of agricultural commodities are stirring fears of global food-driven inflation, but there should be no repeat of the crisis seen in 2007-08 unless governments start to panic. Analysts cite much higher global stocks of staples such as wheat and a more challenging economic environment as factors which should temper




Ukraine PM Says No Grain Export Limits In 2010-11 – for Sep. 16, 2010

Ukraine’s government will not introduce any limits on grain exports because it has enough grain to cover domestic needs and export demands, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said last Friday. “We do not plan any kind of limits on exports,” Azarov told regional officials in the southern Crimea region. “Despite the drought, we have harvested enough


Russia Extends Export Ban, Ukraine Delays Continue – for Sep. 16, 2010

Major exporter Ukraine is holding ships carrying a month’s grain supply in its ports, traders said Sept. 7, while Russia said it had enough grain to feed itself but would maintain an export ban until late 2011. The Russian statement could bring some clarity and reassurance to a market frustrated by conflicting statements from a

Know What You Grow – for Sep. 16, 2010

Farmers making their first deliveries to an elevator this fall will have to sign two declaration forms instead of the customary one. Since 2006, producers have had to declare that the wheat they were delivering is eligible for the class to which it’s going. Now farmers are being asked to declare the non-wheat board crops