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Crop Report – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture August 26, 2010

SOUTHWEST REGION Harvest of cereal crops began in the southwest region. Spring wheat yields range from 30 to 40 bushels/ acre with average quality as fusarium head blight is a concern in some samples. South of Highway #1, barley harvest is 40 per cent complete with reported yields of 40 to 70 bushels/acre; barley harvest

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Market’s Focus Has Shifted — And That’s Good For Prices – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Gavin Maguire August 19, 2010

The USDA’s latest batch of numbers suggests that U. S. producers look set to churn out record amounts of corn and soybeans this fall – as well as the third-largest wheat crop since 2000. But overseas production hiccups matched with blossoming global demand should counteract the impact of mammoth fresh domestic supplies – and continue

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Agrium Wants To Buy Former Australian Wheat Board – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 19, 2010

Canadian fertilizer giant Agrium Ltd. has started a bidding war for AWB Ltd., formerly the Australian Wheat Board. The company was put into play July 30 when AWB directors recommended to shareholders that they agree to an offer by larger Australian rival GrainCorp. Based on last year’s handlings, the new company would handle 14.6 million

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Potential For Volatility To Continue Through August – for Aug. 19, 2010

August 19, 2010

ICE Futures Canada canola futures lost ground during the week ended Aug. 13, retracing back slightly from recent contract highs on improved crop prospects in Western Canada and the subsequent increase in production estimates. Sentiment that recent good weather has increased the size of the Canadian canola crop was noted. Based on early harvest results,

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Crop Report – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture August 19, 2010

SOUTHWEST REGION Most of the Southwest Region received rainfall over the past week with reports ranging from 20 to 80 mm. Larger accumulations coming in thunderstorms with reports of high winds and hail damage in some areas have caused crop lodging in many fields. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye continued; however showers halted

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KAP Revisits CWB Voter Policy – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Allan Dawson August 19, 2010

The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is rethinking its position on which farmers should get a ballot in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) director elections. The issue was referred to KAP’s grain and oilseed committee during KAP’s general council meeting here July 22. “We need to revisit this and make sure everybody is comfortable with the position

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More Investment In Plant Breeding Needed – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Canadian Seed Trade Association August 12, 2010

You could call him the billion- dollar man. That’s the value of grain produced annually from wheat cultivars developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plant breeder Ron DePauw. But DePauw is not resting on his laurels. He’s excited about the future and believes that today plant breeders have much more “genetic opportunity” than when he

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Controlling The Uncontrollable – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Les Mcewan August 12, 2010

This may sound like I’m wandering off in 20 different directions, but bear with me; it will come together. One of my friends had a prize herd of purebred cows. When the day came to take the bull out to the pasture to service his eager cattle, he found that a scruffy crossbred bull from

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Wheat Markets Up 50 Per Cent – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Laura Rance-Unger August 12, 2010

The hottest run-up in the wheat market since 2008 prompted the Canadian Wheat Board to issue a special market advisory last week to alert farmers to potential pricing opportunities. David Boyes, the board’s commodity risk manager, said two market fundamentals – severe drought in Russia and excessive moisture cutting production in Western Canada – were

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Regulator Dismisses Producer Car Complaint – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 12, 2010

CN isn’t bound by law to keep or operate a producer car site wherever one exists or a farmer wants one, the Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled. The regulator last week dismissed a level-of-service complaint filed late last year by Cam Goff, a central-Saskatchewan farmer and Canadian Wheat Board director. Goff’s December complaint followed Canadian

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Crop Report – for Aug. 26, 2010

Market’s Focus Has Shifted — And That’s Good For Prices – for Aug. 19, 2010

Agrium Wants To Buy Former Australian Wheat Board – for Aug. 19, 2010

Potential For Volatility To Continue Through August – for Aug. 19, 2010

Crop Report – for Aug. 19, 2010

KAP Revisits CWB Voter Policy – for Aug. 19, 2010

More Investment In Plant Breeding Needed – for Aug. 12, 2010

Controlling The Uncontrollable – for Aug. 12, 2010

Wheat Markets Up 50 Per Cent – for Aug. 12, 2010

Regulator Dismisses Producer Car Complaint – for Aug. 12, 2010

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