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Iraq To Double Wheat Production

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Iraq expects to double its wheat production this year to around 2.5 million tonnes, meeting half its consumption needs, thanks to good rains, a deputy agriculture minister said May 19. Iraq’s agriculture sector, hurt by decades of war, sanctions and neglect, has suffered severe drought in the last two years, hitting wheat and rice production
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New Feed Oat For Dairy Farmers

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“A grain that is essentially equal to barley for feeding to dairy cattle.” – BRIAN ROSSNAGEL, CDC You wouldn’t normally feed oats to dairy cows because the hulls aren’t digestible and the grain is low in energy content. But say hello to CDC SO-I. This new feed oat variety combines a high fat content with
Cereals, News

Pellerin Leaves CFA Presidency

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“My reputation as a farm leader has been built around the fact that I was able to bring people together to find consensus.” – LAURENT PELLERIN Laurent Pellerin is leaving the Canadian Federation of Agriculture after less than two years as president. Pellerin has been named as the new chair of the Farm Products Council
Cereals, Opinion

Dissecting Co-Operatives’ Demise

With several large agriculture co-ops facing the same issues at roughly the same time frame, one has to ask – are these isolated events or are they part of some larger pattern? Co-ops are one of our shopping options– Co-op Marketplace grocery stores, credit unions, Co-op Gas Bars and C-stores, Mountain Equipment Co-op– and they
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

CWB election changes undemocratic

I am responding to recently proposed legislation regarding Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) voting rules. These proposed changes do two things at the same time: take small producers off of the voters’ list even if they market their grain through the CWB and thereby help pay the costs of the organization, while at the same time
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

EU Uncertainty, Weather Fog Up Crystal Ball

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada canola futures experienced some choppy trade during the week ended May 21. Large movements in the outside financial markets, together with improving crop conditions across Western Canada, had sent values to fresh contract lows at one point
Cereals, Crops

Confusion Reigns Over Who Gets To Vote

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“It certainly wasn’t what was intended from the panel report.” – DAVID ROLFE If farmers are confused whether they’ll get a vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections this fall, they aren’t alone. Media, farm organizations, and maybe even the minister of agriculture, have been confused too. Ottawa tabled Bill C-27, the Canadian Wheat Board
Cereals, Crops

Higher Threshold Requested

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“My biggest fear was that they would immediately go to the weighted ballot. I think this will actually stop that.” – IAN WISHART The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) says C-27 is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough to prevent hobby farmers from voting in Canadian Wheat Board elections.
Cereals, Crops, News

Tighter FHB Regs, Better Management Required

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“The new tolerances are designed to meet market needs but also to be fair to producers when fusarium is a grading factor in their wheat.” – ELWIN HERMANSON FUSARIUM DAMAGE TOLERANCES August 1, 2010: Revise fusarium damage tolerances in CWRS, CWHWS, CWAD, CPSR, CWSWS and CW Feed. Wheat Class CWRS CWHWS CWAD CPSR CPSW CWSWS

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