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Crop Report – for May. 27, 2010

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SOUTHWEST Most of the region received rainfall over the past week, with the majority of accumulation occurring on the weekend. Strong winds were also reported. Overall moisture condition is rated as good, but some areas report excess moisture. Seeding of cereal crops is 90 per cent complete, with early-seeded crops in the three-to four-leaf stage.
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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, Crops

Seaway Shipments Up Sharply

Cargo shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting North America’s Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, rose 18 per cent in the first four months of the year from the year-before period, signalling a rebound in the manufacturing sector, seaway officials said May 11. Total cargo shipments rose to nearly 3.7 million tonnes, with iron
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for May. 20, 2010

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SOUTHWEST: Seeding operations resumed at the beginning of the week and warm and sunny conditions prevailed most of the week. A few scattered showers resulted in minimal accumulations; moisture conditions are rated as good. Approximately 70 per cent of the cereal crop is seeded. Some areas have completed seeding with some areas still waiting for
Cereals, News

Bill C-27 To Change Voting Criteria

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Farmers who want to vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections will have had to produce 40 tonnes of grain in the current or previous two crop years if Bill C-27 becomes law. The Canadian Wheat Board Payments and Election Reform Act introduced in the House of Commons last week also promises to process CWB
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U. S. Corn Stocks To Swell, Yield Near Record

U. S. corn stocks will swell to their highest in five years after a racing start to planting boosted chances for a record 2010-11 crop, while soybean ending inventories will nearly double, the U. S. government forecast May 11. Chicago corn prices rose after the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s first projections for this year’s
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Demand Supports Canola Against Good Weather

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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 contracts finally broke out of their longtime flat trading range during the week ended May 14, but rather than seeing the upward jump that many farmers had been holding out for, canola turned weaker and set
Cereals, Crops

CIGI Receives Federal Investment

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The federal government is investing $11 million into the Canadian International Grains Institute, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced May 14. “Today’s investment to the crops industry will support research and development of new, healthy foods for families across Canada and around the world,” said Minister Ritz. “When premium Italian pasta plants are making spaghetti, they
Cereals, News

More Balanced Railway-Customer Relationship Sought

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“It is not reasonable to expect any operation to function competitively when vital transportation fails to arrive one in five times.” – WESTERN CANADIAN SHIPPERS’ COALITION The federal rail freight review panel made it clear last fall that it wanted final submissions from the railways and shippers to contain solutions and not just rehash old
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canada Durum Stocks Second Largest In 30 Years

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Canadian farmers and crop handlers had the second-largest supply of pasta-producing durum wheat in at least 30 years on March 31, Statistics Canada said May 9, as big global stocks grew faster than demand. Stocks of barley, oats and canola were sharply smaller, StatsCan said. Stocks of durum were 4.625 million tonnes, up 23 per

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