Cereals & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Outside Events Loom Large On Farm Sector

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 13, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around their well-established ranges during the week ended May 7, doing little to break out of the sideways pattern the market has been stuck in for months. Large moves in the outside currency, commodity,

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Viterra Shares Fall As Black Sea Wheat Gains Strength

By Rod Nickel May 13, 2010

Cheap grain from the Black Sea region is costing Viterra its competitive advantage in exporting Australian wheat to Asia and the Middle East, an analyst said, as the Canadian grain handler’s shares fell to a 17-month low May 7. As wheat production rises in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to levels similar to those before the

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Little Damage From Chill In U. S. Plains

By Julie Ingwersen May 13, 2010

Frosty temperatures in the U. S. corn belt and the southern Plains wheat belt may have been cold enough to cause scattered minor crop damage over the weekend but nothing significant, a private forecaster said May 10. “It did not come in as cold as we were thinking in those western areas,” said Mike Palmerino,

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U. S. Well Ahead In Seeding

By Mark Weinraub May 13, 2010

U. S. farmers are seeding corn at a record pace this spring and have made a good start in soybean planting despite rainy weather during the past week. U. S. Agriculture Department data released May 3 that showed farmers had completed 68 per cent of their corn planting as of May 2. The record for

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Start Planning For Your Winter Wheat Spring Assessment

By Ducks Unlimited Canada May 13, 2010

Aproper spring assessment is an important part of successful winter wheat production. And as the weather heats up, now’s the time to start putting your assessment plans into motion. Assessing the crop condition early is difficult as brown leaves do not necessarily denote winterkill and green leaves are not a guarantee of winter survival. The

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Crop Report – for May. 13, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture May 13, 2010

SOUTHWEST: Rainfall over the past week kept producers out of the field till later in the week; rainfall amounts varied throughout the region. Cool temperatures over the weekend brought frost to most areas, but no frost damage was reported. The overall moisture situation is rated as good. The amount of crop seeded varies throughout the

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Wheat Likely Contaminated By GM

By Allan Dawson May 6, 2010

“Fifteen years ago people didn’t think Greenpeace was a significant player in policy development – they are, they clearly are.” – Randy Giroux Genetically modified (GM) wheat hasn’t been commercialized but wheat contaminated by other GM crops is out there if someone looks hard enough for it, says Ian White, president and CEO of the

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Prairie Landscape Expected Yellower Than Ever

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 6, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts started to edge to the upside of their long established trading ranges during the week ended April 30. However, expectations for record Canadian canola plantings and the generally favourable weather conditions across Western Canada tempered

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Grain Industry Worried By New Toxin Limits

By Allan Dawson May 6, 2010

Canada’s grain industry wants safer food, but it doubts pending regulations to restrict exposure to ochratoxin A (OTA), a suspected carcinogen in grains and other foods, will be effective. In the meantime, those regulations threaten to add costs throughout the pipeline from farmer to food processor. “There really needs to be a supply chain solution,”

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Crop Report – for May. 6, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture May 6, 2010

SOUTHWEST: Rainfall over the past week resulted in varying accumulations across the region, with less precipitation in the southwest areas to more precipitation in the northern areas. Overall moisture situation is rated as good. Temperatures over night dropped below 0 C with some areas reporting lows of -4 C. Cereal crop seeding is 15 to

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