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The Wheat Board — Or Not

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR The standard explanation in news reports is that AWB Ltd., formerly the Australian Wheat Board, last year lost its export monopoly due to fallout from AWB officials paying nearly $300 million in bribes to Saddam Hussein’s government as part of the “Oil-for-Food Scandal.” If so, it seems ironic that one of
Cereals, Opinion

Barley And Hornets – for Oct. 8, 2009

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…to say that the ethanol industry has driven barley to unacceptable levels is hardly appropriate if the crop is barely meeting the cost of production. When you stir up a hornet’s nest, you get stung. It’s a simple lesson most rural youth learn at an early age, but one I was reminded of recently. A
Cereals, Crops

Russia Needs More Grain Storage

Russia will raise its grain port export capacities to 30 million tonnes a year by July 2010 from 25 million now, but its storage, drying and cleaning capacities are lagging, Arkady Zlochevsky, president of the Russian Grain Union, told reporters Oct. 5. Russia, which exported around 23 million tonnes in the 2008-09 crop year between
Cereals, News

Rail Service Review Enters Next Phase

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“Either we have adequate competition or, where we don’t have adequate competition… we need effective legislation to simulate this balance.” – WADE SOBKOWICH Farm groups, grain companies and railway shippers are pleased a federal government review of railway service has taken another step forward. Rob Merrifield, minister of state for transport announced Sept. 23 the
Cereals, Crops, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 1, 2009

Winter wheat shunned: Wet fields and weak prices amid already ample world wheat supplies could spell fewer U. S. winter wheat acres planted this fall. Despite some of the best soil moisture seen in years, many farmers in key U. S. growing areas this week were either still evaluating how much wheat to plant or
Cereals, News

Briefs continued – for Oct. 1, 2009

No deal: Canadian fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. has again extended its hostile offer for U. S. rival CF Industries Holdings Inc., which again said it wasn’t interested. The offer of $40 in cash plus one Agrium share for each CF share was set to expire Sept. 22, but is now set to expire on Oct.
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Wake-Up Call

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There’s much we don’t know and may never know in the so-called Triffid Affair that has devastated Canada’s flax industry in the past month. In fact, all we do know about this development so far is that buyers in Canada’s most important flax market believe they have identified small quantities of the genetically modified variety
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Letters – for Oct. 1, 2009

MWI intervened to save home economics I read with interest, the item, “Home economics heads to the second century at U of M.” (Pg. 12, Sept. 17, 2009) Members of Manitoba Women’s Institute, an organization that has from the start been closely connected with the University of Manitoba and home economics, will also celebrate its
Cereals, Grain Markets

Ethanol Still Supporting Grain Markets

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 25 lower with modest losses in canola. Canola was pressured down by the advancing harvest, favourable weather, bearish technical signals, slower demand
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Oct. 1, 2009

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SOUTHWEST: Cereal crop harvest ranges from 80 to 90 per cent complete. Yields are average to above average with good quality. Wheat protein levels are reported as lower than average. Canola harvest ranges from 50 per cent complete to 70 per cent complete with average-to above-average yields and good quality. Flax harvest ranges from just

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