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Wheat in southeastern Saskatchewan on May 31, 2019. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Saskatchewan extends greenfeed seeding deadline

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff June 19, 2019

Saskatchewan farmers who still want to put in cereal crops for greenfeed with crop insurance coverage will get an extra couple of weeks to do so. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance on Wednesday announced an extension on the June 30 deadline for seeding crops for greenfeed, to July 15. Producers who have crop insurance will now be

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Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices strong as dry weather persists

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team June 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — Producers are anxious to stock up on feed grains as weather across the Prairies has remained dry. “We’ve been seeing buyers being quite aggressive [when] bidding on all feed grains,” explained Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in Lethbridge. “Nobody wants to be caught without anything over the summer.” With little precipitation in the forecast,

The Canadian International Grains Institute was created in 1972 to provide market development and technical support for Canadian wheat and other field crops.

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What will become of Cigi?

Merger talks between Cigi, created 45 years ago to promote Canadian grain exports, and Cereals Canada could come to a head this month 

By Allan Dawson June 13, 2019

Cigi’s future could soon be clearer. For more than a year, the Canadian International Grains Institute, created in 1972 to provide market development and technical support for Canadian wheat and other field crops, and Cereals Canada, which represents the country’s cereals sector, have been considering merging. Cigi could decide on that during its annual meeting

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Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Durum bids in Western Canada are holding relatively steady, with prices only seeing small moves over the past month despite larger swings in spring wheat. Durum prices in southern Saskatchewan have traded in the $235-$243 per tonne area over the past month, a relatively narrow $8 trading range compared to Canada Western Red

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Federated Co-op buying Saskatchewan ethanol plant

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff May 22, 2019

Federated Co-operatives is set to lock in an ethanol supply for its member co-ops’ gas stations with a deal for a major Saskatchewan wheat ethanol producer. FCL announced Wednesday it will buy the Terra Grain Fuels ethanol plant in the RM of Pense near Belle Plaine, about 25 km east of Moose Jaw, for an

Ardent Mills’ flour mill at Rush City, Minn., about 80 km north of St. Paul. (ArdentMills.com)

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Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume May 10, 2019

Reuters — Ardent Mills will close three U.S. flour mills next month and a fourth in the first quarter of 2020, the flour miller and food ingredient maker announced Friday. The company, a joint venture between ConAgra Foods, Cargill and CHS, said the closures were necessary due to “anticipated demand and to enhance the efficiency

Any area lost to canola will likely go into spring wheat, according to pre-report forecasts. Photo: iStock

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Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 22, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Canadian farmers will likely seed less canola and more spring wheat in 2019, but the extent of any acreage shifts remains to be seen as market participants await Statistics Canada’s first seeded area estimates of the year on April 24. Canola prices in Western Canada have dropped over the past few

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WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 18, 2019

MarketsFarm — The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled largely in favour of the United States in a trade dispute regarding China’s application of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, corn and rice. The ruling, issued by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), stated China did not apply the TRQs on imports of wheat, rice

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U.S. wheats get limited nod for forage use

The varieties are limited to a small region  of British Columbia

By Alexis Stockford March 26, 2019

A British Columbia company has got a bit of breathing room in its efforts to promote forage wheats, but it’s not necessarily setting a precedent. Premier Pacific Seeds successfully argued its case to gain a limited interim registration for four U.S. soft winter wheat cultivars (Yamhill, Madsen, Kaseberg and Brudage) were better suited than any

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Should falling number and DON be grading factors?

Expensive machines would replace visual assessments of sprout and fusarium damage

By Allan Dawson March 26, 2019

Should falling number and deoxynivalenol (DON) be official grain-grading factors? The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is asking the grain industry for opinions before May 10. Both factors are included now, but through visual proxies — sprout damage for falling number and fusarium-damaged kernels for DON. They aren’t as accurate as machine measurements, but they are

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Saskatchewan extends greenfeed seeding deadline

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices strong as dry weather persists

What will become of Cigi?

Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

Federated Co-op buying Saskatchewan ethanol plant

Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

U.S. wheats get limited nod for forage use

Should falling number and DON be grading factors?

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