Odds Against C-13 Becoming Law: CGC Chief

Bill C-13, the proposed legislation to overhaul the Canada Grain Act is unlikely to become law, according to Elwin Hermanson, chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). However, he told the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) its study into alternatives to CGC security was not in vain. “I think the odds favour that the bill

Argentine Farmers Turn Away From Wheat

Parched soils, lack of credit and anger over government policy could lead Argentine farmers to plant less wheat this year when sowing begins next month in the key global exporter. Argentina’s last wheat harvest was the smallest since 1982 due to a harsh drought, compounding farmers’ reluctance to plant wheat after two years of government


Weekend Storms Bring Cheer To U. S. Wheat Farmers

Oklahoma wheat farmer Keith Kisling had two words for the late winter snowstorm that swept across the U. S. Plains over the weekend: “Perfect timing.” After an extended run of an extremely dry winter, farmers throughout key winter wheat-growing U. S. states largely welcomed the several inches of snow, ice and rain that hit March

Good Riddance To C-13

Farmers should be grateful that Bill C-13, a bill to amend the Canada Grain Act, failed to make it through Parliament. The bill was removed from consideration for second reading by a motion supported by all three opposition parties. The motion called for the bill to be brought back to Parliament in six months, but


Weather Becoming Market Focus

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended April 9 mainly lower. Canola saw small losses, undermined by slowing demand and the large available canola supplies still on-farm in Western Canada. Canola declined

Grain Sector Better Off Than Many During World Recession

“It’s really an exciting time for agriculture and producers. If corn gets too cheap ethanol will bring it back and wheat and soybeans will follow corn.” – KENDELL KEITH Recession or not, people still have to eat and that bodes well for the world’s grain sector, three panelists told the Canada Grain Council’s 40th annual


New Glenn CWRS Wheat Rated “Fair” For FHB Tolerance

“We think best management practices still need to apply (with Glenn) and that may include using a fungicide at relevant times. By no means do we think the farmer can walk away from the agronomics and think that the product is going to look after itself.” – RICHARD KIEPER Glenn, a newly registered Canada Western

USDA Report Improves Market Outlook

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 futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended April 3 mixed, with canola up and barley down in an active week. Canola was lifted by gains in the U. S. soy


Northern U. S. Flooding May Cut Wheat Crop, Boost Soy

North Dakota and Minnesota face the worst spring flooding in years, which could prompt farmers to cut spring wheat plantings by as much as 500,000 acres in the four main wheat-producing U. S. states. Farmers still able to seed a crop will look hard at soybeans, which can be planted as late as early June,

Suspicion Over Argentine Data Fans Farming Tensions

Missing government data on Argentina’s multibillion-dollar farming s ector is causing increasing frustration for farmers and grain traders in the agricultural powerhouse. Argentina is a top world supplier of soy, wheat, corn and beef but its farming industry is having to use private estimates as routine data from harvest forecasts to corn sales are pulled