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Australia’s GrainCorp, Cargill Reconfigure Partnerships

April 9, 2009

Global commodities firm Cargill Inc. and Australia’s GrainCorp Ltd. will end a grain-buying joint venture after the scrapping of Australia’s wheat export monopoly made the two competitors. Cargill will buy GrainCorp’s holding in Australian Grain Accumulation (AGA) Services for an undisclosed amount, GrainCorp said on April 3. GrainCorp will form a new grain-buying team, while

Cereals, Crops, News

Indians Call For Wheat Exports

By Mayank Bhardwaj April 9, 2009

Wheat purchases by Indian state agencies have started strongly in the new season, further boosting government stocks and leading to industry calls to allow exports after a two-year ban. Farmers in the key wheat-surplus states of Punjab and Haryana were expected to begin selling in early April as recent showers have delayed the harvest, but

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Competitive Improvements Depend On Your View

By Alex Binkley April 9, 2009

Farm groups trying to answer MPs’ questions about improving the competitiveness of producers have a lot of similar suggestions mixed with the occasional poke at the Canadian Wheat Board. Most have told the Commons agriculture committee the industry needs more basic research, expanded trade deals, better transportation and more domestic processing. They share considerable optimism

Cereals, News

Report Rips Tories’ CWB, CGC Policies

By Alex Binkley April 2, 2009

“Piece by piece, the minority Conservative government under Stephen Harper is dismantling Canada’s highly successful grain system.” The Canadian Grain Commission and the Canadian Wheat Board are essential to the export success of Prairie farmers but the Harper Conservatives are trying to destroy them, a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says. The

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Canada’s Share Of World Wheat Market Drops

By Dwayne Klassen April 2, 2009

Shares of the world wheat market in the upcoming 2009-10 crop year are expected to decline for both Canada and the U. S. from 2008-09, with the EU-27, Ukraine, Russia and Argentina picking up most of that decline. The five top major wheat-exporting countries include the U. S., Canada, Australia, the EU-27 and Argentina, according

Cereals, Country Crossroads

Arborg Farmer Developing Rice Of The Prairies With Oat Variety

By Lorraine Stevenson April 2, 2009

“People are going to say ‘what is it?’ That’s going to be the biggest hurdle.” Hulless oats are good feed for pigs and poultry. They help racehorses run better too. But do they taste good? The pig, chicken or horse will never tell, but judges at a food competition later this month might. They’ll be

Cereals, Crops, News

Flood Won’t Affect Wheat Prices

By Mark Weinraub April 2, 2009

Severe flooding in the upper reaches of the United States cutting spring wheat plantings by 500,000 acres will be overwhelmed by plentiful global supplies that will keep the pressure on prices. The Red River Valley, a top spring wheat-growing area stretching from western Minnesota to eastern North Dakota and north into Manitoba, Canada, is braced

Cereals, Crops, News

Researchers Eye Wheat DNA Test

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2009

ASaskatoon research lab plans to see if it can make a prototype rapid wheat DNA test roadworthy for grain industry use by this fall. SRC GenServe Laboratories, operated by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), has signed an agreement with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to see if the technology, developed by AAFC and other research partners,

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New-Crop Wheat PROs Rise With River

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2009

Concern that the rising Red River will delay seeding, long enough for farmers in Manitoba, Minnesota and the Dakotas to switch to soybeans, is among the factors supporting the new-crop wheat outlook. The Canadian Wheat Board on March 26 rolled out its latest pool return outlooks (PROs) for both 2009-10 and 2008-09, showing the biggest

Cereals, Opinion

People Before Politics: Harper Has Failed To Deliver

By Wayne Easter April 2, 2009

For the past three years, the Harper government has been criss-crossing the country making announcement after announcement, promise after promise to Canadian farmers. Big commitments were made to help with things like cost of production, to help build processing capacity and to help farmers create practical programs on the ground. Unfor tunately, Stephen Harper and

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Cereals

Australia’s GrainCorp, Cargill Reconfigure Partnerships

Indians Call For Wheat Exports

Competitive Improvements Depend On Your View

Report Rips Tories’ CWB, CGC Policies

Canada’s Share Of World Wheat Market Drops

Arborg Farmer Developing Rice Of The Prairies With Oat Variety

Flood Won’t Affect Wheat Prices

Researchers Eye Wheat DNA Test

New-Crop Wheat PROs Rise With River

People Before Politics: Harper Has Failed To Deliver

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