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New Bison Herbicide Competes With Liquid Achieve

Makhteshim Agan of North America, Canada Ltd. (MANA Canada), has announced the registration of Bison 400L. This is the first time that the active ingredient tralkoxydim has been introduced into the Canadian market since Liquid Achieve. Bison is registered for use in wheat (spring, winter and durum), barley and rye. It delivers excellent control of
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In Brief… – for Mar. 5, 2009

Streamlining farm subsidies: European Union ministers are considering changing the way farmers receive subsidies. The Czechs plan to launch a debate on how the EU’s complex farm payment system might be altered for the next seven-year budget period, which starts in 2013, Czech Agriculture Minister Petr Gandalovic said. Average levels of direct farm payments vary
Cereals, Crops

Canada Wheat Production Remains High

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Canadian and American farmers will produce significantly less wheat in 2009 as part of an expected global reduction in wheat production, the Canadian Wheat Board said Monday. The CWB expects Canada’s all-wheat production to drop by 16 per cent, or 4.7 million tonnes, to 23.9 million tonnes in 2008. U. S. wheat production will drop
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Farmers To Shun Grains For Cheaper Oilseeds

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Farmers will shun grains and turn to plant ing cheaper oilseed crops like canola and soybeans this year, Daniel Basse, president of Chicago-based research and advisory firm AgResource Company said Feb. 23. That will cause a shortage of grain supply late this year, Basse told farmers and analysts at the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual GrainWorld
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T – for Mar. 5, 2009

he Japanese are regarded as the true pioneers of market technical analysis. They began trading forward rice contracts (Futures) in 1654 and over the next three centuries have developed many sophisticated ways to analyze the markets. One Japanese method of charting is called “Candlestick” because the individual lines resemble candles. While candlestick charts use the
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La Niña Might Mean Good Crop This Year

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The weather outlook for the 2009 growing season: normal temperatures and precipitation for most of the Prairies. Maybe. A weakening La Nińa effect could mean stable weather over much of the North American grain belt between June and August, with good crops possible, according to Mike Tannura, an American weather analyst. Four of Canada’s five
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Biotech Corn, Soy Laying Foundation For GMO Wheat

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“It’s going to take a lot of production to feed the world and we will need biotechnology to feed the world of the future.” – STEVEN MERCER Growing global acceptance of genetically modified, or GMO, crops is laying the foundation for wider acceptance of GMO wheat, but the grain’s direct ties to the human food
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Mood In Grains Cautiously Upbeat

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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 oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Feb. 27 mainly lower on sluggish demand. Canola saw moderate declines despite the fact that the U. S. soy complex was higher and the Canadian
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Less Bad News Expected Later In The Year

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Canada is not immune to the global economic crisis but will weather the storm better than most, Warren Jestin, senior vice-president and chief economist with Scotiabank told participants at the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg Feb. 23. “Canada is still a commodity-rich country in a commodity-short world,” said Jestin. While the recovery
Cereals, Livestock

Demand Down For Organic Wheat

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Demand for wheat tends to hold steady even in tough economic times, but not so for what’s organically grown. Demand for organic wheat, durum and barley has flattened since the economic downturn began, Canadian Wheat Board organic marketing manager Patty Rosher said here during an Organic Week seminar Feb. 19, hosted by the provincial Agriculture

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