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LETTERS – for Feb. 5, 2009

February 5, 2009

New legislation has far-reaching implications Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk has recently announced that under the new Food Safety Act all food premises in the province of Manitoba will have to be licensed. She wants to start with livestock and move her way down to fruits and veggies. I have read these

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Crop husbandry makes a comeback

By Laura Rance-Unger February 5, 2009

“Can you see anything else at this show that gives you 20 per cent more yield while spending less money?” – COLIN ROSENGREN When Colin Rosengren was looking for ways to improve the sustainability of farm near Midale, Sask., he turned to the best agronomist he could find – Mother Nature. It was by clueing

Cereals, Crops

Japan postpones changes on wheat imports

By Risa Maeda February 5, 2009

Japan is postponing a plan to make its rigid wheat import system more flexible by at least several months after flour millers and other users protested that they are not in a position to take on more risk of price fluctuations. A more flexible system could lead to more imports through a simultaneous buy and

Cereals, Crops

CWB backs organic sector development

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 5, 2009

Eight new research and k n owl e d g e -s h a r i n g projects on organic grain production will get a financial boost from the Canadian Wheat Board. The board on Jan. 28 announced a new round of funding worth $200,000 in 2009 through its Organic Sector Market Development Initiative

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Could Canola Acres Be A Record?

By Don Bousquet February 5, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed f u t u re s at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Jan. 30 lower, with canola posting only moderate losses. The fact that Asian demand has been sidelined by the Chinese

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Farmers split over revenue cap excess

By Allan Dawson January 29, 2009

“This is an excellent opportunity for Western Grains Research to share its vision of what could be done with this money. “ – Doug Robertson Farm groups continue to disagree over what to do with the $59.8 million the railways owe them after overcharging to ship grain in 2007-08. Last week the Western Canadian Wheat

Cereals, News

PotashCorp profit jumps:

January 29, 2009

Saskatoon-based PotashCorp reported a fourth-quarter profit that more than doubled to $788 million last Thursday and its shares surged even though it issued weaker-than-expected forecasts for 2009. The world’s biggest fertilizer company said it sees 2009 potash shipments flat with 2008 or slightly lower even though it expects increased global demand in the second quarter.

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Livestock, Opinion

Farmers and cowmen

By Laura Rance-Unger January 29, 2009

The latest release from the George Morris Centre “Feed grains and livestock in Canada – a reconciliation” brings to mind the lyrics from a certain operetta performed by the Carman Collegiate High School back in the 1970s. “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends… one man likes to push a plow, the other

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Killing KVD undermines “branding” of western Canadian wheat

January 29, 2009

“I see KVD (kernel visual distinguishability) as one of the elements that lets Canadian wheat be sold as a branded product.” – JOHN DUVENAUD Kernel visual distinguishabi lity (KVD), which was used for decades to quickly and cheaply identify and segregate eight classes of Western Canadian milling wheat from farm to end-user, was ended abruptly

Cereals, Oilseeds, Other

Start small when straight cutting canola

By Allan Dawson January 29, 2009

Straight combining canola can save time and manpower – two things in short supply, especially on larger farms. But novices should ease into it. “A big thing if you’re moving to straight cutting is start small and build,” Derwyn Hammond, an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada told farmers attending Ag Days Jan.

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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