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CWB Single Desk To End, But When?

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It’s not a question of if, but when Stephen Harper’s majority Conservative government will kill the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly over western Canadian wheat and barley. The Tories have promised since 2006 to abolish the CWB’s statutory single desk, but were stymied until winning 167 seats in the May 2 election, giving them a solid
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Wheat, Canola Stocks Shrink

Canada’s supplies of wheat and canola dwindled as of March 31, a Statistics Canada report showed May 6, after farmers reaped a disappointing harvest last year. Canola stocks were 450,000 tonnes lower than the trade expected on average. All-wheat stocks fell nearly nine per cent to 15.6 million tonnes, while canola supplies tumbled almost 23
Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Recipe Swap – for May. 12, 2011

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That winter storm had many of us hunkered down for a few hours wondering if the calendar was somehow fast-forwarded to late October or thereabouts. But by the time you’re reading this, the weekend winter we woke up to May 1 should be long gone and spring back among us. Here’s a mix of lighter
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Record Canola Acres — If Land Dries Soon

Canada’s farmers intend to plant more canola, all wheat and oats than the trade expected, according to Statistics Canada’s first report on 2011 crop plans, but wet farms have left seeding plans in doubt. Farmers have been idled so far this spring as cool weather slowed melting of deep snow-pack on already saturated ground. Planting
Forages, Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for May. 5, 2011

Accommodating different views on technology I read with great interest and then dismay the article in the April 21Manitoba Co-operator titled “KAP opposes Roundup Ready alfalfa’s release in Canada.” There are two things of note in regards to this article. The first is the quote made by Paul Gregory in regards to the Canadian Seed
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

I Want My Money Back

I strongly object to the efforts of the Manitoba Canola Growers to put canola under the Canadian Wheat Board “Marketing survey not supported” (Co-operator,April 14). Canola has been a great, profitable success story for Prairie farmers and putting it under the CWB would only threaten this success.
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Industry’s Eyes On Calendar

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Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered declines during the week ended April 29. Outright liquidation by speculative and commodity fund accounts fuelled the downward price slide. The losses were exaggerated by the triggering of sell-stop orders on the way down. Losses in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soyoil and new-crop CBOT
Crops, Oilseeds

New Insecticide For Soybeans

Bayer CropScience has received registration for Concept insecticide, making it available to soybean and horticulture growers across Canada for the 2011 growing season. “Concept is a revolutionary broad-spectrum foliar insecticide that delivers quick knockdown and residual protection against soybean aphid and Japanese beetle, and suppression of bean leaf beetle in soybean crops,” said Greg Good,
News, Oilseeds

Phytosanitary Grain Rules Need Work

The international grain trade needs better phytosanitary rules and tolerances for low-level presence of genetically modified (GM) crops, says Dennis Stephens, a consultant contracted to co-ordinate the Canada Grains Council. “Zero thresholds are no longer obtainable,” Stephens told the council’s 42nd annual meeting in Winnipeg earlier this month. “We’ve reached a stage where we have

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