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In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

By Reuters February 24, 2011

Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Profit-Taking Hammers Canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 24, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a roller-coaster of a week during the period ended Feb. 18, as the bottom finally fell out of the market and participants took profits after the steady rise over the past few months. However, after four straight days of large declines, values stabilized for a day, bounced higher and

News, Oilseeds

Parrots, Pigeons Threaten Argentine Sunflowers

By Maximilian Heath February 24, 2011

Flocks of hungry parrots and pigeons are plaguing sunflower farmers in some parts of Argentina, eating their crops and thinning their wallets. As swelling numbers of birds feed on fields, growers try to scare them away using balloons with “menacing eyes” painted on them. Farmers in the South American country, a leading global food exporter,

Crops, Oilseeds

Investment Tax Credits Available

By Manitoba Canola Growers Release February 24, 2011

Producers are entitled to obtain taxable benefits on canola checkoff deductions that are used to support research and development. Individual producers are entitled to claim investment tax credits at 20 per cent and the corporate producer rate for Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPC) is 35 per cent. For the Manitoba Canola Growers Association, only part

Crops, Oilseeds

How Much Are You Losing?

By Canola Council Of Canada February 24, 2011

Canola growers lose up to five bushels per acre out the back of their combines. That skims a lot of profit off the top and adds to volunteer canola costs in following years. Manitoba Canola Growers Association and the Canola Council of Canada will host a Combine Performance Clinic at the Keystone Centre in Brandon,

Crops, Oilseeds

NASC Annual Meeting Sees New Focus

By Gord Gilmour February 24, 2011

Talking to political leaders and policy-makers is beginning to pay off for the National Sunflower Association of Canada, says president Kelly Dobson. “In the past three months we’ve had more meetings with more people – other grower groups, company representatives and government officials – than we have in the past 10 years,” Dobson said at

Oilseeds, Opinion

Check For Overheated Canola

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 24, 2011

If producers want to take advantage of hot canola prices, they’d better make sure it’s not heating in the bin, the Canola Council of Canada warns. “We’re getting regular reports this month from growers who have lost whole bins to heating. Some have lost multiple bins,” warns Jim Bessel of the Canola Council of Canada.

Cereals, Livestock, Oilseeds

Grain Trade Veterans Flummoxed By Market Reaction

By K.t. Arasu February 24, 2011

It was supposed to have been a benign U.S. government report, a highly provisional glimpse at this year’s crops – something expert grain traders would take note of before going about their business. Instead, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first look at crop production in the United States this year released on Feb. 14 –

News, Oilseeds

What’s Up – for Feb. 17, 2011

February 17, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Feb. 22:“Record Keeping for Organic Growers, Part 2,” a Canadian Organic Growers webinar. For more info visit www.cog.ca/shop, click on “Events,” then click on “Webinars.” Feb. 23:Managing your Woodlot: Seminars, Baldur Memorial Hall. For more info call MAFRI at 204-741-0490. Feb. 24:“Crop Planning for Organic

Crops, Oilseeds

Agronomy Growing Focus Of National Sunflower Association

By Gord Gilmour February 17, 2011

The National Sunflower Association of Canada is upping its agronomy game with the addition of a new staff agronomist. Even though Ed Stroeder, who’s based in Gladstone, is barely a month into his new job, he was front and centre this week at the Manitoba Crop Symposium. Agronomy is a challenge for the Canadian industry

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

ICE Weekly: Canola could relive March lows: analyst

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U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

ICE Weekly: Canola could relive March lows: analyst

Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

Profit-Taking Hammers Canola

Parrots, Pigeons Threaten Argentine Sunflowers

Investment Tax Credits Available

How Much Are You Losing?

NASC Annual Meeting Sees New Focus

Check For Overheated Canola

Grain Trade Veterans Flummoxed By Market Reaction

What’s Up – for Feb. 17, 2011

Agronomy Growing Focus Of National Sunflower Association

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