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The Canola Council of Canada is reviewing its priorities in the wake of losing Richardson International, Canada’s largest grain company, says president Jim Everson. The company declined to renew its membership in 2018.
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Canola council reviewing priorities

Richardson withdrawal prompts soul-searching session at AGM

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Outside the Canola Council of Canada’s annual business meeting March 8 there were palm tress, cacti and deep-blue Kodachrome skies offering a respite from Western Canada’s cold and snow. But inside was an elephant, acknowledged, but never named, called Richardson International. The nod came when council president Jim Everson announced the council is reviewing its
Cysts (the large white growths) on the roots of a soybean plant.
Crops, Oilseeds

Manitoba poised to meet advancing soybean cyst nematode

The pest’s arrival is imminent if it hasn’t happened already

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A microscopic parasitic roundworm that’s the top soybean yield robber in the U.S. is already present on the Manitoba-North Dakota border and the province is readying for its imminent arrival. Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is often cited for causing approximately US$1 billion in U.S. soy production losses every year, and it’s that kind of devastation
VIDEO: As rail service declines, some canola crushers forced to sit idle
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VIDEO: As rail service declines, some canola crushers forced to sit idle

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*[UPDATED, Mar. 12, 2018] Poor rail service is forcing some Canadian canola crushers to shut down temporarily, costing them millions of dollars in lost capacity. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with Canadian Oilseed Processors Association executive director Chris Vervaet about the issue March 8 during the Canola Council of Canada’s annual general meeting in
Canola rides out turbulence in world financial markets
Grain Markets, Markets, Oilseeds

Canola rides out turbulence in world financial markets

A lower loonie lent support to Canadian canola demand

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It was a turbulent week for world financial markets but canola shrugged off much of the volatility and held firm, thanks in large part to weakness in the Canadian dollar. In fact, the market even showed a bit of bullishness as the front-month March contract broke through the psychologically important $500-per-tonne mark during the week
Two new blackleg tools for the 2018 growing season
Crops, Oilseeds

Two new blackleg tools for the 2018 growing season

Tools to estimate yield loss and pinpoint the strain infesting your fields can help reduce the economic hit

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Blackleg has become an expensive problem for canola producers, but growers will soon have two new tools to reduce the economic impact of the disease. “Blackleg wasn’t a real concern even a few years ago, but now it’s becoming increasingly important,” said Stephen Strelkov, a professor of plant pathology at the University of Alberta. “This
A soybean field in Abbott County, South Carolina. U.S. soybean producers 
are about to have an unprecedented host of options to choose from.
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Battle of the beans

Monsanto faces a tough fight for the soybean market

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Monsanto is facing major threats to its historic dominance of seed and herbicide technology for the US$40-billion U.S. soybean market. Rivals BASF and DowDuPont are preparing to push their own varieties of genetically modified soybeans. At stake is control over seed supply for the next generation of farmers producing the most valuable U.S. agricultural export.
Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola
Crops, Oilseeds

Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola

Good agronomy, higher input costs and more work, including split fertilizer applications, are the key, says farmer Florian Hagmann

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When growing a 70-bushel-an-acre canola crop it’s the “little things that matter.” That’s advice Florian Hagmann, who farms at Birch Hills, in north-central Saskatchewan, offered farmers attending Ag Days here Jan. 16. Hagmann, whose 2017 canola averaged 70 bushels on 5,000 acres, emphasized good agronomy is more important than new equipment. So is hard work
Soy bean seeds on a white background
Local news, Oilseeds

Management practices go head to head in Soybean Challenge

The AAFC station in Portage la Prairie was home to a little friendly 
competition between soybean management systems last year


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It was the battle of the beans in Portage la Prairie last year, in the hope of shedding some light on best practices for soybeans. Results from the 2017 Ultimate Soybean Challenge were presented at this year’s Ag Days in Brandon. Three teams, with three very different management strategies, looked to outshine their competition at
Merged oilseed council proposal needs more study, MCGA prez says
News, Oilseeds

Merged oilseed council proposal needs more study, MCGA prez says

Soy Canada and the canola council rejected the idea

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Chuck Fossay knew Richardson International was threatening to leave the Canola Council of Canada, but he never expected it to happen. “I was actually surprised it pulled the plug,” the president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association said in an interview Jan. 18. “We knew that Richardson had concerns. We’ve known that probably for five
Was Viterra planning to leave the canola council too?
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Was Viterra planning to leave the canola council too?

Richardson’s decision to leave doesn’t endanger the council, says its president

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Richardson International’s decision not to renew its Canola Council of Canada membership Dec. 31, was a shocker, but it could have been even worse. According to several reliable sources, Viterra, Canada’s second-biggest grain company behind Richardson, had planned to leave too. The 51-year-old council, a paragon of value chain consensus, is credited with making canola

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