Deregulation Has Led To System Efficiency

Canada’s grain handling and transportation system is more streamlined and the railways more profitable thanks to partial deregulation, Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation told the Fields on Wheels conference Dec. 2. In 2000, federal legislation allowed the railways to charge whatever they wanted to move western grain to export so long as total revenues

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Canola Exports To China Blocked

“This artificial trade barrier is really becoming a big hindrance.” – GREG POROZNI China is not accepting new Canadian canola imports, despite telling the world’s top canola exporter recently that the oilseed carrying the common blackleg disease could enter some ports. China has said it’s concerned about diseased canola, which it imports to use as


Manitoba Harvest Wraps Up

Manitoba farmers are nearly finished this year’s harvest, with only a few corn and sunflower fields left, according to the last crop report from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives for the season. Warm and sunny weather allowed the majority of acres to be harvested across the province, said the Nov. 23 report. Soybean yields

Washington Is Supporting Your Canola

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Gr a i n and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Nov. 20 higher, with canola seeing moderate gains. Strength in the U. S. soy complex, friendly technical signals, a weaker Canadian dollar


Japan Finds GMOs In Canadian Flax

“If the GMO material exceeds one per cent, it cannot be used for animal feed.” – JAPANESE FARM MINISTRY OFFICIAL Japan has found genetically modified flaxseed, which has not been approved by Japan, in imports from Canada, Health Ministry officials said Nov. 16. In Japan, the bulk of flaxseed is used to produce oil for

CFIA Working On Blackleg Test For Canola

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is developing a new test for blackleg in canola as it seeks a resolution to a dispute with China over its new import restrictions against the oilseed. As of Nov. 15, China is restricting Canadian canola with blackleg to ports not widely used by Canadian exporters. Canada is the world’s


U. S. Stops More Canadian Canola Meal

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused 19 shipments of Canadian canola meal from Cargill in October after finding they contained the harmful bacteria salmonella. The shipments all came from Cargill’s Clavet, Sask. canolacrushing plant, according to reports posted on the FDA’s website. The plant was already under shipping restrictions from the FDA

UAE Eyes Farmland Deals In Ukraine

“Already we have received a lot of interest from the UAE to invest in Ukraine’s agriculture sector, and we are offering all kinds of projects such as leasing of 100,000 hectares of land to the creation of animal farms with 3,000 cows.” AUnited Arab Emirates delegation plans to visit Ukraine to look at opportunities to