Oilseeds & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Flax Bids Fall As Gm Concerns Increase

By Dwayne Klassen September 10, 2009

Cash bids for flaxseed in Western Canada have taken a dramatic turn for the worse with some of the decline being linked to European concerns the crop contains genetically modified organisms. There were reports that Viterra has lowered its bids in Manitoba to as low as $6.78 a bushel, which would be down significantly from

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Barley Outlook Poor Despite Small Crop

By Don Bousquet September 10, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 3 lower, with big declines in canola. Canola was undermined by weakness in the Chicago soy complex, the beginning of the harvest, favourable weather

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Pulses

Do You Have Pumpkin Recipes To Share?

September 10, 2009

RECIPE SWAP Sandi Knight of Macdonald kindly responded to our call last week for a Gorp Bar recipe, sending us this one for Crunch Trail Mix Bars, which she clipped from a Today’s Parent magazine a couple of years ago. Sandi writes that the original recipe also called for three-quarters of a cup of sugar

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Renewed Food Inflation Risk As Funds Eye Edible Oils

By Catherine Horn September 10, 2009

Less than two years after a surge in global food prices caused panic and riots around the world, investors are starting to return to vegetable oil markets and raising the spectre of renewed food price inflation. Billions of dollars change hands annually in the markets for palm, soybean and other vegetable oils, which are used

News, Oilseeds

Farm Exporters Fear China Backlash In Tires Case

September 10, 2009

Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat company, and global grain titan Louis Dreyfus Commodities warned on Sept. 3 that China could cut back on imports of U. S. farm goods if President Barack Obama restricts U. S. imports of Chinese tires. The companies, part of a coalition of more than 30 major farm and

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U. S. Soy Uncertainty Makes Canola Uncertain

By Don Bousquet September 3, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Aug. 28 mixed, with canola a bit higher in the wake of the firm tone in Chicago soybeans and the weak Canadian dollar. Slow farmer

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

MCGA Adopts Preferential Ballot

By Allan Dawson September 3, 2009

“The members wanted it and we didn’t see any reason not to do it.” – mcga president rob pettinger Apreferential ballot will be used to elect four Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) directors this fall for four-year terms. “The members wanted it and we didn’t see any reason not to do it,” MCGA president Rob

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 3, 2009

By Manitoba Agriculture September 3, 2009

SOUTHWEST Harvesting of winter cereals continues across the region with reports of average to above-average yields and good quality; weather permitting, most growers should complete harvest of those crops by the end of the week. Barley and wheat harvests have also started with average yields and good quality reported. Desiccation and swathing of spring cereals

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Linear Grain Will Handle CWB Crops

By Allan Dawson September 3, 2009

Carman-headquartered Linear Grain will soon be handling Canadian Wheat Board crops, giving farmers another delivery option. “We’re slowly increasing our storage capacity to better serve our customers,” Linear grain merchant Ryan McKnight said in an interview Aug. 27. “We’ve bought another 10 big bins increasing our (grain storage) capacity by about 1,600 metric tonnes.” To

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

2009 Good For Flax

By Daniel Winters September 3, 2009

If you’ve got a field of certified organic brown or golden flax, you may hit the jackpot this year. Relatively speaking, of course. Prices for other organic grains have fallen from the stratospheric highs witnessed in the spring of 2008, but this year the crop may yet turn out to be one of the organic

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