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Big U. S. Soy, Corn Crops May Deflate Price Boom

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U. S. farmers this year will reap their largest soybean crop ever and their second-largest corn crop, mammoth harvests that will deflate an ethanol-fuelled price boom, the government said Aug. 12. In its first estimate of the fall harvest, the Agriculture Department estimated the soybean crop would be a record 3.199 billion bushels, up eight
Livestock, Oilseeds

U. S. Antitrust Targets Seed, Livestock, Ag Markets

U. S. antitrust experts will examine controls on how livestock markets operate, concentration in the seed industry and transparency in agricultural markets, a senior Justice Department official said Aug. 7. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Philip Weiser detailed areas that the Justice and Agriculture departments plan to review in a series of public workshops beginning in
Livestock, Oilseeds

Do Horses Need Extra Fat?

carol shwetz dvm Benefits of flaxseed supplementation include stimulation of the immune system, relief from arthritis, reduction of inflammation, and improved skin and hair coat. Feeding sources of fat to horses is currently one of the most fashionable topics in modern horse-keeping nutrition. This is a rather peculiar topic since natural horse diets are very
Crops, Oilseeds

BASF Adds To Its Stable Of Labels

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“It (Heat herbicide) gives you much faster control than glyphosate alone and a broader spectrum so you would pick up (and control) your Roundup Ready canola.” ROBERT HORNFORD Manitoba flax growers can now use Headline fungicide to combat pasmo (Septoria linicola). It’s just one of a number of new labels or products to come from
Crops, Oilseeds

Keep Malathion Away From Canola Storage

The Canola Council of Canada is reminding growers to keep their canola storage bins free of the insecticide malathion this fall. Malathion is not registered to treat bins that will store canola or to control insects in stored canola. Every country that buys Canadian canola sets limits on pesticide residues, and exceeding those limits can
News, Oilseeds

Corn Moving West

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Pioneer Hi-Bred, one of the world’s leading corn seed companies, has opened a new research centre here aimed at making corn a mainstream crop in Western Canada. “We have a vision,” Pioneer Hi-Bred president Ian Grant said in an interview Aug. 6, before the grand opening of Pioneer’s Carman Research Centre. “Even if you could
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Grain Markets Looking To USDA Report

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l s e e d prices at the ICE Canada futures market closed the week ended Aug. 7 mixed with canola higher. Canola posted moderate gains on the week in the wake of big advances in
Oilseeds, Opinion

Corporate Co-Operation

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Hardly a week has passed this summer without an announcement of another collaborative effort between the major players in plant breeding. Monsanto’s collaboration with Dow AgroSciences to bring SmartStax, the agriculture industry’s first eight-gene stack, to the market is only the latest of a string of similar announcements in recent years. Monsanto has also just
News, Oilseeds

Viterra Enters Canola-Crushing Business

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A Manitoba canola-crushing plant with a checkered past has a new owner who promises a bright future for the facility. Viterra Inc. last week held a grand opening for its canola crush operation which it purchased earlier this year from Associated Proteins LP. It’s Viterra’s first venture into the canola-crushing business but likely not the
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Market Volatility Rises, Weather In The Background

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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 the ICE Canada futures market closed the week ended July 31 higher in a very volatile week. The steep rise in the Canadian dollar weighed on the market. Canola dropped sharply early in the

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