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Nexera Growing At Bunge Altona

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The owners have changed a few times and so have the oilseeds it crushes, but the processing plant farmers built here in 1946 still epitomizes the concept of “value added.” In fact, this plant has been “value adding” since long before the words became part of the Prairie lexicon. Canola, the oilseed it processes almost
Forages, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Apr. 2, 2009

Awareness award: The Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association (MFWBA) is launching a new award to recognize outstanding contributions to public awareness of agricultural issues. The annual award can go to an individual or organization. “This award will recognize the people in Manitoba who capture our imagination and interest, compelling us to learn more about
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Record-Breaking Year For Canadian Canola In 2008

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“The trick is going to be to produce it year after year so that it will average 15 million tonnes.” – JOANNE BUTH 2 008 was a dream year for Canada’s Cinderella crop with records falling all over the place. Farmers harvested a record canola crop, with near-record oil content, after planting a record number
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Can Old-Crop Canola Be Facing $7.50 A Bushel?

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Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg c losed the week ended March 27 lower, with losses in the Chicago market and the firm Canadian dollar weighing on values. Canola posted small losses as sluggish export demand also weighed on prices. China has indicated its canola buying in April will fall to
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Viterra Joins Winter Wheat Campaign

A program aiming for 100,000 new acres of winter cereals seeded across Western Canada this fall now has Viterra on board as its “premier delivery partner.” Ducks Unlimited and Bayer CropScience in mid-January launched “Winter Cereals: Sustainability in Action,” a program to increase winter cereals acres across North America, to which Bayer pledged $20 million
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Forages Could Reduce Canola Yield

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“Information about placing canola on forages is very limited, so caution is a definite must here.” Producers who have made the decision to put canola into fields previously in forages do so with a degree of risk, says Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed business specialist with Manitoba Agriculture. “Information about placing canola on forages is very limited,
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Acres Affected By Price And Rotation

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Industry analysts say rotation issues and prices may crimp federal forecasts for record canola acreage this year. In its latest supply/demand estimates Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division forecast seeded Canadian canola area in 2009 at a record 17.235 million acres. That would compare with the previous record set in 2008 of 16.159 million.
Crops, Oilseeds

Feds Fund Flax Fibre Fact Finding

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Abrain trust focused on development of value-added markets for flax and hemp fibre will get a federal investment of $9.6 million. The Natural Fibres for the Green Economy Network (NAFGEN), led by Flax Canada 2015, is meant to connect “top researchers, industry and producers” to help create more industrial value chains by improving fibre crop
News, Oilseeds

Next-Generation RR Soybeans Arrive

Afarmer southwest of London, Ont. became the first in Canada to take delivery of soybeans with the Roundup Ready 2 Yield trait, Monsanto Canada said March 26. Grant Boyd, a corn and soybean grower at Dutton, Ont., bought the seed through his local DeKalb dealer. Roundup Ready 2 Yield seed combines Roundup Ready crops’ genetically
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Canada’s Share Of World Wheat Market Drops

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Shares of the world wheat market in the upcoming 2009-10 crop year are expected to decline for both Canada and the U. S. from 2008-09, with the EU-27, Ukraine, Russia and Argentina picking up most of that decline. The five top major wheat-exporting countries include the U. S., Canada, Australia, the EU-27 and Argentina, according

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