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Ritz says expanding trade key priority

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz wants to focus on finding more customers for Canadian farm and food products and less on the future of Prairie barley marketing. Speaking to reporters in mid-January after official visits to India and Hong Kong, the minister said he’s looking forward to trips to the Middle East, Russia, Mexico and China
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Biodiesel back on the radar

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“Now that the bubble has burst, they’re getting more serious about it again.” – DUSTIN WILLIAMS With canola prices yanked back down to earth from last spring’s stratospheric highs, talk about crushing the oilseed into an environmentally friendly substitute for petroleum-based diesel has been revived. “Is it coming back into fashion? The answer is probably
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

What’s up – for Jan. 15, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762 Jan. 19-21 – North American Strawberry Growers Association annual general meeting, Hotel Monteleone, 214 Rue Royale, New Orleans, LA. For more info visit www.nasga.org. Jan. 20 – Canola Days, Amphitheatre, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info call MCGA at 204-982-2120. Jan. 20-22 – Red River
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U. S. soy checkoff probed:

A USDA inspector will review a soybean checkoff program that’s been criticized as mismanaged and wasting money. U. S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said this investigation will take at least a year. The checkoff collected about US$140 million in 2008 from farmers who contribute 0.5 per cent of market price from each bushel of soybeans.
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola hits $10 in old and new crop

DON BOUSQUET It’s Your Business For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Jan. 9 mixed. Canola rallied to two-month highs; strength in the Chicago soy complex, export demand as China and Pakistan
Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean crop surprisingly good in 2008

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It was a year in which almost everything that could go wrong did for Manitoba soybean producers. But in the end, things turned out surprisingly well. “We were very happy with the yields,” said Bruce Brolley, a Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives pulse crop specialist. You wouldn’t have known it from producers attending St.
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Monsanto to commercialize growth promotant

Britain’s Plant Health Care Plc has reached an agreement with Monsanto Co. on commercialization of a seed treatment for row crops and vegetables. Under the agreement, the natural plant products company said it would license to Monsanto the rights to commercialize its harpin-based seed treatment technology in corn, soybeans, cotton, canola and selected vegetables. The
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Sunflowers average in 2008

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Manitoba farmers harvested a generally average sunflower crop in 2008, despite ongoing disease and insect problems. Producers reaped an average 1,480 pounds per acre of confectionery and oil-type sunflowers from 182,000 planted acres, according to provincial crop insurance figures. That compared favourably with the long-term four-year average yield of 1,460 pounds per acre from an
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China to boost corn buying by 20 million tonnes

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China’s government has boosted its plan to support farmers by buying an extra 20 million tonnes of corn, tripling its commitment, the State Administration of Grain said Dec. 24. The increase will help “stabilize grain prices and protect farmers’ incomes,” it said on its website www.chinagrain.gov.cn. The purchases, the third round of buying after this
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

The party’s over. The hangover begins

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Data from Statistics Canada’s annual Farm Financial Survey suggest the events of the last 18 months will live long in the collective memory of Manitoba farmers – in the form of a pounding financial hangover. The 2007 survey (the 2008 numbers are not yet released) would suggest farmers were quick to respond to the short-lived

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