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Bigger U. S. grain supply, markets rally

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 Dec. 12 higher with gains in the U. S. grain and soy markets boosting prices. Canola saw solid gains, rallying
Oilseeds, Other

Canola oil content improving

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The oil content in Canada’s 2008-09 canola crop has improved over the level seen during 2007-08 and is also above the 10-year average, according to industry sources. Samples of No. 1 Canada canola tested to data have an improved oil content than in previous years, according to Veronique Barthet, program , manager, for the Oilseeds
News, Oilseeds

China to expand grain reserves

China’s largest soy-producing province, Heilongjiang, has confirmed its part in a central government plan to buy more grains and soybeans for reserves. The scheme is an effort to shore up prices and protect farmers’ incomes, thereby avoiding hardship and unrest among the rural population. Beijing has given approval for the northeastern province to double its
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

BASF’s Tensile to target wild buckwheat

BASF Canada has picked up registration for a new Group 2 and 4 weed killer to control wild buckwheat, assorted grasses and broadleaf weeds as part of the company’s Clearfield canola system. Tensile will have imazamox and clopyralid as its active ingredients, BASF said. BASF also said the new product offers “excellent rotational freedom,” giving
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Grain price reality check

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Reality is slowly seeping into the psyche of the grain industry. Prices have come down a long way. The unfortunate truth is that they aren’t likely to bounce back any time soon. While unlikely to fall to the bargain basement levels of a few years ago, prices in 2009 are also unlikely to resemble the
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

New market lows, as crops are huge

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 future s at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Dec. 5 lower, with fresh contract lows appearing in both barley and canola. Canola was pressured down by weakness
News, Oilseeds

Cuba reported ready to authorize GM corn crop

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Cuba could soon authorize the planting of 124 acres of genetically-modified corn for the first time to help reduce its dependence on costly food imports, Cuban scientists said Dec. 2. Regulators are expected to approve this initial crop of biotech corn, which would provide enough seed to expand to 14,830 acres next year, said Carlos
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

USDA economist sees more corn, less wheat

U. S. farmers will plant close to 90 million acres of corn in 2009 and cut back a bit on wheat, the Agriculture Department’s chief economist said Dec. 2. Chief economist Joe Glauber said at a conference sponsored by Farm Journal magazine that grain and soybean prices would remain volatile because of tight supplies. Food
Cereals, Hogs, Oilseeds, Other

Byproducts can help reduce pig feed cost

BERNIE PEET Peet on Pigs “Overall, replacing wheat with triticale did not affect feed disappearance or weight gain.” – DR. EDUARDO BELTRANENA Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alta., and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Prairie hog producers will
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Grain Growers of Canada enjoy lobbying success

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“I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our issues have been the government’s issues.” – Ross Ravelli Grain Growers of Canada members revelled in their lobbying successes and plotted strategy for ongoing battles at their recent annual meeting here. “I personally cannot remember a time over the last decade that our

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