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Reconditioning soybeans in storage poses problems

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Reconditioning low-moisture soybeans in storage can damage the grain bin, cautions Ken Hellevang, the North Dakota State University Extension Service’s grain-drying expert. Warm, dry fall weather can result in soybeans being harvested well below the market moisture content of 13 per cent. Hellevang says he has heard reports of harvested bean moisture contents as low
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Heat-damaged canola crop creates supply shortages

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Reuters / Supply worries about Canada’s disappointingly small canola harvest this year are compounded by the oilseed’s reduced oil content, crimping profits for crushers and leaving food companies to scramble for other vegetable oils. Expectations were high early in the crop year that a record-large canola crop in Canada would compensate for some of the
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Short canola supplies force buyers to be creative

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There has been little uptake in new milling wheat, durum and barley contracts, which puts their futures in doubt

Steady demand provided canola futures on the ICE Canada platform with plenty of support during the week ended Oct. 26. Much of the demand was associated with the emergence of fresh Chinese buying interest, with at least three cargoes of Canadian canola purchased by the country. There were hints that additional sales were made, but
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California’s GMO labelling proposal in tight race

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Reuters / Heavy advertising spending by Monsanto Co. and others opposed to a California ballot proposal to require labels on grocery products containing genetically modified organisms is paying off, according to a new poll that shows the measure has slipped into a virtual tie. Forty-four per cent of California voters now support the measure, while
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Syngenta to enter Prairie canola seed market

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Syngenta plans to broaden its canola portfolio beyond chemicals and launch its own new canola seed varieties on the Prairies starting next fall. “This is an exceptional time to be in the canola seed market, given the extent of breeding and varietal development activities going on across the country,” Dave Sippell, Syngenta’s head of diverse
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters — for 2012-11-01 00:00:00

Expense to farmers considered inconsequential Regarding the opinion piece by Ronald Doering in the Oct. 25 Manitoba Co-operator, the statement “Adventitious presence does not meet the definition of an (adulterating) ingredient (and therefore)… Health Canada… would not favour a “contains” or “may contain” (food label) statement,” this is a corporate-friendly, citizen-unfriendly, double-standard con job! Note
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Flooding delays Argentine soy planting

Reuters / Floods have severely delayed Argentine soy planting at a time when consumer nations are counting on the country to help control soaring grains prices by replenishing supplies. “Soy planting has begun, although with severe and continuous interruptions,” the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in its weekly crop report. Only two per cent of
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Soy in the wheat flour? Soy what?

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Most wheat and wheat-derived food products sold in Canadian grocery stores today contain soy that is undeclared on the label. Yes, you read that right. Because of farming operations with common storage facilities, and shared harvesting and transportation equipment, most wheat products contain detectable levels of soy. This contamination is adventitious and largely unavoidable with
Crops, News, Oilseeds

U.S. corn harvest on record pace, soy lagging

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Reuters / U.S. corn harvest was a record 87 per cent complete and farmers had finished 80 per cent of soybean harvest as of Sunday, Oct. 21 according to a U.S. Agriculture Department report issued on Monday, but the tail end of their combining efforts was expected to be slow due to rain. Analysts had

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