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World briefs, Feb. 2

February 15, 2012

Chinese premier favours modernization over grain imports beijing / reuters / China must push forward with modernizing agricultural technology as it faces increasing difficulty in meeting local food demand, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a recent essay. “The fundamental way out is to enhance the construction of modern agriculture to boost the complex agricultural productivity

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Traders feel out ICE’s new wheat, barley contracts

By Dwayne Klassen February 15, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted small to modest advances during the week ended Jan. 27. Most of the buying interest was concentrated in the deferred values, where concerns about dry growing conditions during the spring and summer on the Prairies fuelled some of the strength. The strong export lineup at

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Magic-bullet solutions only last so long

By Les Mcewan February 15, 2012

We’ve all done it. Pushed our crop rotations, that is. You know that field had canola on it two years ago, but the seed you have already purchased, the fertilizer you applied last fall, or the delivery contract you already signed all make us do things that we know are not in our best agronomic

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China eyes even more U.S. soy

By Naveen Thukral, Niu Shuping February 16, 2012

China, the world’s biggest food shopper, is likely to buy more U.S. soybeans this quarter, as a withering drought is expected to cut the South American harvest, pushing soy prices up to fresh highs. Benchmark Chicago soy has risen for three weeks on the relentless Southern Hemisphere summer, and analysts say prices could head higher,

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Solution for saline areas? Stay off them

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 15, 2012

Rain is good for saline areas, but the effect is generally temporary, said Tom Jensen of the International Plant Nutrition Institute. Heavy rains wash the salts down deeper, but when the soil dries out, evaporation brings it back to the surface. “The only way to effectively manage salinity is to lower the water table. That’s

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Wet soil and nitrogen don’t mix, says expert

By Daniel Winters February 15, 2012

Annoyed that you have to fork over more cash to replace lost fertilizer nutrients from last year’s flood? It could be worse, says Tom Jensen, Northern Great Plains regional director of the International Plant Nutrition Institute. On Manitoba’s relatively youthful soils deposited by glacial activity about 9,000 years ago, potassium is abundant. Farmers here apply

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No surprise in grain stocks report

February 14, 2012

Reuters / Canada’s supplies of canola were slightly tighter on Dec. 31 than a year earlier, but all-wheat supplies grew modestly, Statistics Canada has reported. The calendar year-end stocks report is an indicator of how accurate StatsCan’s final production estimates were for the most recent harvest, along with how robust demand was late in the

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Farmers get marketing “wake-up call”

By Daniel Winters, Shannon VanRaes January 27, 2012

The open market is coming and wheat farmers have a lot to learn in a hurry, marketing experts told farmers attending Ag Days in Brandon. While seminar speakers filled farmers in on the ins and outs of what is expected to be a new era for grain marketing in Western Canada, representatives of the now

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Breakfast of champions

By Darrell Nesbitt January 27, 2012

The bodies and minds of students at two area communities were nourished when the famous Made in Manitoba Breakfast program was featured, connecting students to where that food came from. The breakfast and agriculture education program is one of a number run by Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba Inc. (AITC-M), a non-profit organization supported by individuals

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Forecast calls for record canola acres, output

By Dwayne Klassen January 27, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform were mixed during the week ended Jan. 20, with the nearby months seeing small gains while the deferred values were slightly weaker. A continued strong export lineup at Canada’s West Coast, along with strong domestic demand from the processing sector, helped to generate some of the

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Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

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