Oilseeds & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Patent Infringement Trial Reduces Farmers’ Penalties

By Allan Dawson September 29, 2011

Farmers who breach patent law should expect to pay a price, but an Ontario lawyer says the price some farmers have been paying goes beyond what the law stipulates. I would say the public and farmers out there are being somewhat deliberately misinformed about what is a fair settlement, said Kurtis Andrews, a lawyer with

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Monsanto Wins Lawsuit Against Indiana Soybean Farmer

By Carey Gillam September 29, 2011

Monsanto Co. , the world s largest seed company, has prevailed in another lawsuit against a U.S. farmer, earning a ruling from a Federal Appeals Court that protects Monsanto s interests even when its patented seeds are sold in a mix of undifferentiated commodity seeds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Economic Jitters, Harvest Pace Weigh On Grains

September 29, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a serious price setback during the week ended Sept. 23. Global macroeconomic concerns combined with an aggressive harvest pace on the Canadian Prairies to send values down sharply. All the canola contracts lost at least $20 per tonne each. The penetrat ion of support in

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Recipe Swap – for Sep. 29, 2011

By Lorraine Stevenson September 29, 2011

Here s something to think about next time you re adding sugar to your daily cup of joe; the total amount of sugar consumed daily by most Canadians adds up to about 26 teaspoons per day. It works out to about one in every five calories consumed coming from sugar, or 21 per cent of

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Oilseed Supplies Drag On Canola Demand

September 22, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform lost some significant ground during the week ended Sept. 16, with the advancing harvest in Western Canada and reports of better-than-anticipated yields encouraging the downward price slide. Producers were also delivering canola right off the combine and into the country elevator system, which contributed to some

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Pioneer Plans To Raise Corn, Soy Seed Prices

By Ernest Scheyder September 22, 2011

Pioneer s seed unit plans to raise prices in the mid-single- digit range next year as it takes U.S. corn and soybean market share from Monsanto and other rivals. The price increase would be in line with a similar move the company undertook for the 2011 North American planting season and comes as corn prices

Crops, Oilseeds

Small Sunflower Crop Faces Competition

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 22, 2011

The size and quality of Manitoba s sunflower crop is still very much up in the air, but the sheer lack of acres planted this spring will keep supplies on the tight side and should underpin the domestic market. Manitoba accounts for nearly all of Canada s sunflower production, and the provincial crop is currently

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 22, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture September 22, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Most of the Southwest Region received 10 to 30 mm of rain over the past week. Several areas reported frost Wednesday and Thursday evenings 0 with temperatures dropping to -4 C in some areas. Harvest over the past week slowed as producers are waiting for the late-seeded crops to dry down. Rainfall and

Livestock, Oilseeds

Fish Farms To Double Southeast Asia Soy Demand

September 22, 2011

Soybean imports to Southeast Asia could double over the next 10 years, buoyed by demand from fish farms looking to feed China, the U.S. Soybean Export Council said Sept. 19. China, with the world s largest population, was the largest consumer of seafood last year, after Japan, a research report said. China consumed about 694

Hogs, Livestock, Oilseeds, Other livestock

Canola Meal Levels Can Be Increased In Weaned Pig Diets

By Bernie Peet September 22, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. With the current high feed prices, hog producers are continually looking for ways to cut costs without compromising pig performance. Nowhere is this more true than

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Conservative MP introduces bill to speed approvals of seeds, fertilizers

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