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Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Tighter global supplies are keeping the Canadian durum market well supported this winter, with firmer prices likely when the Port of Thunder Bay reopens for the spring. “We’re seeing a very strong export demand for durum,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations for Swiss-based GAP S.A. Grains and Products in Winnipeg. Canada

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Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 20, 2020

One of the federal opposition parties in full favour of carbon pricing is lending its support to calls by farm groups for a carbon tax break for grain drying. Vancouver Island MP Paul Manly, the Green Party’s caucus critic for agriculture, announced the party’s position Monday. “We support the grain producers of Canada in their

(Video screengrab from StartCompass.com)

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AGI buys ag business management software muscle

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 20, 2020

Grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth Industries (AGI) plans to level up on its SureTrack farm management software platform with a deal for another Canadian player in the same business. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Thursday it has bought all outstanding shares in Oakville, Ont.-based Affinity Management Ltd., developer of the Compass brand of farm and agribusiness

Dow Fertilizer’s Onoway, Alta. facility. (CropManagement.com)

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Alberta’s Crop Management Network expands reach

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 20, 2020

A crop input dealer northwest of Edmonton is the newest link in the Crop Management Network ag retail chain. CMN, whose chain includes retailers in seven other central Alberta communities, said Thursday it has purchased the assets of Dow Fertilizer, which operates sites at Onoway and Mayerthorpe, effective Jan. 9. “We are very excited to

ILTA Grain’s insolvency has resulted in a record payout to farmers and a new precedent to how they’re treated when they’re owed money.

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Canadian Grain Commission pays ILTA farmers $11.1 million

It’s a record payout through the Canadian Grain Commission’s farmer-security program

By Allan Dawson January 17, 2020

After six months of intense work the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has wrapped up its biggest claim for a compensation case in history. Two hundred and twenty-two ‘eligible’ farmers will get all they were owed — $11.1 million — following ILTA Grain going into creditor protection last summer. Cheques were issued Jan. 6. That’s the

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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CGC revises domestic canola usage downward

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Domestic canola demand remained well ahead of exports in the latest Canadian Grain Commission report for the week ended Sunday — but revisions to data now show the crush pace is not quite as active as reported earlier in the month. The original data for the week ended Jan. 5 showed domestic disappearance

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Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly lower

By GFM Network News January 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly lower for the week ended Friday. Losses were observed in Canada Western Red Spring Wheat (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR), with durum (CWAD) slightly higher. Average CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by about 50 cents to $1 per tonne, according

Crops, Markets

Funds shift to long side in soybeans, covering canola shorts

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Fund traders moved to a small net long position in soybeans and reduced their overall short position in canola during the second week of January, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came

CBOT March 2020 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn soars on bargain buying

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen January 17, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped 3.7 per cent on Friday, more than recovering from the prior day’s 3.1 per cent drop, buoyed by a mix of short-covering and expectations of increased export demand for U.S. supplies, traders and analysts said. Wheat and soybeans followed the firm trend. Chicago Board of Trade March

A grasshopper in a canola field near Starbuck, Man. in the summer of 2019. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

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Spring weather to determine Prairies’ crop pest load

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 16, 2020

MarketsFarm — How problematic insects fare across the Prairies in 2020 depends largely on the weather this spring, according to three provincial insect specialists. Be the insects grasshoppers, flea beetles, cutworms, or a few other types, their potential to cause significant damage to Prairie crops will partly depend on how dry and warm this coming

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Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

AGI buys ag business management software muscle

Alberta’s Crop Management Network expands reach

Canadian Grain Commission pays ILTA farmers $11.1 million

CGC revises domestic canola usage downward

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly lower

Funds shift to long side in soybeans, covering canola shorts

U.S. grains: Corn soars on bargain buying

Spring weather to determine Prairies’ crop pest load

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