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Antitrust regulators step in on Dreyfus elevator sale

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 20, 2019

The federal Competition Bureau says a ‘rivalry’ between a pair of Prairie grain elevators would be lost to farmers if one is sold to the other’s owner. The bureau announced Friday it had filed an application Thursday with the federal Competition Tribunal, seeking an order that grain handler Parrish and Heimbecker sell either its elevator

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AAFC lowers canola ending stocks forecast

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks will be much tighter than earlier thought, according to updated supply/demand tables which were released late Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and account for the latest production numbers from Statistics Canada. AAFC’s projected canola ending stocks for 2019-20 were lowered to 3.5 million tonnes, which compares with the

Manitoba’s Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority (LGCA) has been running billboards such as this one in Winnipeg to educate the public ahead of edibles’ entry to the recreational market. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Cannabis patients boost Aurora edible sales

By GFM Network News December 20, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — Aurora Cannabis this week became the first major Canadian company to sell edibles and vapes for medical use, a small base that nevertheless helps shore up margins and paves the way for sales in the much larger European medical market. Medical marijuana has been legal in Canada since 2001, and recreational

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Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market stable heading into New Year

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian feed grain markets are showing some stability heading into the New Year, as buyers have generally booked coverage over the holiday season. “Everybody is just waiting to see what will happen,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. While large amounts of tough grain were moving, he said there was

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U.S. grains: Soy futures ease on rains in South American forecasts

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek December 19, 2019

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged lower on Thursday, retreating from a five-week high touched earlier this week as traders expected rains to benefit rival suppliers in South America. Favourable crop weather could boost production in Argentina and Brazil, increasing global supplies and competition for export sales to buyers like China. Rains will ease dry

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Mosaic to cut fertilizer production as weather dampens demand

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 19, 2019

Reuters — Mosaic Co. said Thursday it will reduce fertilizer production until market conditions improve, as a difficult harvest season in North America has led to reduced fertilizer usage. Agricultural companies’ profits have been hammered this year due to an unusually cold and wet weather that has delayed planting season in North America, and lower

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Grain flow shifts from China trade war may last years, CHS says

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, P.J. Huffstutter December 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S.-China trade war has accelerated Brazilian efforts to erode the United States’ share of the world soybean export market, and some of the shifts in global grain flows could last for years, according to executives at CHS Inc., the largest U.S. farmer co-operative. Even with a so-called ‘Phase One’ trade

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Grain groups give low marks to AgriStability tweaks

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News December 19, 2019

Ottawa — A recent meeting of the country’s agriculture ministers failed in providing effective support for farmers facing challenges, Grain Growers of Canada chair Jeff Nielsen says. Only minor changes were made to AgriStability, the main priority item on the agenda for the Ottawa meeting held Tuesday. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her provincial

File photo of Little Manitou Lake, just north of Watrous, Sask. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)

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Saskatchewan to relocate ag extension office

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff December 18, 2019

The Saskatchewan government is set to make housemates of one of its crop insurance offices and one of its ag extension service sites east of Saskatoon. The province announced Wednesday it will relocate an existing agriculture extension services office from Watrous in March, moving it about 80 km north to the city of Humboldt. “We

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

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola gives back gains at midweek

By GFM Network News December 18, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola was bolstered by strong trade activity and profit-taking at midweek, though values remained rangebound. As of Wednesday, 144,500 canola contracts had traded hands, with the most activity concentrated in the January/March contracts. Spreading accounted for 124,790 contracts traded, which is about 86 per cent of the activity. Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion

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Argus cuts Ukraine wheat crop forecast on lower harvest area

Argentina soybean production to be firm in 2026-27

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

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Antitrust regulators step in on Dreyfus elevator sale

AAFC lowers canola ending stocks forecast

Cannabis patients boost Aurora edible sales

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market stable heading into New Year

U.S. grains: Soy futures ease on rains in South American forecasts

Mosaic to cut fertilizer production as weather dampens demand

Grain flow shifts from China trade war may last years, CHS says

Grain groups give low marks to AgriStability tweaks

Saskatchewan to relocate ag extension office

ICE weekly outlook: Canola gives back gains at midweek

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