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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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Domestic pulse processing touted

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 27, 2012

More processing is key to the long-term success of the pulse sector in Western Canada, the head of the country’s largest pulse trading company told attendees at Crop Week in Saskatoon. The pulse sector should be focused on producing food rather than a commodity, said Murad Al-Katib, president and CEO of of Alliance Grain Traders

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Asian hunger for “noodle” wheat may bolster prices

By Naveen Thukral January 27, 2012

For the second straight year, Asia must rely on the U.S. and Canada for most of its top-quality wheat, as rains have cut the protein content in grain from traditional supplier Australia. Asian nations are among the world’s biggest buyers of the superior quality, protein-rich wheat that is used to make noodles, a staple food

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New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

January 27, 2012

Traders took a cautious approach to new IntercontinentalExchange grain futures and options contracts introduced Jan. 23 as the exchange looked to capitalize on the approaching end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly. ICE Futures Canada, based in Winnipeg, launched new milling wheat, durum and barley contracts for delivery in October and later, after the wheat

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Edible oil market analyst bullish on global outlook for canola and soybeans

By Daniel Winters January 27, 2012

When filling up their seeders this spring, Canadian farmers should have canola and soybeans coming down the spout, but not sunflowers and flax. That was the advice from Thomas Mielke, executive director of Oil World, a global edible oil market research firm based in Germany. “Unlike 2008, the price decline has been moderate, and there

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Co-operating with its competitors

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2012

Attendance was down at the annual Canadian Wheat Board breakfast at Ag Days this year, but the farmers who came were encouraged by what they heard. “That just made my day. Now we have a choice,” said Jake Hofer, a wheat producer from Treesbank Colony after listening to a presentation by Gord Flaten, the board’s

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Lower flax acres likely for 2012

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 24, 2012

Saskatoon / Flaxseed acres in Western Canada will see a further drop from the already record-low levels seeded in 2011 if new crop prices don’t see considerable improvement by spring planting time, said Larry Weber of Weber Commodities, in a presentation to SaskFlax at the annual Crop Week in Saskatoon, Jan. 9. Western Canadian farmers,

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Market steady, but uncertainty ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Commodity prices may have peaked in 2011, ProFarmer analyst Mike Jubinville told farmers attending the St. Jean Farm Days. “My gut feeling right now is that the heights have already come in,” Jubinville told producers. “It’s not that I’m feeling bearish about the marketplace going into 2012, personally I think that there is going to

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Fertilizer demand rises again

January 24, 2012

Paris / Reuters – World demand for fertilizers will rise again this season to hit a new record level, driven by growth in emerging economies and strong fundamentals in agricultural markets, the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) said Jan. 5. Fertilizer demand, expressed as consumption of key nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, should rise three per

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Low-key corn futures belie active options

By Gavin Maguire January 24, 2012

Corn futures may appear to be lacking conviction lately as both nearby and deferred contracts shuffle mainly sideways in low-key trade ahead of the upcoming U.S. Department of Agriculture production and stocks report due on Jan. 12. But judging by the steady climb in open interest in both put and call options in recent weeks,

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Forecast calls for record canola acres, output

Domestic pulse processing touted

Asian hunger for “noodle” wheat may bolster prices

New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

Edible oil market analyst bullish on global outlook for canola and soybeans

Co-operating with its competitors

Lower flax acres likely for 2012

Market steady, but uncertainty ahead

Fertilizer demand rises again

Low-key corn futures belie active options

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