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Grain Rally Less Speculative Than In 2008: Ritz

By Rod Nickel January 27, 2011

The recent rally in grain and oilseed prices is based more on concerns about crop levels than on speculation by investors, Canada’s agriculture minister said Jan. 17. Prices of crops such as wheat, corn, soybeans and canola are at their highest levels in more than 2-1/2 years amid flooding in Australia and dryness in Argentina.

Livestock

Ottawa Broadens Food Discussions

By Alex Binkley January 20, 2011

The federal government is broadening its consultations on food policy by launching a discussion with eight consumer organizations. The consumer round table was proposed last year in Sheila Weatherill’s report on the deadly 2008 listeria outbreak. It also dovetails with the Connecting with Consumers theme of the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Cereals, News

Wheat Growers Question CGC Increases

By Tamara Leigh January 13, 2011

Before the Canadian Grain Commission hikes user fees, there needs to be a thorough review of services, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. “Our approach on this is that before we raise any fees we should first have a critical examination of all of the services that the grain commission provides,” WCWG executive director

Cereals, News

CGC Seeks A Doubling Of Fees

By Allan Dawson January 6, 2011

The Canadian Grain Commission wants to more than double its service fees in anticipation that Ottawa will soon cut back support for the agency. Under the proposal, fees, which have been frozen since 1991, could average $1.80 a tonne, up from about 70 cents, said CGC spokesman Remi Gosselin. “We are getting 50 per cent

News

Farmers Willing To Pay More, Canadian Grain Commission Says

By Allan Dawson January 6, 2011

Canadian farmers generally support the Canadian Grain Commission and its quality assurance system, according to the preliminary results of a survey of 500 producers from across Canada. “I think it’s 94 per cent of them feel that the CGC’s quality assurance system helps uphold Canada’s reputation for consistent and reliable grain quality,” said agency spokesman

Opinion

Government Can’t Do Much More Against Scary Stories

By Ronald Doering January 6, 2011

Every time we get a recall of imported food we have another round of huffing and puffing that we’re not doing enough to protect Canadians; the media spend a day or two pushing scary stories about the awful dangers of imported food. The most recent alarm originated from the release of an internal Canadian Food

Cereals, Crops

CFA Still Pushing For Rail Costing Review

By Alex Binkley December 23, 2010

Taking action on the Rail Freight Service Review report is important but so is curbing excessive railway charges for grain shipments, says Humphrey Banack, vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). A rail costing review is needed “right away because every year we wait, farmers pay millions of dollars too much for rail service,”

Cereals, Crops, News

Cwb Announces Final Payments For 2009-10 Crop Year

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 23, 2010

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is issuing final payments to farmers for the wheat, durum wheat and designated barley they delivered to the CWB during the 2009-10 crop year. These payments represent the balance of the money owing to farmers after their grain has been marketed through the CWB, and after operating costs have been

Cereals, Crops

CWB Ups Wheat And Durum PROs

By Commodity News Service December 23, 2010

The Canadian Wheat Board expects to see higher prices for the wheat and durum marketed during the 2010-11 crop year, according to updated Pool Return Outlooks released Dec. 16. Malt barley price expectations were revised slightly lower from the previous month, while feed barley was left unchanged. PROs for wheat were increased by $3 to

Weather

Weekly weather Map – for Dec. 23, 2010

December 23, 2010

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies since September 1. The map shows that eastern regions have been the wettest with conditions getting drier as you move west. ——— Copyright 2010 Agriculture &Agri-Food Canada Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) September 1, 2010 to December 16, 2010 Prepared by

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

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