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Cereals, Opinion

Feed Barley Exports Create Opportunities – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Extreme volatility in world grain prices has created significant price opportunities for Prairie farmers. While the dramatic market swings have presented new possibilities, it’s not easy to decide what to do – especially if your crop is not harvested. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) has been active during this period, working to maximize producer returns
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Know What You Grow – for Sep. 16, 2010

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Farmers making their first deliveries to an elevator this fall will have to sign two declaration forms instead of the customary one. Since 2006, producers have had to declare that the wheat they were delivering is eligible for the class to which it’s going. Now farmers are being asked to declare the non-wheat board crops
Cereals, News

Two More Farmers Running In CWB’s District 9 – for Sep. 16, 2010

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Two more farmers have announced they’re running to be the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) director in district 9. Garry Draper and John Sandborn farm at Lenore and Benito, respectively. Last month Dauphin-area farmer Ernie Sirski announced he was running for the job being vacated by Shoal Lake farmer Bill Nicholson, who can’t run again because
Livestock

CFIA Launches Review Of Imported Food Safety – for Sep. 16, 2010

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Along-delayed bid to level the playing field and better protect Canadians from unsafe imported foods is being revived. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has launched a consultation with industry players and the general public to develop a set of principles that will be the foundation of new regulations for some imported foods. The government has
Cereals, Crops

Manitoba Input Dealers Join Network – for Sep. 16, 2010

The owners of 19 independently owned crop input outlets in Manitoba have signed up as members of a new Prairie input dealers’ network. Launched Sept. 8, the Grow Community of Independents includes Double Diamond Crop Supply, Shur-Gro Farm Services and Munro Farm Supplies among its founding members, along with GJ Chemical as a dealer member.
Cereals, Crops

Harvest And Spring Both Too Wet – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Harvest and seeding this year have something in common: too much rain. South-central Manitoba had heavy rains Aug. 30. While Morris received almost 100 mm, there were unofficial reports of close to five inches at Lowe Farm and south of Miami. Many areas received at least 25 mm, with others such as Dugald reporting almost
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Contractor dies in fall at greenhouse:An electrical contractor has died of injuries in a fall at Vanderveens’ Greenhouses, a major bedding plant and potted plant operation west of Carman, RCMP reported. The contractor, a 58-year-old man, was on a ladder propped up against a pole where he was unhooking hydro lines on the morning of
Cereals, Opinion

Wheat Rally Hasn’t Passed Us By – for Sep. 9, 2010

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers are stuck in their own rhetorical mud and again attacking the Canadian Wheat Board (“Wheat markets up 50 per cent,”Co-operator,Aug. 12, page 1). Their charge is that western Canadian farmers are missing out on the recent rally in wheat prices. But wait a minute

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