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Canadian grain farmers enjoying good times

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2012

It’s a great time to be a farmer in Western Canada, but don’t expect the good times to last forever, grain industry officials said during the Fields on Wheels conference in Winnipeg Nov. 9. “This is truly a time of opportunity,” said Richard Wansbutter, Viterra’s vice-president of government and commercial relations. “I really think these

International news, News, Oilseeds

Indonesia passes new law aimed at food self-sufficiency

By Michael Taylor December 1, 2012

Reuters – Indonesia has drafted a food law to speed self-sufficiency efforts by creating a new “super body” that could lead to greater curbs on imports and exports of staples, hinder much-needed overseas investment and eventually push up prices. As Indonesia struggles to meet rising demand from an increasingly affluent population of 240 million, it

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

You ain’t seen nothing yet — analyst predicts $9 corn is on its way

By Gus Trompiz December 1, 2012

AgResource says stocks are perilously tight  and if more weather woes hit,  “we don’t know how high is high”

Reuters – U.S. corn prices could rise to a record $9 a bushel in the next six months as global grain markets continue to feel the effects of severe weather disruptions, says Chicago-based consultancy AgResource Co. The worst drought in half a century in the U.S., the world’s biggest corn grower and exporter, triggered a

News

Monsanto fund supports Youth Parliament

December 1, 2012

Monsanto Canada Inc. is working with Youth Parliament of Manitoba (YPM) to make the program more accessible to rural youth by subsidizing travel costs and promotion. The company is contributing $4,500 over three years. “The creation of the Monsanto Rural Development fund allows us to truly live up to the ‘Manitoba’ aspect of our name,”

News, Oilseeds

China maintains key cereal reserves

By Niu Shuping December 1, 2012

The Chinese government will start stockpiling soy and corn from local farmers at higher prices than a year ago, an industry source said Nov. 13, a move set to stabilize domestic prices and support soy imports. China, the world’s top soy buyer, will pay 4,600 yuan ($740) per tonne to soy farmers in four major

Cereals, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Europe lifts import duties on feed grains in bid to reduce price pressure

December 1, 2012

reuters / The European Union’s cereals management committee has extended the suspension of import duties for quotas of feed wheat and barley until June. This summer, high grain prices prompted the EU to temporarily lift import duties of 12 euros per tonne for low- and medium-quality wheat and 16 euros a tonne for feed barley.

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Milk house waste considered manure

By Shannon VanRaes November 30, 2012

Dairy Farmers of Manitoba is looking at ways to assist producers in the face of an upcoming ban on winter manure spreading, which will also affect milk house waste. Under the Save Lake Winnipeg Act, milk house wastewater is considered a manure product, and must be stored until spring. This regulation also rules out the

News

Fungus boosts ethanol extraction from cornstalks

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 30, 2012

Scientists looking for a way to extract the sugars from cornstalks for ethanol production have found an ally in white rot fungus, the American Chemical Society reports in a podcast. Based on a report by Yebo Li, PhD, in ACS’s journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, researchers found that by treating stover with the white

Cereals, Crops, News

Post-CWB monopoly system receives record grain volume Q1

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2012

Concerns that Canada’s grain pipeline would initially struggle in the wake of ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly have proven groundless. A record 14 million tonnes of grain were delivered to the Canadian grain-handling system during the first 15 weeks of the crop year, Cargill Canada president Len Penner told the Grain Industry Symposium here

Cereals, Crops, News

Canada’s grain system world’s best

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2012

For years Canada’s grain industry engaged in self-flagellation, condemning the grain-handling and transportation system as inefficient. Not anymore. “We have arguably the world’s most efficient handling network,” Don Solman, Richardson’s vice-president of finance and chief financial officer told the Grain Industry Symposium Nov. 21. “Back in the 1990s, basically the network was rebuilt with large

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

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