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Agriculture Hall of Fame

August 10, 2012

Five Manitobans were honoured for their contribution to agriculture and their community at an induction ceremony for the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame July 12. The Co-operator is featuring each in consecutive weekly editions

Hayden grew up on the family farm near Otterburne West in Manitoba, with his parents, Roy and Elizabeth, and three older brothers, Clayton, Garnet and Wallace. He graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BSA in 1949. His “aggie” classmates nicknamed him “Doc Tolton,” as he always had thoughtful and concise answers to questions

Crops, News, Weather

No need for ad hoc Ontario drought aid, says Ritz

By Allan Dawson August 10, 2012

Existing supports should be enough The federal government doesn’t expect to announce any ad hoc aid programs for Ontario farmers suffering from drought, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told reporters in Saskatoon July 31. “I think we have fullness in our programming that allows us the latitude to address this,” Ritz said. Earlier in the day

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Sucking instead of blowing to seed canola

By Alexis Kienlen August 10, 2012

A group of researchers is testing to see whether it’s better to suck than to blow when seeding canola. They’re experimenting with a vacuum planter, which works opposite to an air seeder — a vacuum pulls seeds into rotating plates which place the seed into the soil. The attraction is seed “singulation” — the ability

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

CBOT, MGEX wheat mostly lower on the week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 10, 2012

The canola market saw another week of ups and downs during the period ended Aug. 3, but managed to finish on the plus side overall. U.S. weather concerns and uncertainty over the size of the canola crop itself provided underlying support. With early harvest operations expected to pick up steam over the next few weeks,

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Weather

Hot weather is rapidly advancing crops

August 10, 2012

Weekly Provincial Summary Harvesting of the earliest-seeded spring wheat and barley fields has started and preliminary yields are average to above average. Swathing of canola and oat crops continue across Manitoba, as does the winter wheat harvest. Aster yellows is evident in many canola and flax fields, with a range of severity. Higher-than-normal levels of root rot

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

New CWB offers higher initial payments

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 10, 2012

The government-backed CWB has upped the ante in the new market environment by offering higher initial payments on its Early Delivery Pool and Harvest Pool. The CWB released information on its 2012-13 initial payments July 30, two days before the launch of the open market in Western Canada. The payments apply to wheat, durum and

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Corn and soybean prices rally to a record high

By David Drozd August 10, 2012

For the first time in history, corn reached $8 per bushel on the nearby futures chart and soybean prices posted a new historical high of $17.77-3/4 per bushel on July 20, 2012. This exceeded the previous high of $16.63 in July 2008. There are countless headlines depicting the “Drought of 2012” as the worst the

Cereals, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Canola prices slide as harvest begins

By Dwayne Klassen August 10, 2012

Weather issues continued to dominate the price patterns experienced by the oilseed markets located on the ICE Canada platform and the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended July 27. The price movement in both resembled that of a roller-coaster with the up-and-down movement far from being over. ICE canola futures lost $36 to

Crops, News

France to seek September grain talks if crisis looms

August 10, 2012

paris / reuters France will convene in the first half of September a rapid reaction forum of G20 countries if upcoming data on grain markets points to serious tensions following drought in the United States and Russia, a Farm Ministry official said July 30. The French government announced July 28 it was ready to call

Cereals, News, Opinion

Déjà vu all over again?

By Laura Rance-Unger August 10, 2012

You could say a lot about the federal government’s process for ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s single-desk monopoly this week, and many have. But you have to admit Gerry Ritz’s timing was impeccable. Or rather, he lucked out. With commodity prices soaring due to the fiercest drought to grip the U.S. in more than half

Daily Network News

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Agriculture Hall of Fame

No need for ad hoc Ontario drought aid, says Ritz

Sucking instead of blowing to seed canola

CBOT, MGEX wheat mostly lower on the week

Hot weather is rapidly advancing crops

New CWB offers higher initial payments

Corn and soybean prices rally to a record high

Canola prices slide as harvest begins

Déjà vu all over again?

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