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KAP Uses Winnipeg Sewage Issues To Defend Farm Record

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Unt reated Winnipeg sewage flowing into the Red River and eventually Lake Winnipeg has given Doug Chorney a platform to complain about how hog farmers are unfairly blamed for excessive phosphorus levels in the lake. According to the president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers regulations restricting the construction of new hog barns and the expansion
Cereals, News

German Grain Trader Toepfer Expands Into Canadian Special Crops

Germany s largest grain trading house, Alfred C. Toepfer International, said Nov. 3 it is taking over two Canadian trading companies, giving it its first processing facilities in Canada. Toepfer, whose majority shareholder is Archer Daniels Midland said it has bought Western Grain Trade Ltd. and Western Grain Cleaning &Processing Ltd., which are Saskatchewan-based processors
Crops

Fall Tillage: Downsides Outweigh The Positives

Canola Council of Canada Growers have made great strides in advancing no-tillage and conservation-tillage practices. General benefits include reduced fuel use, reduced soil erosion, higher soil moisture reserves (which are welcome most years), and a general increase in profitability. Any return to tillage, even if only one field or across the whole farm for only
Cereals, Crops

Online Newsletter For Grain Producers Launched

The Canadian Grain Commission s Grain Research Laboratory has launched an online grain science and technology newsletter for producers calledHarvest Science. Harvest Scienceis a way to communicate with producers and show them how our research and scientific work contributes to the quality and marketability of their grain, said Peter Burnett, director of the Grain Research
Cereals, Crops

Canada Farm Terminals See Unsure Fate After Wheat Board

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With only old, wooden elevators to buy crops around Unity, Saskatchewan, farmers like Mervin Slater banded together in 1993 to sell shares and build a modern grain terminal. The towering concrete and steel facility is one of nearly a dozen farmer-run grain terminals to spring up on the Canadian Prairies since the 1990s, offering farmers
Crops

U.S. Senate Votes End Farm Subsidies To People Earning $1 Million

WAS HINGTON / REUTERS / The U.S. Senate has passed a bill to bar farm subsidies to wealthy Americans. The provision in a funding bill would halt subsidies to people with more than $1 million a year in adjusted gross income. It must be reconciled with House legislation, which has no limit, before becoming law.
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Fertilizer Prices Higher, But Relief May Come

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Fertilizer prices across Western Canada are considerably higher than earlier this year. However, some price relief may be on the way. Fertilizer prices have really stayed high all through the season, said Doug Chorney, president of the Manitoba Keystone Agricultural Producers Association. Prices over the past 12 months in Manitoba have increased for some nitrogen
Crops

PotashCorp Profit Soars On Strong Demand

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PotashCorp, the world s top fertilizer maker, said Oct. 27 its quarterly profit more than doubled, as strong grain prices boosted demand for its crop nutrient products. Despite wides pread economic concerns during the quarter, the push to capitalize on strong crop prices continued to support demand for fertilizer around the globe, the company said.

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