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Market Volatility More Critical Than Rising Food Prices: CFA President

By Ron Friesen June 23, 2011

Don’t blame farmers for rising food prices, says the leader of Canada’s largest farm group. Farmers are only price-takers and have little influence over how market forces influence commodity prices, said Ron Bonnett, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president. The real issue isn’t high consumer prices so much as it is volatility in the marketplace, he

Cereals, Crops, News

One More Seeding Option

By Allan Dawson June 23, 2011

The crop insurance deadlines for annual crops have passed, but farmers still have an opportunity to generate a salable crop from those unseeded acres – while controlling weeds and soaking up some of that excess moisture. Extension agronomists and cattle producers are urging crop farmers with unseeded acres to grow greenfeed. With so many pastures

Cereals, Opinion

What’s The Plan For Grain Marketing?

By Doug Chorney June 23, 2011

In light of the federal government’s plan to eliminate the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) single desk marketing structure, we need to ensure discussion takes place between stakeholders during this key transitional period. KAP will not stand in the way of farmers accessing profitable markets – however that may be best achieved. Nevertheless, the implications of

Opinion

The Three “R” S Of P

By Laura Rance-Unger June 16, 2011

We’ve often heard of the three Rs– reading, writing and reckoning (a term related to mental math dating back to the Victorian era) whenever the subject of keeping the education on track arises. Or the three Rs of garbage– reduce, reuse and recycle. Right now, Manitoba is caught up in the three Rs of phosphorus

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Sell Or Wind Down The CWB

By Allan Dawson June 16, 2011

Rhetoric is “language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.” There’s been lots of it in the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) debate. But push came to shove with the election of a majority Conservative government May 2. The government says

Cereals, Crops, News

Dry Conditions On Both Sides Of The Atlantic

By Marie Maitre June 16, 2011

Drought from Paris, France to Paris, Texas has farmers and grain dealers looking upwards – to the skies for signs of rain. U.S. wheat prices are on their way to their biggest weekly gain and European benchmark wheat futures have jumped just under 30 per cent in the past nine weeks as wheat belts on

Crops, Forages, News

Cool, Damp Weather Could Lower Alfalfa Quality

By Ron Friesen June 16, 2011

The cool, wet weather this spring may be having a negative effect on the quality of alfalfa as well as yield. Preliminary tests by the Manitoba Forage Council show the fibre content of first-cut alfalfa is higher than usual. If that continues, Manitoba cattle producers could have double trouble with alfalfa crops this year. Yields

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola, Barley Seen Gaining On Tight Supplies

By Commodity News Service June 16, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a minor price setback during the week ended June 10. The taking of profits by speculative accounts after new highs were established in the July and November contracts provided some of the downward price momentum. Adding to the bearish price atmosphere in canola were the

Grain Markets

Global Corn Scenario: U.S. Grows Less, China Eats More

By Charles Abbott June 16, 2011

U.S. corn supplies, already stretched thin by relentless feed, fuel and food demand, will grow even tighter in the coming year due to a rain-shortened crop, the government projected June 9. The USDA said rains and floods prevented farmers from planting all the corn they had planned. That means a drop of 300 million bushels

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Time For A Hay Day

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 16, 2011

Forage alfalfa across the province is ready to harvest, if farmers aren’t too busy fighting back the water. The Green Gold Reports dated June 6 from the eastern, central and western regions of the project show relative feed values have peaked and are on the decline. The Manitoba Forage Council’s Green Gold program (Alfalfa Scissor

Daily Network News

Canadian drought conditions improve in March

PMRA renamed as Pesticides Regulatory Directorate

U.S. deputy farm secretary to meet with Mosaic amid high fertilizer prices

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