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The federal government expects grain and oilseed prices to stay high, input inflation to moderate and a rebound for cattle and hog producers
Strong commodity prices and healthy world demand have put Canadian farmers in an enviable position, says Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in its annual crystal ball look at the industry. Net income for most producers will be at or above record levels once all the data for 2012 is added up, thanks to better-than-forecast crop pricesThere’s good money to be made in peas these days but producers such as Jason Hodsen are struggling to find sufficient supplies of seed
A small green and yellow pea crop in 2012 and increased demand is pushing old-crop prices to new heights this spring, while limiting the amount of available seed. “There is a potential for a very strong market for the next few years,” Jackie Kress, senior grain manager for Legumex Walker, said at the recent WildAll the contracted seed will be delivered to Richardson Pioneer, which is selling it to British baker Warburtons
Richardson Pioneer, in co-operation with Seed Depot, expects to contract around 10,000 acres of Faller, an unregistered, American wheat, through a new identity-preserved (IP) program this spring, says Peter Entz, Richardson International’s assistant vice-president of seed and traits. “It’s going to work like any other identity-preserved program,” Entz said in an interview Feb. 27 onThe elimination of European oat tariffs could present new opportunities for North American oat growers
Without a rebound of the equine oat market, oat growers could see the crop slide into special crops territory and lose its spot on the Chicago Board of Trade. Losing the CBOT oat contract is a development that would cost producers and processors dearly, according to Randy Strychar of Ag Commodity Research, who spoke about
