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Conference Board Of Canada Issues Report On Grain Transport

Giving the grain-handling and transportation sector a more commercial orientation would improve its efficiency and speed up the movement of wheat from terminals to ports, says a report issued by the Conference Board of Canada. “The greater flexibility allowed by regulators has helped to address some of the industry concerns, with the result that performance
Cereals, Opinion

Wheat Growers Oppose Wheat Board Vessel Purchase

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Ashocking announcement has erased all doubt as to the level of contempt that the Canadian Wheat Board holds for western farmers. The CWB purchased two brand-new ships for the purpose of transporting grain on the Great Lakes. Farmers with no choice in the matter will finance the $65-million purchase over four years. At the CWB’s
Cereals, Opinion

Putting Farmers First A Priority

I am writing in response to a letter to the editor re: “Farmers need equal treatment” in the February 17 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator. Sagan needs to get his facts straight on the Canadian Wheat Board. For over 65 years, western Canadian grain farmers have had no choice in the marketing and distribution of
Cereals, Opinion

Ritz’s Reckless Rhetoric

It appears from the Feb. 17 issue of theCo-operatorthat Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is upset with the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) decision to buy two boats to ship grain into the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Cereals, Crops

Dual Action Against Fusarium

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Anew broad-spectrum fungicide with two Group 3 actives against leaf and head disease in wheat and barley is billed as the “most effective” fungicide to suppress fusarium head blight. Bayer CropScience Canada has announced registration in Western Canada for its tebuconazole and prothioconazole product, Prosaro, to be available at participating ag retailers for the 2011
Cereals, Crops

Market Trends Suggest Higher Prices In Store

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Market fundamentals are expected to trump global political uncertainty as the Canadian Wheat Board raises its 2010-11 pool return outlook (PRO) values for wheat by as much as $13 per tonne. The board’s latest PROs see durum values up $1-$5 per tonne from its January PRO levels, while Pool B feed barley values are up
Cereals, Crops

How Much Wheat Have You Priced?

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Delivering wheat to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) isn’t the same as pricing it, even if the wheat is just going into the pool. And until grain is priced its value can go up or down. That’s why about a year ago the CWB introduced a price calculator farmers can access on the CWB’s website
Cereals, Crops

Canadian Wheat Board CEO Sees Shift In Food Pricing

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Farmers in Canada, the world’s third-largest wheat exporter, are set to sow many of the millions of acres left fallow last year, even as volatile crop prices underscore a new economic reality for grain markets. After a week in which disconnected political upheaval in Libya triggered the biggest price collapse in months, the chief executive
Cereals, Crops

Next Year’s Prices Bode Well For “Next Year Country”

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The Canadian Wheat Board is predicting generally higher wheat and durum prices for the upcoming crop year, the result of a tighter global supply- and-demand balance. Pool return outlook (PRO) prices for most wheat classes are up from the previous year’s PROs, according to the CWB’s first pool return outlook for 2011-12 released Feb. 28
Cereals, Crops, News

Signs Of Trouble In Snow For Russia’s New Crop

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Conditions for Russia’s coming harvest are not as favourable as thought, industry observers said Feb. 26, citing evidence of patchy snow cover and potential lack of supplies for spring sowing. “It doesn’t look as optimistic as it might,” president and chief executive of Russia’s SovEcon think-tank Andrei Sizov told a conference in Altai, a key

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