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South Australian Harvest Boosts Viterra Profit

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Viterra Inc., Canada’s biggest grain handler and farm retailer, posted its biggest-ever first-quarter profit March 9, easily beating expectations, as the company reaped the benefits of a record harvest in South Australia and high crop prices. “This is a great time to be in the business of producing and marketing food ingredients as the world’s
Cereals, Crops

CWB Predicts Small Rise In Wheat Output

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Canada’s monopoly wheat exporter maintained its forecast for a small rise in production from the world’s No. 3 seller this year, but offered a slightly more upbeat forecast for global output. The outlook from the Canadian Wheat Board, one of the world’s biggest grain marketers, offers modest relief for millers who have been hurt this
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Wanted: Young Farm Leaders

Canola checkoff dollars could soon be used to get younger farmers more involved in the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). Most of the association’s $1-a-tonne checkoff goes to promote canola consumption crop and improve yields. But MCGA president Rob Pettinger said in an interview following the association’s March 1 annual meeting it might be time
Cereals, Crops

Elite Barley Producers Share Ideas

The “Elite Barley, Canadian Malting Barley Grower Recognition Program,” recently named the 10 farmers selected by industry as top producers for the year. The goal of the program is to promote grower best management practices for malting barley, and showcase the value that malt and malt barley bring to western Canadian agriculture and the Canadian
Cereals, News

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

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