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Confusion Reigns Over Who Gets To Vote

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2010

“It certainly wasn’t what was intended from the panel report.” – DAVID ROLFE If farmers are confused whether they’ll get a vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections this fall, they aren’t alone. Media, farm organizations, and maybe even the minister of agriculture, have been confused too. Ottawa tabled Bill C-27, the Canadian Wheat Board

Cereals, Crops

Higher Threshold Requested

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2010

“My biggest fear was that they would immediately go to the weighted ballot. I think this will actually stop that.” – IAN WISHART The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) says C-27 is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough to prevent hobby farmers from voting in Canadian Wheat Board elections.

Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

New Feed Oat For Dairy Farmers

By Ron Friesen May 27, 2010

“A grain that is essentially equal to barley for feeding to dairy cattle.” – BRIAN ROSSNAGEL, CDC You wouldn’t normally feed oats to dairy cows because the hulls aren’t digestible and the grain is low in energy content. But say hello to CDC SO-I. This new feed oat variety combines a high fat content with

Cereals, News

Bill C-27 To Change Voting Criteria

By Allan Dawson May 20, 2010

Farmers who want to vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections will have had to produce 40 tonnes of grain in the current or previous two crop years if Bill C-27 becomes law. The Canadian Wheat Board Payments and Election Reform Act introduced in the House of Commons last week also promises to process CWB

Cereals, Livestock

Viterra Shares Fall As Black Sea Wheat Gains Strength

By Rod Nickel May 13, 2010

Cheap grain from the Black Sea region is costing Viterra its competitive advantage in exporting Australian wheat to Asia and the Middle East, an analyst said, as the Canadian grain handler’s shares fell to a 17-month low May 7. As wheat production rises in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to levels similar to those before the

Cereals, News

Rail Revenue Cap Going Up Seven Per Cent

By Allan Dawson May 6, 2010

“Farmers are already overpaying the railways so this extra seven per cent just adds insult to injury.” – JOHN LYONS Western farmers are likely to pay more to ship their grain by rail in the new crop year starting Aug. 1 due to higher railway operating costs. Many farmers believe they already pay too much.

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

USDA Loan Rates Favour U. S. Durum

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 29, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts held within the tight ranges they’ve been stuck in for the past month during the week ended April 23, although the bias was to the downside as producers began seeding what could be a record-size

Cereals, Crops, Livestock

Turkey Board Sees No Wheat Imports This Year

By Selcuk Gokoluk April 15, 2010

Turkey’s state grain board TMO does not expect to import wheat or barley this year, but will export half a million tonnes before the start of the next harvest season in June. TMO chairman Mesut Kose told Reuters in an interview on March 23 that the board has already exported 2.3 million tonnes of grain

Cereals, Crops

China Thirsty For Malting Barley

By Rod Nickel April 15, 2010

China’s thirst for beer has driven up its barley imports from Canada by 86 per cent, but weaker U. S. demand more than offsets those gains. From August through January, China has replaced the United States as Canada’s top barley export market by importing nearly 208,000 tonnes, according to Statistics Canada. The surge reflects China’s

Cereals, Livestock, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 15, 2010

April 15, 2010

Disastrous economic development The warning previews are being posted, as John Oliver speaks out on global energy, with food and water shortages on the horizon. (March 25 Manitoba Co-operator story by Daniel Winters.) We read that more than one billion people go hungry every single day and have little or no clean water to drink,

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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