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Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Soy Hits Six-Month High, Canola Doesn’t Follow

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at the ICE Canada futures market closed the week ended April 17 mixed with canola moderately higher in the face of sharp gains in the U. S. soy complex. Commercial demand lifted the market with
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 23, 2009

Group seeks provincial grass: A grassroots committee is running an online poll of Manitobans to find a nominee for Manitoba’s provincial grass emblem. “Let’s celebrate Manitoba’s native prairie grasslands by declaring a provincial grass emblem for Manitoba,” the Manitoba Provincial Grass Campaign Committee says on its website at www.manitobagrass.ca. As of April 18, big bluestem
Crops, Forages

Bright Future For Forage Growers, Says Wishart

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“There’s huge opportunities there. We’re great at sequestering carbon. In six inches of topsoil, how many tons of fibre are in an acre? About 150 tons. That is 10 times the amount of C02 in the atmosphere above that acre.” – WISHART The field of opportunities for Manitoba’s forage producers is growing. Far from just
Livestock, Oilseeds

Adm, B. C. Fuel Firm Eye Biodiesel Plant

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Archer Daniels Midland and Canadian Bioenergy Corp. are studying a possible joint-venture canola biodiesel facility at ADM’s Lloydminster, Alta. crush plant. ADM, the Illinois-based multinational ag processing firm, and Vancouver-based Canadian Bioenergy said in a release April 7 that they have entered negotiations on such a joint venture. The two firms are now “in the
Cereals, Crops, News

Argentine Farmers Turn Away From Wheat

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Parched soils, lack of credit and anger over government policy could lead Argentine farmers to plant less wheat this year when sowing begins next month in the key global exporter. Argentina’s last wheat harvest was the smallest since 1982 due to a harsh drought, compounding farmers’ reluctance to plant wheat after two years of government
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Expanded Alta. Ethanol Plant Gets $23M

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Afederal program to boost Canadian biofuel production will put up $23.2 million to back processor Permolex’s facility at Red Deer, Alta. The investment, announced April 8 in Red Deer by the federal Natural Resources Department, flows through the ecoEnergy for Biofuels Initiative, a nine-year, $1.5 billion “operating incentive” fund launched in 2007. The Permolex facility,
Cereals, News

Grain Sector Better Off Than Many During World Recession

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“It’s really an exciting time for agriculture and producers. If corn gets too cheap ethanol will bring it back and wheat and soybeans will follow corn.” – KENDELL KEITH Recession or not, people still have to eat and that bodes well for the world’s grain sector, three panelists told the Canada Grain Council’s 40th annual
Hogs, News

Pork Producers Mull Ethanol And COOL Offset Subsidies

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The Canadian Pork Council may ask Ottawa to reimburse hog producers for financial hurt caused by U. S. ethanol subsidies and country-of-origin labelling. The idea emerged from a CPC brainstorming session on how to help the country’s beleaguered producers. The CPC is looking for short-and long-term strategies to help hog farmers through their worst financial
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China Asks To Plant Jatropha In Zambia

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China has asked Zambia to plant two million hectares of jatropha in the Southern African country for production of biofuels, the Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) said March 31. If agreed, the deal could become one of the biggest farming land ventures by an Asian or Middle Eastern country in Africa. “China has approached the
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Jatropha Not A Miracle Crop

Jatropha, often hailed as a rich source of biodiesel that flourishes in semiarid areas of Africa, is hard to grow and often fails if farmers lack expertise, an executive of a company developing the crop said. Vincent Volckaert, the Africa regional director for biofuels technology firm D1 Oils, dismissed the idea jatropha can produce a

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