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Phytosanitary Grain Rules Need Work

April 28, 2011

The international grain trade needs better phytosanitary rules and tolerances for low-level presence of genetically modified (GM) crops, says Dennis Stephens, a consultant contracted to co-ordinate the Canada Grains Council. “Zero thresholds are no longer obtainable,” Stephens told the council’s 42nd annual meeting in Winnipeg earlier this month. “We’ve reached a stage where we have

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

GM Wheat Is Coming –Eventually

By Allan Dawson April 14, 2011

The need to make more money growing wheat will see genetically modified varieties commercialized in seven to 10 years, according to a leading American wheat organization. “I think this is a matter of when we have GM wheat products in the market, and not so much an if at this point,” Vince Peterson, U.S. Wheat

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Apr. 14, 2011

By Reuters April 14, 2011

Frozen culverts:Floods from melting snow could damage highways and bridges in Saskatchewan, the provincial government said April 7. The Saskatchewan Highways Department said it has brought in steaming equipment as well as pumps and water tanks to thaw out frozen culverts to help drainage. Last year, big sections of Saskatchewan’s highway network were flooded, including

News, Oilseeds

ADM To Expand Canada Canola Plant

March 24, 2011

ADM Agri-Industries, a subsidiary of U.S. agrifood company Archer Daniels Midland, said March 21 it will double seed receiving and storage capacity at its canola-processing plant in Lloydminster, Alberta. The expansion is the most recent in a series of moves by crushers that reflects strong demand for the oilseed, which is Canada’s second-biggest crop after

Crops, Oilseeds

Cold Weather Limited Top-Grade Canada Canola Supplies

March 17, 2011

Top-grade canola made up just three-quarters of last year’s crop in Western Canada, the lowest proportion in six years, after too much rain and cool weather kept the oilseed from fully maturing, a Canadian government report said. Canada is the world’s top exporter of canola. In contrast to last year’s limited canola production, the top-quality

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

The Leadership Gap

March 10, 2011

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association president has a new crop he wants to see researched and developed with some of the $2.4 million it collected through farmer checkoffs last year. No, not a new type of canola. Young leaders. The association has just recently completed an extensive review and rewrite of its bylaws. There is

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Bunge Sees Record Canada Canola Area

March 10, 2011

Canadian farmers look to plant a record canola area of 19.5 million acres (7.9 million hectares) or more this spring, driven by expanding crush capacity and strong global demand, an official with Bunge Ltd. said on Feb. 28. The biggest wild card is high potential for serious spring flooding that could take much land out

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Profit-Taking Hammers Canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 24, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a roller-coaster of a week during the period ended Feb. 18, as the bottom finally fell out of the market and participants took profits after the steady rise over the past few months. However, after four straight days of large declines, values stabilized for a day, bounced higher and

Oilseeds, Opinion

Check For Overheated Canola

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 24, 2011

If producers want to take advantage of hot canola prices, they’d better make sure it’s not heating in the bin, the Canola Council of Canada warns. “We’re getting regular reports this month from growers who have lost whole bins to heating. Some have lost multiple bins,” warns Jim Bessel of the Canola Council of Canada.

News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 17, 2011

By Reuters February 17, 2011

Biodiesel mandate:Canadian canola growers are pleased by a federal announcement Feb. 10 to mandate biodiesel in diesel fuel starting July 1. “A two per cent renewable fuel mandate for diesel fuel has the potential to create new domestic demand for about one million tonnes of canola,” says Ed Schafer, president of the Canadian Canola Growers

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

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