China Lifts Import Restrictions On Canada Peas

Canada won concessions from China on several farm exports during a trade mission to Beijing and Inner Mongolia, but China’s more-important restrictions on Canadian canola and beef remain in place. China lifted import restrictions on Canadian peas, signed an agreement to buy $100 million worth of malt barley from the Canadian Wheat Board and reopened



Circumstances Outweigh Bearish Canola News

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some heavy-volume activity during the week ended April 16, as commercial and commodity fund traders rolled their positions out of the nearby May contract. However, those large volumes did little to rouse values out


Seed Companies Pull Out Of Variety Trials

APrairie-wide program of canola variety trials has been cancelled this year after most of the participating seed companies unexpectedly pulled out. Canola seed developers did not enter enough canola varieties in the 2010 Prairie Canola Variety Trials for it to go ahead, the Canola Council of Canada, which administers the trials, said last week. Dissatisfaction

In Brief… – for Apr. 15, 2010

Canola crush plant eyed: The R. M. of Woodlands’ community development corporation (CDC) has confirmed ongoing discussions with an unnamed company interested in crushing canola at its new industrial park, just outside Warren. All that’s publicly known so far is that planned infrastructure for the park is meant to “immediately serve a canola-crushing plant and


Syngenta Releases New Canola Fungicide

syngenta canada release Syngenta Canada has announced the registration of Astound, a new canola fungicide that provides preventive and curative protection against stem rot caused by sclerotinia. Containing two active ingredients, fludioxonil and cyprodinil, Astound works both systemically and on contact, to inhibit spore germination outside the plant and prevent disease penetration into the plant

Canola Sector Poised For Continued Growth

With new crushing capacity, millions of dollars for export market outreach, new research funding and facilities, and more, Canada’s canola industry is poised for a decade of significant growth, said JoAnne Buth, president at Canola Council of Canada’s 43rd annual convention in San Francisco. “In 2009, it was clear that the canola industry’s success to


Dreyfus Crush Plant To Reach Full Speed Mid-May

The new canola-crushing plant at Yorkton, Saskatchewan owned by Louis Dreyfus Canada Limited and Mitsui & Co. is processing at 80 to 90 per cent capacity and should reach full speed within another month or two, the president of Louis Dreyfus Canada said Mar. 8. The Dreyfus-Mitsui plant, which has an annual capacity 850,000 tonnes,

In Briefs continued from page 2 – for Mar. 11, 2010

Correction: W434 is a new winter wheat from Rob Graf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada adapted to Manitoba and was recently supported for registration. Its winter wheat survival is rated similar to Radiant and CDC Falcon. Incorrect information appeared last week. Joint effort: The University of Manitoba and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives have