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USDA Shakes Markets, Highs Likely Behind Us

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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 oi l s e e d prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Jan. 15 lower, with canola seeing the biggest slide. Canola was pressured down by the weakness in the Chicago soy
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Sector Receives Market Access Funds

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The federal government is contributing $7.8 million towards a market access plan for the Canadian canola industry, the federal agriculture minister announced Jan. 11. “Our government knows that farmers will be key to Canada’s economic recovery,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a release. “Our Economic Action Plan is continuing to support Canada’s recovery by
Crops, Oilseeds

Ritz Wants U. S. To Ease Actions On Crushers

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“The tests that are done as they leave the facility are all good (but) we have no control over a lot of the shipment side of it.” – AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ Canada wants the U. S. to stop imposing restrictions against Canadian canola-crushing plants when their meal shipments pick up salmonella bacteria en route
Crops, Oilseeds

Lots To Consider When Assessing Crop Rotations

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“The coffee shop never hears about the problems. They hear about the 80-bushel canola, but they very seldom hear about the quarter section that was wiped out with blackleg.” – WELDON NEWTON Push your crop rotations and you’re pushing your luck. Nevertheless, a lot of farmers have been tightening their canola rotations and getting away
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Knowing The Variety Applies To More Than Wheat

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The message “know what you’re growing” is usually aimed at farmers producing wheat, but it applies to canola and flax too. Wheat growers need to know the variety they’re growing so they can deliver it to the proper class, which is crucial in assuring customer satisfaction. But with canola and flax the emphasis is on
News, Oilseeds

Check Canola Bins For Spoilage

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After a long, hard harvest farmers deserve some time off over Christmas, but to ensure a “happy new year,” they should check their canola bins for heating. “Canola and other grains will respire for about six weeks after harvest so even if a guy thinks he has put it in dry and cool it can
Oilseeds, Opinion

Canola Election Process Flawed

With 2010 marking the 10-year anniversary of evermore farmers democratically helping an unwilling canola organization (MCGA) become more democratic, I am troubled by what was and was not reported in the December 17 “For Farmers Since 1925” issue covering the 2009 canola directors’ election. Vote123 was the sixth of six producer-initiated reforms. Which farmer-requested democratic
Crops

Include European Pesticide Policy In Free Trade Talks

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Officials negotiating a free trade deal with Europe must get EU officials to clarify the impact proposed pesticide registration rules will have on food imports from Canada, says Ron Bonnett, first vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. “We plan to raise this issue with Canadian negotiators,” Bonnett said in an interview after a meeting
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola: Up Or Down?

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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 oi l s e e d prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg in the week ended Dec. 18 were lower, with the canola market pressured down by the losses in the U. S. soyoil market and
Crops, Oilseeds

BrettYoung To Market High-Speed Canola Breeding

Winnipeg seed firm BrettYoung has signed a deal to market the results of San Diego crop genetics firm Cibus Global as it applies rapid, yet non-GMO, trait development techniques to canola. Under their agreement, announced Dec. 9, Cibus is to develop “unique” crop protection and “performance enhancement” traits for canola using its patent-protected Rapid Trait

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