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Salmonella Cuts Into Canola Crushing

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Canada’s oilseed processors are crushing less canola, the first tangible sign that the rapidly expanding industry has run into a rut because of a dispute over salmonella with the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. Crushing has decreased even as processors are boosting capacity. If the trend continues, more seed could shift to export and
News, Oilseeds

Canola Top Quality Crop

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Canada’s canola crop has surpassed the quality of last year’s bumper crop, despite trying early-growing-season weather that delayed maturity and created uneven growth. Tests by the Canadian Grain Commission show top-grade seed samples have an average of 44.8 per cent oil content – a measurement of the oilseed’s value to crushers who extract the oil
Crops, Oilseeds

Changes To Canola Registration System Proposed

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“I think companies will only take this path (interim registration) if they know for sure they’re going to pass in the second year.” – JOANNE BUTH The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) says its proposal to change the canola registration system will get improved varieties to farmers faster while still safeguarding them and processors from
News, Oilseeds

Amazing Agriculture Adventure Marks 10 Years

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Marvin and Margaret Elder used to shake their heads at how little, kids understood about their food’s origins. Margaret taught school in Virden. The couple farmed at Oak Lake. “And we considered Virden rural. It just amazed us,” says Marvin. It prompted the now-retired farm couple to start volunteering with Agriculture-in-the-Classroom – Manitoba (AITC-M) and
News, Oilseeds

Stop Good Canola From Going Bad

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Hot canola, even if it’s dry, needs to be cooled or it could go bad in the bin. “Canola will respire for about six weeks after you stick it in the bin,” said Anastasia Kubinec, the oilseed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. “And it can heat and the moisture can go up
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

StatsCan Predicts Smaller Prairie Crop

Canadian farmers will harvest 17.5 per cent less wheat and 24.5 per cent less canola, Statistics Canada said Aug. 21 in its first estimate of 2009 crop production. It forecast the all-wheat crop at 23.61 million tonnes, a steep drop from last year’s bountiful harvest, but more than the trade had expected. Statistics Canada expects
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Smaller Canada Canola Crop Could Curb Exports

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A sharply smaller Canadian canola crop in a year when crushing capacity is expanding could create tight supplies that would buoy prices and force buyers to rethink plans. Most Canadian crops are expected to shrink after cool weather and drought-delayed development. Farmers are hoping for later-than-normal frost-free weather to allow their crops to mature. Amid
Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Food Safety Worries Hit Canadian Canola Meal

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Salmonella-tainted Canadian canola meal has run into a headwind of American food-safety concerns, a trend that threatens to pressure canola futures during a rapid expansion period for the industry. Since March, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has refused one Canadian shipment of canola (a variant of rapeseed) and three shipments of canola meal.
Crops, Oilseeds

Keep Malathion Away From Canola Storage

The Canola Council of Canada is reminding growers to keep their canola storage bins free of the insecticide malathion this fall. Malathion is not registered to treat bins that will store canola or to control insects in stored canola. Every country that buys Canadian canola sets limits on pesticide residues, and exceeding those limits can
News, Oilseeds

Viterra Enters Canola-Crushing Business

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A Manitoba canola-crushing plant with a checkered past has a new owner who promises a bright future for the facility. Viterra Inc. last week held a grand opening for its canola crush operation which it purchased earlier this year from Associated Proteins LP. It’s Viterra’s first venture into the canola-crushing business but likely not the

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