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Get Second Opinion On Green Canola

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Given the higher-than-usual levels of green seed in the 2010 canola crop, growers are being urged to seek more than one opinion on the grades of their own loads. “Remember that ‘distinctly green’ is a subjective analysis, requiring graders to decide whether marginal lime-green seeds count as ‘distinctly green’ or not,” the Canola Council of
News, Oilseeds

Prairie Farmers Seen Planting More Flax In 2011

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Canadian farmers will look to plant more flax this spring, but tight supplies in the meantime will slice exports to a five-or six-year low in the 2010- 11 crop year, crop analysts said Jan. 10. Production fell to an 18-year low of 423,000 tonnes in 2010. With current new-crop cash bids by grain handlers higher
News, Oilseeds

U.S. Drops ADM Canada Crusher From Restricted List

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dropped Archer Daniels Midland’s canolacrushing plant in Windsor, Ontario from its list of plants that are under import restrictions due to salmonella concerns, easing measures that sharply cut Canadian shipments of the livestock feed to its biggest export market. The FDA removed the Windsor plant from its
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Pay More For Better Rail Service On Higher-Value Crops?

The following are edited excerpts from a Commons agriculture committee hearing Dec. 9 on railway service. Randy Hoback, Conservative MP for Prince Albert:“The argument a lot of people are struggling with is cost versus service. (T)hey are intertwined. If you buy something at a discount store you don’t expect to get proper service or extreme
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Firm Demand, Tight Supply Support Canola

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The ICE Futures Canada canola market hit some fresh contract highs during the week ended Dec. 10, but also ran into profit-taking that limited the upside. While market participants were still digesting the larger-than-expected production numbers put out by Statistics Canada on Dec. 3, those supplies are also being met with some pretty solid demand
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

2010 Was A Good Year On The Bug Front

There were few insect problems in cereal crops in 2010. Armyworms were a concern in some fields. Shipments of larvae of cereal leaf beetle containing the parasitoid Tetrastichus julis (Eulophidae) were released in some fields near Swan River. In canola, cutworms were a problem in some fields. Root maggots and damage to plants was noticed
News, Oilseeds

U OfA Survey Finds More Clubroot

Asurvey of 341 fields by the University of Alberta has found 66 new cases of clubroot in 2010. More than 500 Alberta fields are now infected with clubroot. Last year, Alberta found about 50 more fields with the crop disease. “Certainly it’s a disease that’s not going away,” Alberta oilseed specialist Murray Hartman said in
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

It’s Your Business

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Canola futures on the ICE Canada trading platform posted some modest advances during the week ended Dec. 3, with some of the upward momentum coming from the general strength displayed by the outside oilseed markets. CBOT soybean and soyoil values both posted some significant advances on the week with new contract highs also established in
Crops, Oilseeds

Farmers Support GE Crops, Saskatchewan Researcher Says

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A poll conducted among Prairie farmers has found widespread support for herbicide- tolerant crops, says a University of Saskatchewan researcher. The poll also showed arguments from groups opposed to genetically engineered varieties don’t ring true with producers, Stuart Smyth, who was raised on a Saskatchewan farm, told the Grow Canada conference. Farmers are using less
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Biodiesel Mandate Remains In Limbo

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Canola, looks to miss out on potential domestic demand from biodiesel until Canada clarifies its fuel mandate and offers new incentives to an already heavily subsidized industry. Canada has finished selecting biodiesel plant proposals to receive funding from a $1.5-billion program, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent by 2020 from 2005

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