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South American weather shakes up corn, soybeans

January 24, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to trend upward over the holiday period ended Jan. 6. Steady demand from the commercial sector provided some of the strength with weather issues in the oilseed-growing areas of South America contributing to the upward momentum. Fresh export business with China further underpinned canola values.

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Chicago Soybeans Put Pressure On Winnipeg Canola

By Dwayne Klassen November 17, 2011

column Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform lost ground during the week ended Nov. 11. Much of the price weakness was associated with the downward price action experienced in the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean complex and with the unsettled ongoing macroeconomic picture. Keeping a firm floor under canola was steady

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Our History: October 31, 1974

November 3, 2011

Crow Rate to end? This issue reported on a meeting of the Canada Grains Council, where Canadian Wheat Board Minister Otto Lang first proposed a review of the Crow Rate. Lang suggested that railways be allowed to charge commercial rates, but that farmers be directly compensated for the extra cost and that payments have to

Cereals, Crops

CWB Issues Interim Payments

November 3, 2011

STAFF / Prairie wheat and barley growers who delivered to the Canadian Wheat Board in the 2010-11 crop year will receive interim payments starting Nov. 8. The biggest of the per-tonne interim payments will go to No. 2 Canada Western Red Spring, 15.5 per cent protein, at $55.20; the lowest, $2.80, will go to No.

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Futures Recovering On Fresh Chinese Demand

By Dwayne Klassen October 20, 2011

Dwayne Klassen CNSA Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed a rally during the week ended Oct. 14, recovering some of the losses experienced in the previous reporting periods. Confirmation of fresh Chinese demand for Canadian canola helped to generate some of the price strength, as did the reluctance of Prairie producers

Cereals, Crops, Hogs, Livestock

High Cost Of Feed Barley In Manitoba Taking A Toll On Livestock Profits

By Daniel Winters October 20, 2011

Spring flooding and a hot, dry summer prevented many Manitoba farmers from getting a decent barley crop, and now livestock feeders are feeling the pinch from tighter supplies. Brent Swain, a grain buyer for FeedRite in Brandon, said he is offering $5.05 per bushel for top-grade feed barley, and $4.25 for high-vomitoxin samples. It s

Cereals, Crops, Forages

2011 Harvest Nearing The Finish Line

October 13, 2011

Southwest Region Rainfall was general with amounts ranging from 10 to 20 mm. The precipitation was welcome in most areas. Harvest is almost complete. Spring cereal and oilseed acres were down due to wet conditions in the spring. Yields and quality for wheat, barley, oats, winter wheat, fall rye, canola, and flax were average. Sunflower

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Big U.S. Wheat, Corn Stocks Send Prices Tumbling Anew

October 6, 2011

washington/reuters U.S. corn and wheat stocks were much larger than expected at the end of the summer, providing a larger buffer against this year s reduced harvest and driving some grain prices to their lowest levels this year. In a sign that near-record grain prices curbed demand far more than analysts had anticipated, inventories of

News, Oilseeds

Goldman Sees Scope For Sharp Rise In Soy Prices

September 15, 2011

Soybean prices could rally sharply over the next year but corn should be capped by the potential for large ethanol demand destruction in the U.S., Goldman Sachs said in a report received Sept. 9. For soybeans, we see an increasing likelihood that prices will rally sharply over the next 12 months given the growing risk

Crops, Oilseeds

Combine Adjustment Tips

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

Combining faster cuts harvesting costs, but can also result in higher grain loses, says Les Hill, manager of agricultural technical services at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) in Humboldt, Sask. We know it s all balance, Hill said Sept. 9 during a webinar for the Canola Council of Canada on maximizing canola harvesting. When

Daily Network News

Klassen: Feedlots scale down cattle purchases

Wet grain, Russian attacks on railways hit Ukrainian corn exports, union says

Feds pause update on food from cloned livestock

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