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Richardson International’s rise to share top grain spot

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2012

The pending multibillion-dollar sale of Viterra demonstrates the value of patient capital and private ownership, says Richardson International president Curt Vossen. Last week publicly traded Viterra, Canada’s largest grain company, announced it was selling to the world’s No. 1 diversified commodities trader, Swiss-based Glencore, for $16.1 billion. But in a move believed aimed at getting

Cereals, News, Opinion

Our history: April 4, 1996

March 29, 2012

Our April 4, 1996 issue reported that the Canadian Wheat Board had moved 100,000 tonnes of grain from the Red River Valley in anticipation of spring flooding. A storm the previous week had dumped 20 cm of snow throughout southern Manitoba and the Interlake. In Geneva, veterinary and health experts had met to discuss a

Cereals, News

Canada’s Harper says Viterra bid not “primarily” foreign

March 29, 2012

reuters / Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said March 25 that the structure of Glencore’s $6.1-billion deal to buy No. 1 Canadian grain handler Viterra means it should not necessarily be seen as a full foreign takeover. Harper’s comments come as the Canadian government and regulators begin reviewing the offer by Swiss-based Glencore, already the

Cereals, Livestock, News, Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters — for 2012-03-29

March 29, 2012

Full costs to farmers underestimated Some years back Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson quoted a farmer saying that basis is a licence to steal. Two March 22 opinions are cases in point where we as farmers take a back seat to the private trade margin traders. In “The $5-million advantage of local processing,” Manitoba Cattle Enhancement

Cereals, News

Farmers want Competition Bureau to scrutinize sale of Viterra’s input stores

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2012

Most farm groups are giving the Viterra sale a thumbs up on the grain side of the transaction, but there’s concern about potentially less competition in farm input sales. Glencore is buying Viterra, but will sell 232 of Viterra’s 258 input stores in Canada and all 17 in Australia, along with 34 per cent of

Cereals, Crops, Forages, News

GMO proliferation an existential threat to organic farmers

By Daniel Winters March 29, 2012

Sourcing organic alfalfa seed has become more complicated since the commercial release of genetically modified alfalfa in the U.S., the executive director of the Canadian Organic Trade Association says. Although it is not yet grown commercially in Canada, the herbicide-tolerant forage crop was given a green light by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2005

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

New ICE wheat contract will struggle

By Allan Dawson March 23, 2012

The outlook for the new ICE Future Canada’s wheat futures market isn’t great, according to Neil Townsend, the Canadian Wheat Board’s North American market analyst. The long-running spring wheat futures market in Minneapolis didn’t get enough business before the Winnipeg market launched in January, he said. As a result, Minneapolis wasn’t “liquid” enough — a

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Rising canola futures find point of resistance

By Dwayne Klassen March 23, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform moved higher during the week ended March 16. Concerns about the record pace of usage and the resulting depletion of old-crop canola stocks stimulated some of the upward price action. Chart-related speculative fund buying interest also contributed to the price advances. Much of that buying was

Cereals, Crops, News

Farmers fear consolidation, not foreigners, in Viterra bid

By Rod Nickel March 23, 2012

Reuters / For most of the past year, western Canadian farmers have braced for the rush of competition that will follow the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s 69-year-long monopoly on grain marketing in August. Now, they’re preparing for the possibility of seeing less than expected. The fertile region’s biggest grain handler, Viterra, said March

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

FNA gets into cash advance administration

By Allan Dawson March 23, 2012

Ontario’s ACC wants to expand in the West, but only into crops that aren’t covered now, says Jaye Atkins

Farmers taking out cash advances on their crops this year will see some changes in who is administering the programs. As the Canadian Canola Growers Association expands its administration to take over the crops formerly handled by the Canadian Wheat Board, a new player has emerged to manage the program for several commodities in Ontario

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Richardson International’s rise to share top grain spot

Our history: April 4, 1996

Canada’s Harper says Viterra bid not “primarily” foreign

Letters — for 2012-03-29

Farmers want Competition Bureau to scrutinize sale of Viterra’s input stores

GMO proliferation an existential threat to organic farmers

New ICE wheat contract will struggle

Rising canola futures find point of resistance

Farmers fear consolidation, not foreigners, in Viterra bid

FNA gets into cash advance administration

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