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Survey Says Support Up For CWB

By Allan Dawson June 25, 2009

Support for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is up according to the CWB’s most recent survey of farmers. That’s not what usually happens following the kind of controversy swirling around the marketing issue, says David Herle, a partner in the polling firm Gandalf Group that conducted the survey. “Normally in my experience when something becomes

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Acres And Weather Becoming Market Focus

By Don Bousquet June 25, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended June 19 mixed, with canola lower. Canola was pressured down by a big slide in the Chicago soy complex and talk that China

Cereals, News

Railway Service Under MP’s Scrutiny

By Alex Binkley June 25, 2009

Put a railway representative in front of the Commons agriculture committee and complaints about service and cost aren’t long in coming. Cliff Mackay, President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada, wanted to explain the need for replacing the aging fleet of government grain hopper cars and the importance of letting market requirements shape

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Late Spring Dampens Forecast

By Allan Dawson June 18, 2009

“… the milling wheat quality side is very, very tight this year despite some increased carry-in because of the potential for quality damage here.” – BrUcE BUrnETT Unless there’s a miracle, western Canadian farmers will harvest a much smaller crop this year compared to last and the five-year average, according to the Canadian Wheat Board’s

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola To Top $500 In 2009-10

By Don Bousquet June 18, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended June 12 lower. Canola was undermined by losses in the Chicago soyoil market and the absence of fresh demand. China has withdrawn from the market

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 11, 2009

June 11, 2009

Frosty June: Frost has damaged newly emerged canola on the western Prairies, adding to a long list of spring weather woes. The only factor mitigating damage from frost June 2 is that crops have been slow to emerge due to cool weather, said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat

Cereals, Opinion

Rushing Madly Off In All Directions

By Paul Beingessner June 11, 2009

When mad cow disease hit Western Canada in May, 2003, farmers got a lesson in basic economics. The lesson wasn’t so much that prices went down in Canada. Take away the market for something like 50 per cent of the cattle produced in Canada, and prices will take a gut-wrenching tumble. That was a given.

Beef cattle, Cereals, Hogs, News

Canada Meat, Grain Sectors Eye EU Trade

By Rod Nickel June 11, 2009

Canada’s agriculture industry is eyeing free trade talks with the European Union as a rare chance to open a big high-income market. But for the beef sector, a major production shift may also be at stake. The Canadian beef industry has taken hits in recent years from low prices and prohibitive U. S. food-labelling laws,

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Crops Hit By June 6 Frost

By Allan Dawson June 11, 2009

“In one field the odd plant was dead and the next quarter over the field was completely dead.” – anastasia KuBinec Frost early June 6 caused another spring flood in Manitoba – of crop insurance claims. Temperatures dipped below zero in many regions during the wee hours of June 6. But the lowest temperatures were

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Is The Wheat Rally Real?

By Don Bousquet June 4, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended May 29 lower. Canola was pressured down by the big surge in the Canadian dollar. Newcrop canola did not see as big a

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