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Consumers Rise To Buy-Local Challenge

By Ron Bonnett July 16, 2009

Barbecue season is upon us and more and more Canadians are visiting farmers’ markets or seeking out a Product of Canada label in order to support Canadian farmers. Several campaigns promoting locally grown or Canadianproduced food have sprung up. Recently, retailers like Loblaw Companies Limited, fast-food chains such as McDonald’s and major companies like Unilever

News, Oilseeds

Viterra To Buy Manitoba Canola Crusher

By Dave Bedard June 18, 2009

The “cold-press” canola crushing plant at Ste. Agathe is becoming the latest acquisition for Canada’s largest grain company. Viterra announced Monday it will buy the Associated Proteins plant in the industrial park on the community’s west side for $64 million plus “working capital.” Pending approval from the federal Competition Bureau, the company said it expects

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Going To Be Strong Through 2009-10

By Don Bousquet May 28, 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 May 22 mixed, with canola mixed and barley higher. Canola was pressured down in the old crop by a slowing pace to demand, with both

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Saving Dough On Bake Day

By Alma Barkman May 21, 2009

With 52 years’ experience as a homemaker, I have come across several ways to cut costs in the kitchen. Granted, when it comes to saving money, the time it takes always has to be weighed against the amount you save, but there is the added bonus of homemade goodness as well as the assurance of

Livestock, Oilseeds

Adm, B. C. Fuel Firm Eye Biodiesel Plant

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2009

Archer Daniels Midland and Canadian Bioenergy Corp. are studying a possible joint-venture canola biodiesel facility at ADM’s Lloydminster, Alta. crush plant. ADM, the Illinois-based multinational ag processing firm, and Vancouver-based Canadian Bioenergy said in a release April 7 that they have entered negotiations on such a joint venture. The two firms are now “in the

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Nexera Growing At Bunge Altona

By Allan Dawson April 9, 2009

The owners have changed a few times and so have the oilseeds it crushes, but the processing plant farmers built here in 1946 still epitomizes the concept of “value added.” In fact, this plant has been “value adding” since long before the words became part of the Prairie lexicon. Canola, the oilseed it processes almost

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Canada’s Share Of World Wheat Market Drops

By Dwayne Klassen April 2, 2009

Shares of the world wheat market in the upcoming 2009-10 crop year are expected to decline for both Canada and the U. S. from 2008-09, with the EU-27, Ukraine, Russia and Argentina picking up most of that decline. The five top major wheat-exporting countries include the U. S., Canada, Australia, the EU-27 and Argentina, according

News, Oilseeds

EU New Market For Canada Canola

By Rod Nickel March 26, 2009

Europe’s acceptance of genetically modified canola seed represents an important new market for Canadian farmers, but purchases from the world’s largest exporter of canola seed are unlikely any time soon. The European Commission ruled March 10 to allow import of a type of canola, which German seed developer Bayer CropScience created by modifying the canola

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Recipe Swap – for Mar. 5, 2009

March 5, 2009

Many of you will have gathered in church or community halls last week for a pancake supper. It marked Shrove Tuesday, of course, and the beginning of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is actually an ancient feast that dates back centuries when Christian households would clear out what little fat remained in their larder after a long

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola looks good for 2009-10, but not as good as 2008-09

January 29, 2009

DON BOUSQUET It’s Your Business For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Jan. 23 mixed, with canola pressured down by increased farmer selling, a firmer Canadian dollar and weakness in the Chicago

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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