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Canadian grain farmers enjoying good times

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2012

It’s a great time to be a farmer in Western Canada, but don’t expect the good times to last forever, grain industry officials said during the Fields on Wheels conference in Winnipeg Nov. 9. “This is truly a time of opportunity,” said Richard Wansbutter, Viterra’s vice-president of government and commercial relations. “I really think these

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Canada’s grain system world’s best

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2012

For years Canada’s grain industry engaged in self-flagellation, condemning the grain-handling and transportation system as inefficient. Not anymore. “We have arguably the world’s most efficient handling network,” Don Solman, Richardson’s vice-president of finance and chief financial officer told the Grain Industry Symposium Nov. 21. “Back in the 1990s, basically the network was rebuilt with large

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Big, early and high-quality harvest eases transition to post-single-desk era

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2012

Alarge and high-quality crop along with an early harvest was just what the doctor ordered to ease the transition to the post-single-desk era, says the CWB’s chief operating officer. “I can’t imagine what we’d all be going through… if we were talking about a crop that was predominantly (No.) 3 red (spring wheat) with falling

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Farmers complain about problems delivering grain to CWB

By Allan Dawson November 9, 2012

CWB vice-president of grain procurement Gord Flaten says it’s mostly just growing pains and the system will work

Some grain handlers are refusing to accept CWB grain deliveries and promising better grades to farmers who bypass the new voluntary board, farmers said during a recent conference call with CWB officials Oct. 17. During the conference-call meeting with more than 3,200 farmers, an Alberta producer (who identified himself only as John) said elevator employees

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Manitoba oat prices near historic highs

By Terryn Shiells October 26, 2012

Cash bids for oats in Manitoba have soared to a level near historic highs, industry officials said. Some Manitoba oat farmers were receiving up to $4 per bushel as of Oct. 22, Warren Alexander, a commodity trader with Emerson Milling, in Emerson said. “This price level, historically, seems to be the high,” he said. “Prices

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Ukraine to up winter wheat acreage

October 26, 2012

Reuters / Ukraine may increase the winter grain-sowing area for the 2013 harvest to 8.4 million hectares from the originally planned 8.2 million hectares should favourable weather continue. Wet and warm weather has dominated almost all Ukrainian regions in October and only southern regions lack soil moisture. Meteorologists say Ukraine is experiencing the warmest autumn

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Food bank donations urged

October 10, 2012

Staff / In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Parliamentary Secretary Pierre Lemieux are encouraging Canadians to generously donate to their local food banks. Lemieux joined Turkey Farmers of Canada Chair Mark Davies at the Ottawa Food Bank last week to present a $50,000 donation to Food Banks Canada. This

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New website for info on Prairie checkoffs

October 10, 2012

The Alberta Barley Commission (ABC) recently launched a new website to help western Canadian grain farmers and buyers better understand the new collection system for the wheat and barley checkoff. The website, www.wheatbarleycheckoff.com, provides information about the checkoff, the remittance process, reporting procedures and answers frequently asked questions. In accordance with the federal “Regulations Respecting

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U.S. drought lifts PRO values

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 22, 2012

Values in CWB’s 2012-13 harvest pool return outlook (PRO) have risen on the expected demand for Canada’s wheat, barley and canola in the wake of the U.S. Corn Belt’s drought. CWB’s second round of new-crop PROs, issued Sept. 14, sees wheat and durum values up by $11 per tonne, malting barley up $10 and canola

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Eastern European maize a rare bright spot

September 17, 2012

kiev / reuters / Eastern European maize crops have survived a summer drought, but exporters are unlikely to benefit as domestic buyers seek alternatives to wheat and barley ravaged by the heat. Top maize producers in the Black Sea region — Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania — are likely to produce a total of 37

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

Tag Archives Cereal

Canadian grain farmers enjoying good times

Canada’s grain system world’s best

Big, early and high-quality harvest eases transition to post-single-desk era

Farmers complain about problems delivering grain to CWB

Manitoba oat prices near historic highs

Ukraine to up winter wheat acreage

Food bank donations urged

New website for info on Prairie checkoffs

U.S. drought lifts PRO values

Eastern European maize a rare bright spot

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