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CGC guarantees Canadian grain quality worldwide

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2012

The baker is already planning his production and quality-control program for months ahead, based on grain from halfway around the world he has never laid eyes on, much less inspected. But he isn’t worried. He knows he will almost certainly get exactly the right kind of wheat with the precise specifications he requested. He also

Cereals, Crops, News

Texas drought losses pegged at $7.6 billion

By Reuters April 7, 2012

college station, texas / Last year’s drought in Texas cost farmers and ranchers a record $7.62 billion, a newly released study says. “The $7.62-billion mark for 2011 is more than $3.5 billion higher than the 2006 drought loss estimates, which previously was the costliest drought on record,” said David Anderson, a livestock economist with Texas

Cereals, Crops, News

Too soon to give up on winter wheat

By Daniel Winters March 24, 2012

The Prairie winter wheat crop may have been left looking a bit worse for wear due to unusually low snowfall cover, but there’s still life lurking below those browned-off stalks. That’s because it takes more than just a tap on the head to kill winter wheat, said Outlook, Sask.-area farmer Dale Hicks, who is also

Cereals, Crops, News

Briefs March 8, 2012

March 14, 2012

Arrests made in mail thefts Staff / Police have laid charges against four individuals in relation to a series of mail thefts in rural areas surrounding Winnipeg. RCMP report two adult males from Winnipeg have been arrested and have been charged with a number of offences including possession of stolen mail, identity theft, and fraud.

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

U.S. farm co-op buying Canada durum

By Rod Nickel March 14, 2012

The largest U.S. grain co-operative, CHS Inc., is buying Canadian durum and looks to bulk up on other crops there to seize the “phenomenal” opportunity left by the end of the Canadian Wheat Board marketing monopoly later this year, a CHS executive told Reuters Feb. 27. In mid-December, a Canadian bill became law that will

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Study determines effect of global warming on wheat yields

By David Fogarty February 15, 2012

Extreme heat can cause wheat crops to age faster and reduce yields, a U.S.-led study shows, underscoring the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population as the world warms. Scientists and farmers have long known that high heat can hurt some crops and the Stanford University-led study, released on Jan. 30, revealed how the damage

Cereals, Crops, News

EU grains vulnerable with no protective snow

February 14, 2012

(Reuters) –– Bitterly cold weather in Europe is raising concerns over damage to European Union grain plantings, but crops could still come through the cold snap unscathed, analysts said. The problem is that snow is scarce in west Europe’s Grain Belts. In France, a mild winter has soft wheat crops about two to three weeks

Cereals, News

Buckwheat snack food impresses at food show

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2012

A new made-in-Manitoba snack food has been named one of the top 12 natural foods at an international gourmet food show in San Francisco. Buckshots, a roasted buckwheat snack, may have vaulted the crop from obscurity to significant new interest, too. Many of the Canadian, American, and global buyers attending the 2012 Winter Fancy Food

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Crops briefs, Jan. 12

By Adam Johnston January 24, 2012

Drought dents Brazil crops Sao Paulo/Reuters/ Two important Brazilian corn and soy producers Parana and Rio Grande do Sul made sharp cuts to crop forecasts Jan. 5 after weeks of harsh, dry weather dented prospects for a soy crop that as recently as this week some still expected to be a record. Brazil’s biggest soy

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

Agriculture Is A “Backwater” Enterprise

By John Morriss November 17, 2011

Now that food seems to be on the public-policy radar, the think-tanks of the nation are anxious to demonstrate their expertise on the subject. The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is the latest example with Canadian Agriculture and Food A Growing Hunger for Change, by Larry Martin and Kate Stiefelmeyer. The paper does not state it, but they

Daily Network News

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

CGC guarantees Canadian grain quality worldwide

Texas drought losses pegged at $7.6 billion

Too soon to give up on winter wheat

Briefs March 8, 2012

U.S. farm co-op buying Canada durum

Study determines effect of global warming on wheat yields

EU grains vulnerable with no protective snow

Buckwheat snack food impresses at food show

Crops briefs, Jan. 12

Agriculture Is A “Backwater” Enterprise

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