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Canada Barley Crop Seen Slightly Smaller

February 25, 2010

Barley production in Canada and the world is expected to be lower in 2010 as low prices dampen farmers’ interest, the Canadian Wheat Board said Feb. 22. Large supplies have weighed on prices, but reduced production in 2010 should start to reduce supplies, said Arvin Pirness, a market analyst with the Canadian Wheat Board. Canada’s

Cereals, Crops, News

Winter Wheat Conditions Variable

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 18, 2010

Conditions for the winter wheat crops across Western Canada are variable, but relatively decent overall, according to industry sources. Western Canadian farmers in the three Prairie provinces planted 650,000 acres of winter wheat this past fall, according to Statistics Canada data. That compares with 1.21 million acres the previous year. Due to the late harvest

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Canada Wheat, Barley Stocks Smaller Than Expected

By Rod Nickel February 11, 2010

Canadian year-end stocks of all wheat, barley, canola and oats were smaller than they were the previous year due to farmers harvesting smaller crops, Statistics Canada said Feb. 5. Stocks of all wheat in grain bins and country elevators totalled 21.685 million tonnes on Dec. 31, which was 1.5 per cent less than a year

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Grain Bags Need Further Study

By Laura Rance-Unger January 28, 2010

Grain bags, also known as silo bags or grain sausages, may seem like a quick-and-easy solution to the problem of where to put that bin buster of a crop. But a University of Manitoba grain storage researcher had some cautionary words about a product that has seen precious little study when he spoke to farmers

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Deregulation Has Led To System Efficiency

By Allan Dawson December 10, 2009

Canada’s grain handling and transportation system is more streamlined and the railways more profitable thanks to partial deregulation, Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation told the Fields on Wheels conference Dec. 2. In 2000, federal legislation allowed the railways to charge whatever they wanted to move western grain to export so long as total revenues

Cereals, Crops

FAO Raises 2009 Cereals Forecast Despite Rice Dip

By Silvia Aloisi November 19, 2009

“…world cereal utilization in 2009-10 was expected to grow faster than earlier anticipated, in part due to weaker prices.” World cereal production this year is expected to be 2.234 billion tonnes, just two per cent below last year’s record crop and nearly 26 million tonnes higher than previously expected, the United Nations said Nov. 10.

Cereals, Crops

Think Twice Before Ripping Up This Year’s Corn

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2009

As tempting as it is to write off and rip up this year’s mouldy corn crop, it’s a decision farmers need to consider carefully. Not only will the outcome affect revenue from this year’s crop, but future crop insurance coverage as well. The Manitoba Agricultural Service Corporation (MASC) says corn can be written off when

Cereals, Opinion

Barley And Hornets – for Oct. 8, 2009

By Les Mcewan October 8, 2009

…to say that the ethanol industry has driven barley to unacceptable levels is hardly appropriate if the crop is barely meeting the cost of production. When you stir up a hornet’s nest, you get stung. It’s a simple lesson most rural youth learn at an early age, but one I was reminded of recently. A

Cereals, Crops

Russia Needs More Grain Storage

October 8, 2009

Russia will raise its grain port export capacities to 30 million tonnes a year by July 2010 from 25 million now, but its storage, drying and cleaning capacities are lagging, Arkady Zlochevsky, president of the Russian Grain Union, told reporters Oct. 5. Russia, which exported around 23 million tonnes in the 2008-09 crop year between

Cereals, News

Floyd Farms Drops Processing Elevator Licence

By Allan Dawson October 8, 2009

Floyd Farms of Arborg has decided not to renew its licence as a process elevator effective Oct. 1. The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has no reason to suspect any farmers are owed money for grain delivered to Floyd Farms, CGC spokesman Remi Gosselin said. If there are any, they should contact the CGC, he added.

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Tag Archives Cereal

Canada Barley Crop Seen Slightly Smaller

Winter Wheat Conditions Variable

Canada Wheat, Barley Stocks Smaller Than Expected

Grain Bags Need Further Study

Deregulation Has Led To System Efficiency

FAO Raises 2009 Cereals Forecast Despite Rice Dip

Think Twice Before Ripping Up This Year’s Corn

Barley And Hornets – for Oct. 8, 2009

Russia Needs More Grain Storage

Floyd Farms Drops Processing Elevator Licence

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