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Crops, Oilseeds

Introducing Pioneer Protector™

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred leadership in canola seed traits: We’ve developed the very first hybrid with resistance to sclerotinia, Pioneer brand 45S51 (RR) and launched the only clubroot-resistant canola on the market: 45H29 (RR). When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand seed, you know your canola is protected.
Opinion

Participate, Or Be Dictated To

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Two news items you may have missed from the U. S.: Item 1: Carbon dioxide is a pollutant. No, this isn’t some off-the-cuff statement from a tree hugger. It’s the law, according to a ruling in a case that went all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court in 2007.
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GM Closures Hit Rural Manitoba Hard

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“It’s going to be a big blow to the community, that’s for sure.” – KEN GREAVETT, ERICKSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The long arm of the North American automobile industry crisis has reached beyond Detroit and Oshawa to affect small-town Manitoba. General Motors will shut down at least half a dozen of its dealerships in Manitoba,
Opinion

Too Small To Save Or Too Big To Fail?

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The biggest maker or breaker of business in rural America is not Washington rulemakers, state environmental agencies or local taxing bodies. Instead, it’s usually the local bank. A bank’s collective fairness and wisdom can be seen from Main Street to surrounding farms. Not so with the money centre and Wall Street banks. Citibank, Bank of
News, Oilseeds

Breakthrough Genetic Solution For Clubroot Registered

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Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, has received registration for new hybrid that provides a genetic solution for clubroot, a major problem spreading quickly across Alberta. Pioneer brand 45H29, the first and only hybrid in the marketplace to provide genetic resistance to clubroot, demonstrates similar yield potential to leading commercially available hybrids as well as strong
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U. S. Oil Refiner Buys Into Ethanol

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Oil refiner Valero Energy beat out Archer Daniels Midland in buying bankrupt VeraSun Energy Corp.’s ethanol plants because ADM was only interested in buying the entire company, a lawyer for VeraSun said March 18. VeraSun announced March 17 that Valero, the largest U. S. oil refiner, had won an auction to buy seven of its
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads, Livestock

Commodities Down But Food Prices Lag

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“It’s not likely we’re going to be reducing prices in the near term.” – DOUGLAS CONANT, CAMPBELL CEO Commodity costs may be off their record highs and consumers may be struggling, but that doesn’t mean food manufacturers are about to slash prices. Many companies such as Campbell Soup Co. and Hormel Foods Corp. are still
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Price To Be Key At U. S. Consumer Conference

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How much recession-wracked consumers will pay for brand names will be a key focus when executives behind the best-known food, drink and cleaning products meet Wall Street analysts next week. That is a far cry from last year’s Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference, when companies were boasting how much they were able
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Grocery margins seen rising, but not for long

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Supermarkets in Canada seem to have taken price hikes to “bold new levels” in the third quarter of 2008, but shouldn’t expect wider margins to last, according to the George Morris Centre. A Nov. 13 essay by Kevin Grier, senior market analyst for the Guelph-based farm think-tank, points to a seven per cent increase in
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Ocean trade choked as credit notes dry up

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There is growing evidence the global credit crisis is stifling seaborne trade as banks become more reluctant to honour crucial letters of credit between buyers and sellers who ship goods and resources, analysts say. “With reports of sellers’ banks deciding they don’t trust the financial institutions named in buyers’ letters of credit, have come alarming

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