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Canada Will Need To Import Ethanol

By Dwayne Klassen October 29, 2009

Canada will need to import ethanol in order to meet its 2010 ethanol production target of two billion litres per year, according to an official with the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). Ethanol output in Canada is currently in the 1.731-billion-litre range. The five per cent national renewable fuels mandate that will be implemented by

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, Grain Markets

Ethanol Still Supporting Grain Markets

By Don Bousquet October 1, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 25 lower with modest losses in canola. Canola was pressured down by the advancing harvest, favourable weather, bearish technical signals, slower demand

Livestock

Bumper U. S. Harvest Won’t Help Livestock

September 24, 2009

U. S. farmers are gearing up to harvest huge corn and soybean crops in the Midwest grain belt, but the bumper crops will not bring down the costs of food items made from them. Traditionally, livestock and dairy producers increase production when feed costs decrease. But banks may be reluctant to fund expansion efforts for

Crops

Bacteria Could Transform Ethanol Sector

By Nigel Hunt September 24, 2009

A compost bacteria bred by a British company could be set to transform both the profitability and environmental credentials of the U. S. ethanol industry. “The application of our technology results in the greening of corn ethanol,” Hamish Curran, chief executive officer of TMO Renewables Ltd. said in an interview Sept. 15. The company provides

Cereals, Opinion

Don’t Blame Ethanol For Hog Industry Woes

By Les Mcewan September 10, 2009

Feed grain prices in Western Canada are not wholly dependent on the supply and demand in Western Canada. The dog days of summer are upon us, and with the last remnants of the small-town fairs still in the air, we’re left with fond memories of the circus clowns and second-rate magicians. Disappearing people, never-ending hankies,

Opinion

How Soon Will Cellulosic Ethanol Arrive?

By Cole Gustafson August 27, 2009

The arrival of ethanol produced from cellulosic feedstock sources has almost been a standing joke within the ethanol industry. Each year it has always been “four to five years down the road” before commercial production would become viable. That’s changed: the “four to five years” is now. At a recent ethanol workshop, several companies, including

Hogs, Livestock

Disjointed Federal Policies Harm Pork Industry

August 27, 2009

Researchers with the George Morris Centre say the federal government’s ongoing support for the ethanol industry undercuts its support for the troubled Canadian hog industry. In a report critical of the federal government’s assistance plan for the hog sector, authors Al Mussell and Ted Bilyea say the government does not acknowledge the policy failures that

Crops

Ethanol Consumes Extra Production

By Muchena Zigomo August 20, 2009

World agricultural commodity stocks have fallen sharply in the past decade and may continue to be hit by growing biofuels production and rising demand, a CME Group economist said Aug. 17. John Hill, an economist for CME – the world’s largest derivatives exchange – said the rise in biofuels output posed a threat to agricultural

Cereals, Crops

Feed Grain Co-Op Plans To Register Two New Varieties Next Spring

By Daniel Winters August 6, 2009

Rumours of their imminent demise were greatly exaggerated. The Western Feed Grains Development Co-op, which was formed in 2005 with the goal of putting high-yielding, fusariumresistant feed wheat varieties in the hands of farmers, not companies, voted at its annual general meeting last week to continue its efforts. A funding shortfall has been temporarily resolved,

Daily Network News

Canada’s inflation in October eases to 2.2 per cent on lower gasoline, food prices

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

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