Weather Changing Market Outlooks

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended June 5 higher, with the market supported by gains in the U. S. markets. Canola rallied as cold conditions in Western Canada, slow farmer selling

Weather Becoming Market Focus

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended April 9 mainly lower. Canola saw small losses, undermined by slowing demand and the large available canola supplies still on-farm in Western Canada. Canola declined


Argentina Ends Tax Breaks On Imported Soy

“Whenever an important market changes the rules it affects us.” – HUGO PASTORE Argentina has scrapped tax breaks on soybean imports to promote the use of Argentine beans in crushing plants, but industry analysts say the measure could aggravate tight supplies. Argentina, the world’s top supplier of soyoil and soymeal, is also the No. 3

Market For IP Soybeans Grows Stronger

The market for identity-preserved (IP) edible soybeans is strong and getting stronger, farmers learned during an information meeting organized by Huron Commodities Inc. recently. Eiichiro Nishida, assistant manager for buyer Kanematsu Corporation of Japan said Ontario’s producers are emerging as preferred suppliers, certainly over China. The U. S. is losing out because two big companies,


Pulses Should Be Listed In Dubai, Trading Exec Says

Pulses should be listed on Dubai’s futures exchange because their production is much more efficient than animal protein, a senior trading house executive told Reuters March 30. Traders have been urging managers of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange to list pulses – such as peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas – since 2005, said Sudhakar

Start Sweet Peas Indoors Soon

I plant my sweet peas indoors in early April in cell packs that have fairly large cells. For a lot of years I would be a very frustrated gardener in late August and early September when the first fall frost ended the display of sweet peas in my garden. It seemed that every year the


Argentine Farmers End Strike, Vow To Fight Soy Tax

Argentine farmers wrapped up a week-long strike March 27, vowing to lobby Congress to cut the soy export taxes that have fuelled a bitter year-long conflict with the government. Farmers in the agricultural powerhouse halted sales of soybeans, other crops and livestock for seven days, bringing local grains and cattle markets to a standstill and

Japan To Double Non-GM Soy Reserve

Japan will spend $3 million to double reserves of non-genetically modified soybeans to 7,200 tonnes in the year starting in April, the Ministry of Agriculture said March 17. The ministry’s increased purchase of more costly non-GM soybean for usage in traditional food such as tofu means its spending would rise to 291 million yen ($2.96


U. S. Creates Over $1 Trillion, Sends Markets Higher

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg c losed the week ended March 20 higher, with strength in the Chicago markets giving good support to prices. Canola was boosted by a disciplined slow approach to farmer

Biggest Brazil Soy State Loses Taste For GMO Seed

Farmers in Brazil’s Mato Grosso, the country’s top soy state, are shunning once-heralded, genetically modified soy varieties in favour of conventional seeds after the hi-tech type showed poor yields. “We’re seeing less and less planting of GMO soy around here. It doesn’t give consistent performance,” said Jeferson Bif, who grows soy and corn on a