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Factors affecting spring frost damage in crops

There’s frost in the long weekend forecast. Don’t panic if it it happens, advises Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development

By Anastasia Kubinec May 15, 2015

Don’t assume because there is frost (or snow) on the ground, that your emerging crop is dead. With the drop in temperatures in the past couple of days and the risk of frost on the May long weekend there are a few things to keep in mind if the mercury dips below 0 C. The

Crops, Markets

Flaxseed acres likely to top official estimates

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 8, 2015

CNS Canada — The relative strength in flaxseed bids, recent uncertainty in other cropping options and a general need to mitigate risk could see a few more acres sway towards the oilseed in Western Canada this spring, according to some market watchers. Statistics Canada recently forecast flaxseed plantings for 2015-16 at 1.63 million acres, which

Crops, Oilseeds

Farmers urged to plant certified flaxseed

The Flax Council of Canada says  the goal of removing Triffid from the system is getting closer

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 31, 2015

If seeding flax this spring buy certified seed. That’s the message from the Flax Council of Canada. Certified seed is free of Triffid, the genetically modified flax found in Canadian flax exports in 2009. Even though only trace amounts were found, the contamination disrupted Canadian flax exports to the European Union — one of Canada’s

Crops, Markets

Flax prices still strong enough to buy acres

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells March 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada’s flax prices are still holding strong enough to encourage an acreage increase this spring, despite concerns about slowing demand. Prices have held up even as shipping opportunities have started to slow down, as there’s a standoff between buyers and sellers, and supplies remain tight, said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada. Old-crop

Crops, Markets

More downside than upside for Prairie flaxseed bids

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 20, 2015

CNS Canada — Flaxseed prices remain strong in Western Canada, but that strength is relative and there are more bearish than bullish factors in the background which should weigh on values over the next few months. Spot flaxseed bids can currently be found in the $13-plus per bushel area, while new-crop is in the $11

Crops, Markets

Prairie flax prices strong as farmers sit on supplies

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells December 2, 2014

CNS Canada — Flax prices in Western Canada are staying strong, with a lack of significant farmer selling supporting the market. “It seems as though the farmers are just sitting on their inventory and not bringing it in, so the prices are moving up,” said Richard Zacharias, general manager of Prairie Flax Products near Portage

Cereals, Crops, National news, Oilseeds

FP Genetics unveils CWRS Certified Seed Profit Guarantee

The company is confident its new wheats will outperform bin-run varieties

By Allan Dawson November 4, 2014

FP Genetics is so confident one of its new Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheats is more profitable than older varieties grown from bin-run seed, it’s guaranteeing it. “We’ve developed a program that allows a grower to upgrade their wheat genetics at no risk to them,” FP Genetics CEO Rod Merryweather said in a news

Crops, Oilseeds

FLAX: Making a comeback, but seed is tight

Canada’s flax industry is slowly recovering from the damage  caused by contamination from CDC Triffid

By Allan Dawson May 16, 2014

Flax is back in farmers’ good books this spring, so much so that many flax dealers have sold right out of seed. Five years after traces of genetically modified CDC Triffid flax were discovered in Canadian flax exports to Europe, Statistics Canada predicts Canadian farmers will seed 1.7 million acres of the blue-flowered oilseed this

Crops, Oilseeds

Flaxseed supplies expected to be tight

More farmers are turning to the crop

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 30, 2014

Farmers hoping to sow flax this spring might have trouble locating seed, the Manitoba Flax Growers Association says in a release. “Several seed growers and retailers are reporting they are sold out or near sold out of certified seed, though there are still supplies available of the most common varieties,” the release says. Flax acres

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Strong outlook for organic grain prices, panel says

Imports are keeping processor margins away from the brink, says panel

By Daniel Winters April 11, 2014

While conventional farmers fume about rail delays and falling prices, the organic sector is worried that supply shortages and sky-high prices may derail future growth. “I think most people know that in the market today, demand outstrips supply and that’s why we have the prices that we do,” said Ken Sabatier, a buyer for Grower’s

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain, hogs fall back

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism

Western Canadian resentment not exceptional — or highest in country — pollster says

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Factors affecting spring frost damage in crops

Flaxseed acres likely to top official estimates

Farmers urged to plant certified flaxseed

Flax prices still strong enough to buy acres

More downside than upside for Prairie flaxseed bids

Prairie flax prices strong as farmers sit on supplies

FP Genetics unveils CWRS Certified Seed Profit Guarantee

FLAX: Making a comeback, but seed is tight

Flaxseed supplies expected to be tight

Strong outlook for organic grain prices, panel says

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