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Processor says Prairie soybean seedings could soon hit four million acres

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 16, 2013

CNSC / Soybean acreage in Western Canada could quadruple over the next four to five years, and surpass the four-million-acre mark, according to the president of Manitoba soybean processor Delmar Commodities. Soybean production in Manitoba has grown steadily over the past decade, with acreage in 2013 forecast in the 1.0 million to 1.2 million range,

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

U.S. processor to rebuild flax plant

By Dave Bedard March 16, 2013

A U.S. grain-processing firm plans to set itself up in the Prairie flax ingredients business over the wreck of a previous player’s Manitoba plant, and will bring back the plant’s founding family to help run it. Minnesota-based Grain Millers, Inc. on Thursday announced the launch of SafeFlax, a new line of flaxseed products, to be

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Boats backed up in Brazil may buoy business in canola

By Dwayne Klassen March 7, 2013

Overbought price sentiment and steady farmer deliveries into the Prairie grain elevator system were just enough to cause canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform to move slightly lower during the week ended March 1. The steady deterioration of Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed values during the reporting period helped to undermine

International news, Livestock, Oilseeds

South Korea offers loans to squeezed farmers

March 7, 2013

seoul / reuters / South Korea will offer $156 million in soft loans this year to farmers squeezed by record prices of feed grain and a weak domestic market for pork, the Agriculture Ministry said on Feb. 28. Livestock farmers in South Korea, the world’s third-largest importer of corn and a leading buyer of soybean

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Food manufacturers could soon be paying more for oats

By Shannon VanRaes March 8, 2013

The elimination of European oat tariffs could present new  opportunities for North American oat growers

Without a rebound of the equine oat market, oat growers could see the crop slide into special crops territory and lose its spot on the Chicago Board of Trade. Losing the CBOT oat contract is a development that would cost producers and processors dearly, according to Randy Strychar of Ag Commodity Research, who spoke about

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Malt barley facing stiff competition

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 8, 2013

More malt barley in Western Canada will be grown solely on a contracted basis as increasing competition from easier-to-grow genetically modified crops will cause producers to turn away from malt barley, Patrick Rowan, senior manager of Canadian barley operations with BARI-Canada said at the annual Wild Oats Grainworld conference Feb. 26. Genetically modified soybeans and

Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Canola outlook bearish despite tight supplies

By Terryn Shiells March 7, 2013

Canadian canola supplies for the current crop are looking very tight — but that’s not likely to do much for prices, says a market analyst with Cargill. That’s because traders have already priced tight supplies into the market and are looking ahead to what’s going to happen next, David Reimann said in a presentation at

Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Opinion

March 7, 2013

Our March 8, 1979 issue featured a crop-management special, and this advertisement from that issue reminds of when Treflan was one of the most popular herbicides in Western Canada. Other ads in that issue included Avenge, Eradicane, Asulox, Hoe-Grass, Lorox, Torch and Buctril M. There was extensive information on growing rapeseed — it had not

Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Soybeans head west

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 28, 2013

With soybean acres continuing to soar in Manitoba, it appears soybeans are catching on in Saskatchewan too. Actual acreage data is scarce given the crop’s recent expansion into Saskatchewan, but Dale Risula, a crops specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, estimated that about 70,000 acres were sown in 2012. “The interest in soybeans seems very strong,” said

Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Soybeans still picking up acres

By Gord Gilmour March 1, 2013

At one time the edible bean workshops would have been the hot ticket at the Manitoba Special Crops Symposium and you’d be fighting for a chair. This year there were just a few scattered groups of growers listening to presentations on everything from harvest methods to seeding techniques and there were likely more empty chairs

Daily Network News

CFIA launches ‘ePhyto’ certificates for Mexico-bound grains

Tyson Foods to close major US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle

Washington State resident dies in first confirmed H5N5 bird flu case, health department says

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Processor says Prairie soybean seedings could soon hit four million acres

U.S. processor to rebuild flax plant

Boats backed up in Brazil may buoy business in canola

South Korea offers loans to squeezed farmers

Food manufacturers could soon be paying more for oats

Malt barley facing stiff competition

Canola outlook bearish despite tight supplies

Soybeans head west

Soybeans still picking up acres

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