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Canadian Canola Stocks Seen Tightening

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 27, 2011

Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform hit fresh contract highs yet again during the week ended Jan. 21, as the underlying technicals and fundamentals continue to point higher. It’s the same old story in canola as it’s been for the past couple of months. End-user demand is strong, supplies are tightening and

Livestock, Oilseeds

China-U. S. Soybean Deal Largest Ever

January 27, 2011

China wrapped up its biggest ever one-off U.S. soybean purchase on Jan. 21 in a $6.7-billion deal equivalent to nearly half of last year’s total trade, surprising dealers who had expected a more symbolic volume. With a second tranche of deals to buy 8.45 million tonnes, Chinese firms travelling as part of President Hu Jintao’s

News

Hemp Fibre-Processing Facility Going Up

By Daniel Winters January 20, 2011

After five years of planning, construction of the province’s first large-scale hemp fibre-processing plant near Gilbert Plains has begun. A handful of dignitaries were present for a groundbreaking ceremony last week as the first steel beams were erected on the site. Robert Jin, president of Plains Industrial Hemp Processing, first announced his plan to build

Livestock

Germany Announces Anti-Dioxin Action Plan

By Michael Hogan January 20, 2011

Germany announced a plan to enforce higher standards in animal feed production Jan. 14 after the discovery of toxic chemical dioxin in feed, which has triggered a health alert and hit sales of German eggs and pork. German and European Union authorities are struggling to contain the alert which began on Jan. 3, when German

Crops, Forages, Opinion

Make Hay When The Sun Shines — Or Not

By Laura Rance-Unger January 13, 2011

Why make hay? At first blush, the answer to the question U.S. grazing consultant put to producers attending the recent Manitoba Grazing School was so obvious a teenager could answer it. Well duh – we make hay to feed livestock through the winter (stupid.) Nobody really thinks about it, other than to manage the mechanics

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean Acres Poised To Jump In 2011

By Ron Friesen January 13, 2011

Brace yourself for a possible big leap in Manitoba soybean acres in 2011. Soybean plantings could jump by 40 per cent or more this year, following a record crop in 2010 despite adverse growing conditions, producers at St. Jean Farm Days were told. Strong prices and the arrival of new varieties are fuelling the potential

News

In Brief… – for Jan. 6, 2011

By Reuters January 6, 2011

Road language:Manitoba will be one of the first provinces to begin using standardized terms to describe winter driving conditions, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton has announced. New standardized definitions and colour schemes are now being used on the province’s road information website along with other improvements. The new colour schemes on maps were chosen

Forages, Livestock, News

New Forage Group Hopes To Raise Industry Profile

By Ron Friesen January 6, 2011

Like Rodney Dangerfield, Canada’s forage producers sometimes feel they get no respect. Despite having the biggest farming sector in the country, forage producers say others in the agri-food industry either take them for granted or largely ignore them. “We have the largest agricultural acreage but no voice,” lamented Ed Shaw, chair of the Canadian Forage

Cereals, Crops

Oats Research Gets Federal Boost

January 6, 2011

The federal government is allocating $1.8 million to the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) to develop new oat breeding varieties tailored to the Prairie environment that will improve crop yields and quality. Research will focus on enhancing oat cultivars for Western Canada. Improved varieties with better resistance to plant diseases and that can withstand unpredictable

News, Oilseeds

U.S. Drops ADM Canada Crusher From Restricted List

December 30, 2010

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dropped Archer Daniels Midland’s canolacrushing plant in Windsor, Ontario from its list of plants that are under import restrictions due to salmonella concerns, easing measures that sharply cut Canadian shipments of the livestock feed to its biggest export market. The FDA removed the Windsor plant from its

Daily Network News

ICE canola weekly outlook: Slowly grinding higher

Canadian beekeepers warn of advancing tropilaelaps mite

Deere forecasts weak annual profit on tariff hit

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