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Index – for Mar. 25, 2010

March 25, 2010

Tributes/Memory Announcements Airplanes Alarms & Security Systems ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale Antique Equipment Antique Vehicle Antiques Wanted Arenas AUCTION SALES BC Auction AB Auction Peace AB Auction North AB Auction Central AB Auction South SK Auction MB Auction Parkland MB Auction Westman MB Auction Interlake MB Auction Red River Auction Various U. S. Auctions Auction

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Western Barley Interest Dwindling

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 18, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended March 12, with some of the contracts hitting fresh contract lows. While there were some attempts at short-covering rallies, the bearish influences were much more persuasive. Spillover selling from

Crops, Dairy cattle, Oilseeds

U. S. Crops, China Becomes Top Soy User

By Charles Abbott March 18, 2010

U. S. farmers will grow the second-largest corn and soybean crops on record this year – 13.134 billion bushels of corn and 3.213 billion bushels of soybeans, just below the records set in 2009, said a University of Missouri think-tank March 9. The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute also said U. S. wheat production

Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

How Do You Spell Out Bale Grazing Benefits? N, P, K, S

By Daniel Winters March 18, 2010

Paul Jungnitsch, a student from the University of Saskatchewan, in 2008 figured out a stunning back-of-the-envelope calculation on the potential benefits of wintering cattle on pasture in his master’s thesis. Using a 130-day wintering period, and figuring that there were over five million beef cattle in Canada based on 2007 StatsCan numbers, if all those

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Grain Stockpiles Swell As Sales Slow

By Charles Abbott March 18, 2010

U. S. corn and wheat stockpiles will swell to their largest size in years as corn exports slow and Americans use less flour, the government said on March 10 in a report likely to influence planting this spring. Record crops, despite last year’s rain, flooding and snow, are still in the marketing stream. The supplies

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Look South For World’s New Breadbasket

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 11, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended March 5, with much of the weakness tied to the strength of the Canadian dollar. The currency rose by two cents relative to its U. S. counterpart during the

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Make Plans To Move Livestock, Hay Now

By NDSU Release March 4, 2010

Livestock producers need a plan for moving their animals and hay to higher ground before flood waters start rising. “Make arrangements now in case cattle and other livestock need to be moved, or have a plan to utilize other facilities in case of flooding,” says Charlie Stoltenow, North Dakota State University Extension Service veterinarian. “Trying

Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock

Moo-Re Fibre Please, Say Cows

By Daniel Winters March 4, 2010

“Our concern is that in dairy rations, we have been feeding things that are too rich.” – DAN UNDERSANDER Everyone talks about the benefits of sowing alfalfa to boost pasture yields. But what about the upside to putting grass in a cow’s rumen? According to Dan Undersander, a forage agronomist from the University of Wisconsin,

Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock, News

U. S. Cattle Prices To Improve

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2010

Slaughter and feeder cattle values in the U. S. should see some improvement over the next two years, although strong feed grain prices and competition from other protein sources may limit the profitability, said analyst James Robb, of the Colorado-based Livestock Marketing Information Center, or LMIC, in a presentation at the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual

Livestock, News

China Cracks Down On Feed Additives

February 25, 2010

China will require tighter controls over animal feed and feed additives after widespread cases of illegal feed additives have led to human poisonings in the last few years. A new regulation would require producers of animal feed and feed additives to renew their licences every five years and set up quality control facilities, according to

Daily Network News

Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France’s Institut Pasteur says

Canadian alpacas impress American judge at Agribition

U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm as traders gauge China purchases

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