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Mood In Grains Cautiously Upbeat

By Don Bousquet March 5, 2009

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 Feb. 27 mainly lower on sluggish demand. Canola saw moderate declines despite the fact that the U. S. soy complex was higher and the Canadian

News, Oilseeds

Not Your Grandpa’s Crops

By Daniel Winters March 5, 2009

Camelina, calendula, niger, zero-tannin fababeans and hemp are some of the non-traditional crops that have been sprouting up in Manitoba fields in recent years. All of them can be grown successfully in this region, judging from the results from the Western Ag Diversification Organization’s (WADO) test plots last year. Of them all, camelina has been

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Oilseed Markets Under Pressure For Now

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 5, 2009

Large global oilseed supplies, a lack of economic confidence, and expectations for increased world oilseed production, should all serve to keep U. S. soybean and Canadian canola markets under pressure through the first half of 2009, according to a U. S. analyst speaking at the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual GrainWorld Conference in Winnipeg, Feb. 23.

Cereals, Crops

New Bison Herbicide Competes With Liquid Achieve

March 5, 2009

Makhteshim Agan of North America, Canada Ltd. (MANA Canada), has announced the registration of Bison 400L. This is the first time that the active ingredient tralkoxydim has been introduced into the Canadian market since Liquid Achieve. Bison is registered for use in wheat (spring, winter and durum), barley and rye. It delivers excellent control of

Forages, Livestock, News

Index – for Mar. 5, 2009

March 5, 2009

Tributes/Memory ………………………………….0100 Announcements …………………………………..0200 Airplanes ………………………………………………..0400 Alarms & Security Systems ………………….0500 ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale………………………………..0701 Antique Equipment ……………………………0703 Antique Vehicle …………………………………..0705 Antiques Wanted ………………………………..0710 Arenas …………………………………………………….0800 AUCTION SALES BC Auction …………………………………………..0900 AB Auction Peace ……………………………….0905 AB Auction North ……………………………….0906 AB Auction Central …………………………….0907 AB Auction South ……………………………….0908 SK Auction …………………………………………..0915 MB Auction Parkland …………………………0920 MB

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

I’d Laugh If I Could Stop Crying

By Paul Beingessner February 26, 2009

It is widely known that the Canadian public has a low opinion of politicians. The best evidence of this comes not from surveys or coffee shops, but from the low turnout in Canadian elections. Of course, politicians always try to spin this to suit their purposes. The winning party claims it is because people are

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

CBOT’s New Limits On Non-Grain Players Approved

By Christine Stebbins February 26, 2009

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on Feb. 13 received U. S. government approval to limit cash grain delivery instruments held by non-grain firms – its latest move to cool criticism about the performance its grain contracts. CBOT’s regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), approved an amended Feb. 9 request to reduce the large

Hogs, Livestock

DDGS Hailed As Swine Feed Option

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

The United States and Canada should join forces to create a win-win situation for ethanol production and hog farming. That was the message from an Alberta scientist to a recent international grains conference in Guatemala. Eduardo Beltranena, an Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development research scientist, said U. S. ethanol plants can broaden their markets by

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Selling Grass-Fed Beef

By Daniel Winters February 26, 2009

“The government really wants grass-fed beef to work. From the minister all the way down, we’ve had tremendous support …” – JIM LINTOTT Being 20 minutes from Portage and Main is a big advantage for Jim Lintott, who began direct marketing his beef after BSE sent auction mart prices into the tank. “My cattle have

Forages, Livestock, News

Index – for Feb. 26, 2009

February 26, 2009

Tributes/Memory ………………………………….0100 Announcements …………………………………..0200 Airplanes ………………………………………………..0400 Alarms & Security Systems ………………….0500 ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale………………………………..0701 Antique Equipment ……………………………0703 Antique Vehicle …………………………………..0705 Antiques Wanted ………………………………..0710 Arenas …………………………………………………….0800 AUCTION SALES BC Auction …………………………………………..0900 AB Auction Peace ……………………………….0905 AB Auction North ……………………………….0906 AB Auction Central …………………………….0907 AB Auction South ……………………………….0908 SK Auction …………………………………………..0915 MB Auction Parkland …………………………0920 MB

Daily Network News

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

India-Canada trade deal could guarantee some Canadian pulse sales, envoy says

Europe, North America face early wave of bird flu cases

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