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New CWB offers higher initial payments

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 10, 2012

The government-backed CWB has upped the ante in the new market environment by offering higher initial payments on its Early Delivery Pool and Harvest Pool. The CWB released information on its 2012-13 initial payments July 30, two days before the launch of the open market in Western Canada. The payments apply to wheat, durum and

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Corn and soybean prices rally to a record high

By David Drozd August 10, 2012

For the first time in history, corn reached $8 per bushel on the nearby futures chart and soybean prices posted a new historical high of $17.77-3/4 per bushel on July 20, 2012. This exceeded the previous high of $16.63 in July 2008. There are countless headlines depicting the “Drought of 2012” as the worst the

Cereals, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Canola prices slide as harvest begins

By Dwayne Klassen August 10, 2012

Weather issues continued to dominate the price patterns experienced by the oilseed markets located on the ICE Canada platform and the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended July 27. The price movement in both resembled that of a roller-coaster with the up-and-down movement far from being over. ICE canola futures lost $36 to

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: The benefits of barley

By Lorraine Stevenson August 10, 2012

How often do you add pot or pearled barley to your soups or stews, or bake with barley flour? Canadians don’t eat much barley — we consume it as beer, mostly — but that’s going to change as our perceptions of the food value of this crop start to shift, thanks to a new health

Cereals, News, Opinion

Our history, Aug. 1928

August 10, 2012

As “The Official Organ of Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers Ltd.,” our predecessor publication The Scoop Shovel was an enthusiastic promoter of signing up for the wheat pool, which involved a commitment to deliver all wheat production for five years. The issue reported that to date 18,628 farmers had signed up in Manitoba, more than 10

Cereals, News, Opinion

Déjà vu all over again?

By Laura Rance-Unger August 10, 2012

You could say a lot about the federal government’s process for ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s single-desk monopoly this week, and many have. But you have to admit Gerry Ritz’s timing was impeccable. Or rather, he lucked out. With commodity prices soaring due to the fiercest drought to grip the U.S. in more than half

Livestock, News, Poultry

Chicken producers will face on-farm audits under new Animal Care Program

By Shannon VanRaes August 10, 2012

Officials say the Animal Care Program meets consumers’ demand for increased  accountability to ensure livestock are properly cared for

Chicken producers in Manitoba are about to see more comprehensive audits of their farms as the result of a nationwide Animal Care Program. But for most chicken producers, the program won’t change how they raise their birds. “We’ve been managing the animal care on an informal basis up until now,” said Jake Wiebe, chairman of

Cereals, News

Change in command at Ag Canada

By Alex Binkley August 10, 2012

Agriculture Canada will be getting a new deputy minister in September when 28-year veteran Suzanne Vinet takes over from John Knubley. Vinet, currently president of the Economic Development Agency of Canada, started at Ag Canada in 1984 and worked her way up to assistant deputy minister for trade policy before leaving in 2007 for senior

Cereals, Crops, News

Health Canada gives barley permission to boast about its health benefits

By Lorraine Stevenson August 10, 2012

Forget the apple — a few grams of barley will keep the doctor away. Health Canada has given its stamp of approval to the grain after years of research established that beta-glucan, a type of fibre found in barley, can reduce blood cholesterol, which is a risk factor for heart disease. “A health claim really

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Single-desk supporters appeal to Supreme Court

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 10, 2012

The group Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding a Federal Court of Appeal ruling overturning a Dec. 6, 2011 ruling by Federal Justice Campbell. It will be joined in its bid to challenge the federal government’s decision to end the CWB’s single desk

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

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