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Wheat advances slow, says Interlake farmer

By Allan Dawson May 17, 2012

The wheat cash advance that once took hours to obtain through the Canadian Wheat Board is taking weeks through the Canadian Canola Growers Association, Fisher Branch farmer Bill Uruski says. “It has been a nightmare,” Uruski said in an interview from his farm May 4. Uruski, who farms with his son Barclay, said Barclay applied

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 17, 2012

Prices for cattle moving through Manitoba’s auction yards held relatively steady during the week ended May 11, although plainer animals were discounted in some cases. Volumes were on the light side, which accounted for the firmness as buyers were fighting over a smaller pool of animals. Heartland Livestock Services in Virden saw the most activity

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

CWB’s PROs for wheat/barley unchanged

By Dwayne Klassen May 17, 2012

The Canadian Wheat Board has left unchanged its March price projections for wheat and barley that will be delivered by western Canadian producers during the 2011-12 crop year. Durum values were raised by C$1 to C$3 per tonne with the increase dependent on the grade and class. The CWB linked the increase in durum to

Livestock, News, Oilseeds

High compound feed cost hits pig farmers

May 17, 2012

amsterdam / reuters Europe’s pig farmers are struggling to maintain production, caught between a slide in pork prices and a rise in the cost of protein-rich soymeal and rapemeal used in compound feed. The price of soymeal has surged nearly 40 per cent this year. Along with rapemeal it is used as the main source

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Pasta plant on hold

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 17, 2012

AGT says it’s a maybe for 2013 Alliance Grain Traders Inc. has put its plan to build a $50-million pasta-processing plant in Regina on hold, citing uncertainty in the North American market and the need to focus on working capital. “Pending developments, such as the de-monopolization of the Canadian Wheat Board and the proposed sale

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

CWB continues to shrink

By Allan Dawson May 17, 2012

The Canadian Wheat Board will be down to one-quarter of its previous staff by the time it loses its monopoly Aug. 1, a downsizing critics call disappointing, but predictable. But some are also questioning whether the board’s top five executives should continue to receive salaries and benefits totalling $2.3 million annually, including $807,000 in pay

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Wheat buyers fret as Canadian grain monopoly ends

By Rod Nickel May 17, 2012

Reuters / Global wheat importers fear the quality of Canada’s prized spring wheat and durum may deteriorate once the Canadian Wheat Board loses its marketing monopoly, creating problems for makers of breads and pasta. A broad swath of wheat buyers, including Japan, known as the most quality-conscious wheat importer, has raised concerns that the consistent,

Cereals, Grain Markets, Livestock, Oilseeds

Canola contracts weaken on Chicago soybean sell-off

By Dwayne Klassen May 17, 2012

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform experienced some significant losses during the week ended May 11. The sharp sell-off in the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean complex helped to encourage the downward price slide, as did renewed macroeconomic issues, which triggered some aggressive liquidation of long positions by speculative fund accounts. The

News

CFIA applies new rules to food importers

By Alex Binkley May 17, 2012

Two years after admitting that it didn’t have a registry of food importers, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is finally proposing to introduce a licensing regime for the estimated 25,000 businesses, which bring foreign-made food or beverages into Canada. The government announced a Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan in 2007, which was to include measures

Cereals, Opinion

The Brand X elevator and corporate control of the food supply

By Les Mcewan May 17, 2012

The potential for contracted acres to be linked to herbicide and fertilizer purchases as well as point of delivery was already there

When Manitoba Pool Elevators and the Alberta Wheat Pool amalgamated in 1998 to become Agricore, I joked at the local watering hole that we really needed to invent an elevator sign that was Velcro backed. Even then, it was apparent that there was a lot of work involved in rebranding trade names on very tall

Daily Network News

Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

Tag Archives Food and drink

Wheat advances slow, says Interlake farmer

CWB’s PROs for wheat/barley unchanged

High compound feed cost hits pig farmers

Pasta plant on hold

CWB continues to shrink

Wheat buyers fret as Canadian grain monopoly ends

Canola contracts weaken on Chicago soybean sell-off

CFIA applies new rules to food importers

The Brand X elevator and corporate control of the food supply

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