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Ohio Wheat Acres Expected To Drop To Record Low This Year

By Michael Hirtzer November 3, 2011

Wheat plantings could fall to a record low this year in Ohio despite a record-high insurance price guarantee, as incessant rains stalled wheat seedings in the top growing state of the soft red winter variety. Wheat acres left fallow this winter are likely to be planted with corn in the spring, crop experts said, as

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Markets Toss And Turn On Economic Uncertainty

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 3, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around within a relatively narrow range during the week ended Oct. 28, posting declines in most months, aside from the nearby November. The gains in the front month were tied to position-evening ahead of deliveries against the contract, as traders exited their positions in November and the spread narrowed

Cereals, Crops

CWB Issues Interim Payments

November 3, 2011

STAFF / Prairie wheat and barley growers who delivered to the Canadian Wheat Board in the 2010-11 crop year will receive interim payments starting Nov. 8. The biggest of the per-tonne interim payments will go to No. 2 Canada Western Red Spring, 15.5 per cent protein, at $55.20; the lowest, $2.80, will go to No.

News

Traders Struggle To Get A Handle On Stocks

By Gavin Maguire October 27, 2011

Grain traders were moaning recently about how the latest grain stocks report surprised the corn market with higher-than-anticipated corn inventories. Some even suggested that perhaps the USDA misreported how much grain was stored privately by farmers. But as a proportion of total on-farm storage capacity, U.S. corn farmers actually stored the lowest amount of their

Crops, Oilseeds

Conventional Agriculture Yields Dividends

By Alex Binkley October 27, 2011

co-operator contributor / ottawa For all the controversy surrounding the use of pesticides, fertilizers and biotechnology, they add $7.9 billion a year in value to the Canadian economy through increased production of crops, fruits, vegetables and potatoes, says a report prepared for CropLife Canada. The breakdown is $6.4 billion for the higher quantity and quality

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Grain-Oilseed Stocks Down: Ag Canada

By Dwayne Klassen October 27, 2011

Canada Inc. Supplies of the major grains and oilseeds in Canada at the end of the 2011-12 crop year will be lower than the level forecast in September and will be well below the level achieved during the 2010- 11 season, according to updated supply-demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada s market analysis division.

Crops

Booming Ethanol Biz Alters Corn Use Patterns

By Julie Ingwersen October 27, 2011

U. S . A g r i c u l t u r e Department officials faced criticism over recent forecasts that have roiled the grains market, saying that the explosive growth of the ethanol sector had upended traditional patterns. The robust growth of the ethanol sector in the last few years has altered the

Crops

Manitoba Entrepreneur Says Sea Buckthorn Packs A Punch

By Shannon VanRaes October 27, 2011

Genghis Khan used it, and so did the cosmonauts, ancient Greeks, and modern Chinese Olympians. Now Mila Maximets wants Manitobans to get on board and start consuming sea buckthorn. The tart orange berry is more commonly associated with shelterbelts than health foods in this province, but it s the sole ingredient in Solberry, a new

Cereals, News

Ending CWB Monopoly Brings Big Changes

By Allan Dawson October 27, 2011

Next August 1 ushers in what is arguably the most radical policy shift in Western Canada s grain industry since the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly was created nearly 69 years ago. Western wheat, durum and barley farmers will have marketing freedom. What then? Farmers and the industry are divided over whether it will usher in

Cereals, Opinion

KAP’s Policy On The CWB

By Doug Chorney October 27, 2011

The future of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and the Canadian government s decision to remove its single-desk marketing structure continues to be the paramount issue affecting Prairie farmers this fall. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has strived to take a balanced approach in dealing with this issue while using our official policy positions as guidelines.

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: USDA predicts declines in planting intentions

Protein Industries Canada funds Saskatchewan pulse ingredient project

February canola crush up from 2025, StatCan reports

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