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Oilseed Supplies Drag On Canola Demand

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform lost some significant ground during the week ended Sept. 16, with the advancing harvest in Western Canada and reports of better-than-anticipated yields encouraging the downward price slide. Producers were also delivering canola right off the combine and into the country elevator system, which contributed to some
Cereals, News

Brewers And Maltsters Fund Barley Research

he Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute (BMBRI) has announced a total of $92,000 in funding for five projects this year. BMBRI represents brewing and malting companies from Canada and across North America. We recognize that barley acreage has fallen over the past several years, and our members want to contribute to research what will
News, Oilseeds

Pioneer Plans To Raise Corn, Soy Seed Prices

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Pioneer s seed unit plans to raise prices in the mid-single- digit range next year as it takes U.S. corn and soybean market share from Monsanto and other rivals. The price increase would be in line with a similar move the company undertook for the 2011 North American planting season and comes as corn prices
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 22, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION Most of the Southwest Region received 10 to 30 mm of rain over the past week. Several areas reported frost Wednesday and Thursday evenings 0 with temperatures dropping to -4 C in some areas. Harvest over the past week slowed as producers are waiting for the late-seeded crops to dry down. Rainfall and
Livestock, Oilseeds

Fish Farms To Double Southeast Asia Soy Demand

Soybean imports to Southeast Asia could double over the next 10 years, buoyed by demand from fish farms looking to feed China, the U.S. Soybean Export Council said Sept. 19. China, with the world s largest population, was the largest consumer of seafood last year, after Japan, a research report said. China consumed about 694
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Recipe Swap – for Sep. 22, 2011

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Sendyourrecipesorreciperequeststo: ManitobaCo-operatorRecipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email [email protected] With blight taking out most people s tomato crops last year, gardeners have been especially vigilant this summer to see another season through to a healthy harvest. As I write this, my own tomatoes look fine, although a little small. With any luck
Crops, Oilseeds

New Soybean Variety Promises Earliest Maturity

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Pekko, a new soybean from Elite Seeds distributed in Manitoba by BrettYoung, is being touted as the earliest Roundup Ready 2 variety in the world. We re pretty sure it s as early as it gets, Jrme Auclair, a plant breeder with La Coop fdre, which owns Elite Seeds, said during a plot tour here
Crops, Oilseeds

Scientists A Step Closer To Better Canola

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Canadian scientists have helped crack the genetic code of Brassica rapa, but there s still more work to be done before canola s entire genome is sequenced. Canola was formed from a hybridization event between two founder species and so now geneticists are focusing on the other species, a cabbage-like cousin used to create the
Cereals, News

A Majority For Single Desk

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The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will fight Ottawa s plan to kill its single desk, a defiant CWB chair Allen Oberg said following a release of plebiscite results this week. Their message is loud and clear and cannot be ignored, Oberg, who farms at Forestburg, Alta., said during a news conference at a farm near

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