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Cereals, Crops

One Study Says This, A Paper Says That

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Farmers don’t agree on the value of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and neither do economists. A newly released study that was commissioned by the board says single desk marketing earned malting barley farmers an additional $540 million between 2004-05 and 2008-09 over the open market. But a paper prepared for the C.D. Howe Institute
Cereals, Crops

An Example Of Price Discrimination

An excerpt from “The Canadian Wheat Board and Marketing of Western Canadian Barley” study prepared by Professors Andrew Schmitz and Troy G. Schmitz For instance, suppose the Pacific Northwest (PNW) barley price is $120 per tonne and the CWB is negotiating a sale of barley to Japan. If the CWB tries to sell 300,000 tonnes
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jun. 30, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION The Southwest Region received 15 to 60 mm of rainfall over the past week. There was little change in seeding progress. Some producers worked on planting greenfeed, but rainfall brought seeding operations to a standstill. All crops are showing the effects of the wet conditions. Majority of crop that was broadcast seeded still
Crops, Pulses

Viterra Buys U.S. Legume Processor

Viterra Inc, Canada’s biggest grain handler, said June 20 that a subsidiary has bought Premier Pulses International Inc, a U.S. processor and seller of legume crops. The deal includes a pea and lentil processing and merchandising facility in Minot, North Dakota, and a marketing office in Lewiston, Idaho. Premier Pulses is located in the main
Cereals, News

Cwb Vote Issue Heads To Court

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Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) is asking the Federal Court to block the federal government from abolishing the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) statutory single marketing authority for wheat and barley. The FCWB, a coalition of farmers and other Canadians in support of a democratic, farmer-controlled CWB, was to apply for a judicial review
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G20 Action Plan Good For Farmers

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International farm ministers rejected tight controls on commodity speculation in favour of more open information on developments in the food chain that could affect both farmers and consumers, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The first meeting of G20 farm ministers signed an action plan in Paris that stresses more trade and innovation, including biotechnology, to
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 30, 2011

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Symbolic vote:Amid pressure to cut yawning U.S. deficit and debt, the Senate voted overwhelmingly late last week to immediately repeal subsidies for the ethanol industry, first won in 1978, that now cost tax payers about $6 billion a year. The Senate’s vote was mostly symbolic, as it was attached to a bill that does not
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Beware Of Invisible Summertime “Bugs”

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When we think about summer pests, we often think of mosquitoes, flies and ants. These bugs certainly are annoyances at outdoor picnics and camping. Even worse – sometimes bugs can spread disease. However, in the summertime, the “bugs” we can’t see can have worse consequences than the ones we can manage with repellents. Bacteria, which
Cereals, Crops, News

One More Seeding Option

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The crop insurance deadlines for annual crops have passed, but farmers still have an opportunity to generate a salable crop from those unseeded acres – while controlling weeds and soaking up some of that excess moisture. Extension agronomists and cattle producers are urging crop farmers with unseeded acres to grow greenfeed. With so many pastures
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 23, 2011

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Ethanol vote fails:A proposal to end subsidies for the U.S. ethanol industry failed a key vote in the Senate June 14. The Senate voted 59 to 40 against limiting debate on the measure from Republican Tom Coburn that would have ended the federal ethanol tax credit and the tariff on ethanol imports before they were

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