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CP Delays Mean Demurrage Bills At West Coast

By Allan Dawson March 24, 2011

Holland The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), and ultimately farmers, face a big demurrage bill from parked ships on the West Coast waiting for grain because of poor Canadian Pacific Railway service. “We are working as hard as we can and meeting with the highest levels of CP to try to improve their service because if

News, Oilseeds

Ag In The City Showcases Budding Food Scientists

By Natasha Tersigni March 24, 2011

University of Manitoba food science students competed at this year’s Agriculture in the City to see which new food product would win top prize in the Food Fight Competition, held March 18 at The Forks Market Square. Out of the five new products that were presented, which included a pumpkin yogurt, high-protein soy noodles, popcorn

Cereals, News

CWB Confident Japan Sales Will Be OK

By Allan Dawson March 24, 2011

Japan will continue to be one of Canada’s best wheat and barley customers, although sales could be disrupted due to the devastation in the wake of that massive earthquake, says Ward Weisensel, the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) chief operating officer. “There are reports out there about Japan not going to consume as much wheat and

Hogs, News, Poultry

Hog Producers Ring Alarm Over Possible Feed Shortages

By Ron Friesen March 24, 2011

North America’s pork producers have issued a dire warning about a looming continental feed grain shortage that may jeopardize meat supplies and animal welfare in the coming year. Leaders of the Canadian Pork Council, the U.S. National Pork Producers Council and the Confederacion de Porcicultores Mexicanos last week issued an urgent call for government action

Cereals, Opinion

Record-High Food Prices? Or Just Better Than Record Lows?

By Terry Boehm March 24, 2011

Reporters and politicians are making frequent references to high food prices – some going so far as to suggest prices are nearing record levels. But for the farmers and peasants who produce the world’s food, prices are nowhere near record highs. In fact, what is currently happening to corn, beans, rice, or wheat prices would

News, Oilseeds

Ag Canada Lower Sending Stocks Forecast

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 24, 2011

Ending stocks of the major grains and oilseeds in Canada will likely be down from earlier estimates, according to the latest supply-demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division released March 15. Ending stocks of the eight major grains and oilseeds for the 2011-12 crop year are now estimated at 8.860 million tonnes.

News, Oilseeds

ADM To Expand Canada Canola Plant

March 24, 2011

ADM Agri-Industries, a subsidiary of U.S. agrifood company Archer Daniels Midland, said March 21 it will double seed receiving and storage capacity at its canola-processing plant in Lloydminster, Alberta. The expansion is the most recent in a series of moves by crushers that reflects strong demand for the oilseed, which is Canada’s second-biggest crop after

Cereals, Livestock

Triton Now Registered For Malt Barley

March 24, 2011

DuPont has announced that its Triton C herbicide is now registered for use on both feed and malting barley. DuPont says Triton C controls a unique spectrum of weeds, including 24 different broadleaf and is well known among growers for control of cleavers as well as growing threats such as stork’s-b i l l ,

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Risk-Averse Speculators Keep Eye On Libya, Japan

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 24, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some very choppy activity during the week ended March 18, hitting their lowest levels in months at one point before recovering to end the week with modest gains. News out of Japan dominated the headlines in all of the global financial and commodity markets, and canola was no exception.

Cereals, Crops, News

Facing Climate Threat, Crop Gene Sharing Evermore Urgent

By David Fogarty March 24, 2011

Nations need to speed up the sharing of genetic material from crops if the world is to have any chance of feeding itself in a future with more extreme droughts, floods and storms, a senior UN official said. Scientists say new varieties of wheat, rice, corn and other staples will be needed to cope with

Daily Network News

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

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CP Delays Mean Demurrage Bills At West Coast

Ag In The City Showcases Budding Food Scientists

CWB Confident Japan Sales Will Be OK

Hog Producers Ring Alarm Over Possible Feed Shortages

Record-High Food Prices? Or Just Better Than Record Lows?

Ag Canada Lower Sending Stocks Forecast

ADM To Expand Canada Canola Plant

Triton Now Registered For Malt Barley

Risk-Averse Speculators Keep Eye On Libya, Japan

Facing Climate Threat, Crop Gene Sharing Evermore Urgent

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