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Economic Uncertainty Sends Speculators Packing

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a major price setback during the week ended March 11, with much of the downward price slide associated with the unloading of positions by speculative accounts. None of the liquidation orders were based on fundamentals; rather, individuals were unnerved by ongoing tensions in the Middle
News, Pulses

Canada’s Pulse Exports To China Set To Rise

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Canada’s pulse exports to China could take a big jump, following that country’s recent elimination of a major trade barrier to peas and other legume crops. China announced last week it had removed the maximum limit for selenium in imported food, a restriction that hampered sales of Canadian dry field peas to the Asian country.
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Prediction Of Record Canola Acres Meets Resistance

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a bit of a roller-coaster ride during the week ended March 5, as values pushed down one day and then moved up the next. On the week, canola values pushed upward thanks to steady domestic crusher demand, the surfacing of some fresh export demand and
Cereals, News

Conference Board Of Canada Issues Report On Grain Transport

Giving the grain-handling and transportation sector a more commercial orientation would improve its efficiency and speed up the movement of wheat from terminals to ports, says a report issued by the Conference Board of Canada. “The greater flexibility allowed by regulators has helped to address some of the industry concerns, with the result that performance
Cereals, Crops

Research And Development Seen As Key To Solving World Food Crisis

World agriculture needs a major research and development initiative to reverse declining crop production and avoid a global food crisis, says an international food policy expert. Agricultural output has slowed in the last 20 years – an alarming trend, given a growing world population and recent riots in various countries sparked by rising food prices,
News, Oilseeds

U.S. Crop Boom Not Enough To Rebuild Supply

Huge U.S. corn and soybean plantings this spring will likely fail to refill razor-thin stocks enough to quell the surge in grain prices, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 24. In updated forecasts for the world’s biggest crop exporter, the USDA warned that it could take several years to restore inventories to comfortable levels. It
Crops

New Rice Varieties Can Temper High Prices

Rice prices are likely to remain high as demand rises, but countries can boost supply and temper prices by switching to climate change-ready varieties, the head of a rice research agency said Feb. 28. “We expect global demand in rice to be strong for the foreseeable future as the population grows,” said Robert Zeigler, director
Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Eat At Home For Improved Nutrition And Cost Savings

Fewer than half of Canadians eat more than one cooked meal per day and 33 per cent of Canadians eat take-out at least once per week, according to research done by the Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition and Dietitians of Canada. Our tendency to reach for convenience foods either in the frozen food section
Crops, Oilseeds

Non-GM Glyphosate-Tolerant Flax Being Developed

Glyphosate-tolerant flax that hasn’t been “genetically modified” (GM) could be on the market by 2014, according to James A. Radtke, vice-president of product development for Cibus, an American plant trait development company. If the $6-million project between Cibus, the Flax Council of Canada, and Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada is a success, Canadian flax growers
Country Crossroads

More Questions For Reena – for Mar. 10, 2011

DearReena, Mychildren aregrownandI havekeptsome oftheitems thattheyused whentheywere babies.Oneof myfavourite piecesofbaby furnitureisa bassinetteon wheels.Doyouhaveanyideaof somethingthatIcanusethisfor otherthanbabies?Ijustcan’t bringmyselftopartwithitbut alsocan’tjustifykeepingitbecause ourhomeisquitesmall. Glenda Glenda, You are right to hold on to that treasure. A bassinette on wheels makes the perfect laundry basket because it can easily be rolled from one room to the next. If you need a place

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