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Cereals, Crops

CFA Still Pushing For Rail Costing Review

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Taking action on the Rail Freight Service Review report is important but so is curbing excessive railway charges for grain shipments, says Humphrey Banack, vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). A rail costing review is needed “right away because every year we wait, farmers pay millions of dollars too much for rail service,”
Crops, Oilseeds

Biotech Round Table Needed

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The federal government should create a round table to create a dialogue between organic farmers and growers who raise genetically engineered crops, says Liberal MP Frank Valeriote. Given the often acrimonious relations between the two camps, the Guelph MP asked biotechnology experts testifying before the Commons agriculture committee whether a round table format would bring
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Chart Ends Year As A Hockey Stick

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Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform are definitely much stronger exiting 2010 than they were going into the year. Anyone making a “Top 10” list of the reasons for that strength would likely cite the adverse weather conditions across the Canadian Prairies first and foremost, but strong demand, activity in outside markets
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Late-Morning, Late-Night Eating Ahead

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With Christmas day just two sleeps away, and a few days of holidays ahead, many of us are about to assume a much-anticipated lighter schedule. There’ll be more sleeping late (except on Christmas morning, of course) and bedtimes at later hours as we take some time to relax at home. These days between Christmas and
Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

What Eats Grass And Is Worth $2.25/Lb. On The Rail?

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Jim Lintott’s biggest problem selling grass-fed beef at the St. Norbert Farmers Market last summer was not having enough to sell to all the people clamouring to buy it. “We have more market than we actually have supply,” said Lintott, president of the Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association speaking on the sidelines of the recent Manitoba
Cereals, Crops

CWB Ups Wheat And Durum PROs

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The Canadian Wheat Board expects to see higher prices for the wheat and durum marketed during the 2010-11 crop year, according to updated Pool Return Outlooks released Dec. 16. Malt barley price expectations were revised slightly lower from the previous month, while feed barley was left unchanged. PROs for wheat were increased by $3 to
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Thunder Bay To See More Grain Exports

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Thunder Bay, once the world’s largest grain port, hasn’t even been Canada’s top grain port for years. But there’s hope on the horizon. Populations are growing faster in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America than anywhere else, Rick Steinke, the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) vice-president of logistics told the Fields on Wheels conference in
Cereals, Crops, News

West Coast Wheat Shipments Drop

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Total West Coast grain movement so far this crop year is just a bit off the pace from 2009-10. As of week 18 (Dec. 5) grain terminals in Vancouver and Prince Rupert shipped out almost 6.4 million tonnes of the major grains and oilseeds, down seven per cent compared with the same period a year
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Firm Demand, Tight Supply Support Canola

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The ICE Futures Canada canola market hit some fresh contract highs during the week ended Dec. 10, but also ran into profit-taking that limited the upside. While market participants were still digesting the larger-than-expected production numbers put out by Statistics Canada on Dec. 3, those supplies are also being met with some pretty solid demand

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