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Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Spring Rains: Bullish Or Bearish?

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada’s canola futures were range-bound once again during the week ended May 28, although the bias was to the downside in most months as the Canadian dollar managed to claw back off of its recent lows. The currency
Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U. S. Grain Trade Gauging La Niña Risk

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Grain traders are concerned that a La Nińa weather event could produce hotter, drier weather in the U. S. Midwest this summer, potentially lowering crop yields. During a La Nińa, a cooling of sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean alters weather patterns around the globe. Grain traders associate La Nińa with warmer and
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Red Tape Hurts Farm Competitiveness

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Aparl iamentary committee recommends major changes to federal regulations that disadvantage Canada’s farmers against their global competitors. If implemented, the recommendations in a recently tabled House of Commons agriculture committee report could go a long way toward dealing with farmers’ complaints that government fees and red tape make them uncompetitive in the marketplace. In all,
Crops, Oilseeds

New Soybean Could Cut Into High-Stability Canola Oil Markets

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“The story of canola is it has always been able to keep one step ahead of soybeans.” – David Dzisiak High-oleic canola oil, most of it from Canada, has dominated the growing North American demand for healthier, non-trans fat, deep-frying oils, but American soybeans are fighting back. Last month the United States Department of Agriculture
Cereals, Crops

Ug99 Wheat Rust Strain Continues To Spread

The devastating Ug99 stem rust has spread to South Africa, Nature magazine reported May 26. It quoted a study saying that the two South African forms of the disease are able to overcome the effects of two resistance genes in wheat that normally prevent stem rust from taking hold. Named because of its discovery in
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jun. 3, 2010

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Municipal drains are overflowing into fields while provincial drains and rivers are all at full capacity creating a slow run-off of water. Crop damage will be extensive in areas. SOUTHWEST: Seeding operations continued at the start of last week but was halted by the weekend’s rainfall. High amounts of precipitation were recorded across the region.
Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Harvest Alfalfa At Right Time

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Alfalfa is an important forage for dairy cows because it provides fibre that effectively stimulates chewing while providing energy and protein for milk production. That means it needs to be harvested at the right time, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service dairy specialist J. W. Schroeder. Recent warm weather and adequate moisture have
Country Crossroads

Fewer Sugary Drinks May Lower Blood Pressure

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Drinking fewer sugary drinks may help lower blood pressure, U. S. researchers said May 24 in findings adding to a growing body of research supporting cutting back on sweetened beverages. They found overweight people with high blood pressure who drank one less sugar-laden beverage a day significantly lowered their blood pressure over 18 months. For
Livestock

Maple Leaf Foods Sees Higher Meat Costs Lasting

Higher raw meat costs for pack-e rs appears to be a long-term trend as Canadian hog farmers struggle to recover from money-losing operations, the head of a leading Canadian hog processor, Maple Leaf Foods, said May 19. “We actually think it is a new normal,” said president and CEO Michael McCain at the BMO Capital
Crops, Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Puratone Study To Look At Whole Farm Nutrient Balance

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Hog producers are under pressure from all sides these days, from feed costs to new provincial environmental regulat ions on spreading manure that are due by 2013. With an eye on potentially reducing those burdens, Carole Furedi, a researcher at Niverville-based Puratone, will be testing the effects of including zero-tannin fababeans and dried distillers grains

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