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KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2013

Gerry Ritz says rail performance, which is being monitored,  is adequate given the big crop to move

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he has yet to see conclusive proof that the railways aren’t doing an adequate job moving this year’s bumper crop to market. “I hear a lot of anecdotal evidence and I follow it up and say, ‘give me the car numbers… give me the dates,’ and nobody can, nobody has,”

Dennis Stephens, secretary of the International Grain Trade Coalition, says grain trading is at risk so long as importers don’t have a policy allowing a low-level presence of unapproved GM crop traits. photo: allan dawson

Crops, Oilseeds

Canada leads efforts to convince importers to dump zero tolerance

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2013

Canada is leading efforts to get an international agreement that would see countries accept small amounts of unapproved genetically modified (GM) crops in their imports, says Dennis Stephens. And the Oakbank-based secretary of the International Grain Trade Coalition credits Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz for leading the charge. Ritz, along with Canada’s flax industry, experienced first

Beef cattle, News, Other livestock

Australian kangaroo exporters look to hop into meat-hungry China

By Colin Packham November 27, 2013

Once considered pet food, kangaroo meat could soon be sold to China as a luxury product, to encourage Chinese consumers to do something few Australians will — eat it. With a booming middle class, China’s appetite for meat is expected to rise nearly 17 per cent over the next eight years, the World Trade Organization

Cereals, Crops

Saudi millers wrap up program at Cigi

By Shannon VanRaes November 27, 2013

Agroup of millers is taking home a host of new skills, after trading sand dunes for snowbanks to study in Manitoba. Eleven wheat processors from Saudi Arabia have spent the last six months learning all aspects of milling and wheat processing at the Winnipeg-based Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi). “For me I can relate what

Students at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines perform calculations of postharvest loss of rice grains in October 2012.

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

A less glamorous — but more effective — approach to feeding the world

By Digvir S. Jayas November 27, 2013

Annually over 2.6 billion tonnes of grains — cereals, oilseeds and pulses — are grown and then stored along the chain from producers to consumers. Most countries do not systematically report how much grain becomes unfit for human consumption during storage, but anecdotal reports suggest it’s worryingly high. In poorly managed storage systems, such as

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Squirrels know best: nuts make you live longer

November 27, 2013

Afew nuts a day might make you live longer, a newly published study in the New England Journal of Medicine says. “Compared with those who did not eat nuts, individuals who consumed nuts (serving size of one ounce) seven or more times per week had a 20 per cent lower death rate and this association

Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

U.S. Cash Grains-Soy bids plunge at processors, rivers after sales

By Reuters November 27, 2013

Nov 27 (Reuters) - Soybean spot basis bids fell sharply at processors and river terminals around the U.S. Midwest early on Wednesday as recent spikes in both basis and futures sparked a round of sales from farmers and commercial elevators, dealers said. * Some growers continued to sell small portions of their soy harvests for

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Wheat up on anticipated Egypt demand, soy at 2-month high

By Reuters November 27, 2013

* Wheat up for 4 out of 5 sessions on demand hopes * Market eyes Egypt wheat tender, poor output in Argentina * Soybeans climb to 2-month high on strong demand (Adds details, quotes) By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Chicago wheat edged higher on Wednesday, rising for four out of five sessions,

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

U.S. Cash Grains-Corn/soy bids flat; some corn bids roll to March

By Reuters November 26, 2013

Nov 26 (Reuters) - Spot cash basis bids for corn and soybeans were mostly steady in the U.S. Midwest interior on Tuesday and country selling was quiet as producers wrapped up the harvest, dealers said. * Farmers have enough income that many are delaying additional grain sales until the new year for tax purposes, dealers

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn, wheat tumble; soybeans scramble to flat finish

By Reuters November 26, 2013

* Soybeans unchanged after three straight gains * U.S. corn harvest 95 percent complete * USDA reports fresh soybean sale, China cancellation (Adds closing U.S. prices) By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Corn and wheat prices fell on Tuesday, as the huge U.S. corn harvest wrapped up and investors banked profits from

Daily Network News

‘We should always aim for free trade’: low tariffs not good enough say agriculture leaders on Hoekstra remarks

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans/corn awaiting acreage data

ICE Canada Weekly: More behind canola, soyoil than crude oil prices

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