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India Out Of Space To Store Bumper Crops

August 11, 2011

India aims to raise grains warehousing capacity about 10 per cent by March 2012, as it tries to ensure its record 65 million tonnes of stocks do not rot. Warehouses in India, the world’s second- biggest rice and wheat producer, are overflowing after five bumper harvests and some grains are stored under tarpaulin, risking decay.

Grain Markets

Caution Needed As U.S. Farmers Borrow

By Rod Nickel August 4, 2011

A senior U.S. lender is warning farmers to take a cautious approach to borrowing, with crop prices unlikely to maintain their high levels in the coming years and the U.S. debt crisis overhanging the economy. Emboldened by soaring grain and oilseed prices, U.S. farmers have aggressively borrowed to buy land and equipment in recent years,

Opinion

Emerald Green Or Muddy?

By Gary Martens June 30, 2011

Why is it that Ireland is called the emerald green isle and we are called muddy Manitoba when the annual rainfall in Ireland is 730 mm and in Manitoba it is only 440 mm? The answer is quite straightforward. They have 80 per cent of their agricultural land (17 million acres) in managed forage crops,

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Agriculture Canada Sees Higher Acreage

May 19, 2011

Canadian farmers will plant more wheat, durum, canola, oats and barley this spring and leave less unplanted land – if they can, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said. The department’s outlook for grains and oilseeds for the 2011- 12 crop year May 10 maintained Statistics Canada’s April 26 planting estimates for canola, oats, barley and durum.

News, Oilseeds

Phytosanitary Grain Rules Need Work

April 28, 2011

The international grain trade needs better phytosanitary rules and tolerances for low-level presence of genetically modified (GM) crops, says Dennis Stephens, a consultant contracted to co-ordinate the Canada Grains Council. “Zero thresholds are no longer obtainable,” Stephens told the council’s 42nd annual meeting in Winnipeg earlier this month. “We’ve reached a stage where we have

Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Crude Oil Uncertainty Might Not Boost Crop Commodities

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 3, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw another volatile week during the period ended Feb. 25, with the global political and economic uncertainty, brought on by the turmoil in Libya and other countries, triggering a speculative sell off in many commodity markets – including canola. The fundamentals are still fairly supportive, and the drop in prices

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Don’t Cry For Argentina Just Yet

January 20, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed to fresh contract highs during the week ended Jan. 14, but ran into speculative profit-taking and farmer hedges to the upside, which tempered the advances. While corrections are to be expected, the general consensus amongst analysts seems to be for more strength in canola heading into spring, especially as

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Bullish Grain Market Tone Continues Into The New Year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2011

Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform moved higher during the thin Christmas/New Year’s period, as many participants moved to the sidelines. Farmers had generally shut their bins ahead of the new tax season, helping exaggerate the upward move. Dryness in Argentina, bullish technicals, steady domestic crusher demand, and a rally in CBOT

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

CGC Continues Researching Machines To Help Grain Grading

By Allan Dawson January 6, 2011

Someday distinctly green kernels in canola and sprout damage in wheat may no longer be grading factors. The hope is instruments in elevators will be able to precisely measure the chlorophyll content in canola and the falling number in wheat. Those are the real degrading factors end-users are trying to uncover by counting distinctly green

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

StatsCan Boosts Canola And Wheat Estimates

By Rod Nickel December 9, 2010

Canada’s canola output got a bigger-than-expected late-season boost from good weather while wheat crops recovered modestly, Statistics Canada’s final report on the 2010 crop showed last Friday. Too much rain across most of the Prairies, cool weather and untimely frost reduced quality and production potential, but many crops finished well in warm, dry October weather.

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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