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Canada Says China Importer To Buy More Canola Oil

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China’s state-owned Sinograin will increase Canadian canola oil imports next year, the Canadian government said Dec. 5 after failing to secure broader access to the market for Canada’s exports of the oilseed. Sinograin, which manages China’s grain reserves, plans to import 350,000 tonnes of Canadian canola oil in 2010, an increase of 200,000 tonnes, the
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Canola Exports To China Blocked

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“This artificial trade barrier is really becoming a big hindrance.” – GREG POROZNI China is not accepting new Canadian canola imports, despite telling the world’s top canola exporter recently that the oilseed carrying the common blackleg disease could enter some ports. China has said it’s concerned about diseased canola, which it imports to use as
Crops, Oilseeds

CFIA Working On Blackleg Test For Canola

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is developing a new test for blackleg in canola as it seeks a resolution to a dispute with China over its new import restrictions against the oilseed. As of Nov. 15, China is restricting Canadian canola with blackleg to ports not widely used by Canadian exporters. Canada is the world’s
Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Stops More Canadian Canola Meal

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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused 19 shipments of Canadian canola meal from Cargill in October after finding they contained the harmful bacteria salmonella. The shipments all came from Cargill’s Clavet, Sask. canolacrushing plant, according to reports posted on the FDA’s website. The plant was already under shipping restrictions from the FDA
Crops, Oilseeds

Biodiesel Mandate In Effect For Manitoba

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Manitoba has become the first province in Canada to require biodiesel in diesel fuel. Fuel suppliers are now legally required to include a blend of two per cent biodiesel in their overall sales of on-road and off-road diesel. Manitoba is expected to use at least 20 million litres of biodiesel a year as a result
Crops, Oilseeds

Ritz Seeks Early Resolution To Canola Dispute

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Canada is confident it can resolve a dispute with China over China’s refusal to accept canola with blackleg disease without seeking World Trade Organization action, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Oct. 28. Ritz said he met with the Chinese ambassador to Canada Oct. 27. “It’s way too soon to (seek a WTO dispute settlement
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Salmonella Cuts Into Canola Crushing

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Canada’s oilseed processors are crushing less canola, the first tangible sign that the rapidly expanding industry has run into a rut because of a dispute over salmonella with the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. Crushing has decreased even as processors are boosting capacity. If the trend continues, more seed could shift to export and
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Canola Top Quality Crop

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Canada’s canola crop has surpassed the quality of last year’s bumper crop, despite trying early-growing-season weather that delayed maturity and created uneven growth. Tests by the Canadian Grain Commission show top-grade seed samples have an average of 44.8 per cent oil content – a measurement of the oilseed’s value to crushers who extract the oil
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Renewed Food Inflation Risk As Funds Eye Edible Oils

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Less than two years after a surge in global food prices caused panic and riots around the world, investors are starting to return to vegetable oil markets and raising the spectre of renewed food price inflation. Billions of dollars change hands annually in the markets for palm, soybean and other vegetable oils, which are used
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India Facing Water Shortages

Groundwater levels in northern India have fallen about 20 per cent more than expected because of excessive pumping, threatening to spark a major food and water crisis, according to a study based on U. S. space agency data. The study, led by Matthew Rodell of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said groundwater across

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