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Run Your Diesel Engine On Ethanol, Water And Diesel

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Suggest burning a mix of ethanol and water in a diesel engine and most farmers would give you a strange look and advice on places to go. But tell them it’s supposed to boost fuel efficiency, reduce emissions and extend engine life and you’ll have their attention. Ron Preston, president and Kevin Kenney, biofuel systems
News, Oilseeds

French Firms Pull The Plug On Palm Oil

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French firms have stepped up restrictions on the use of palm oil, decried for being linked to deforestation in Asia, in a move that may boost demand for local oils. But some warned it could raise new food and land problems. The debate about palm oil’s impact on the environment has intensified after green groups
News, Oilseeds

China Rapeseed Production Falls

The most serious drought in decades in China’s southern provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou is expected to cut their rapeseed output by 500,000 tonnes, or about half of last year’s total output, an official think-tank reported on March 23. In 2009, the two areas produced one million tonnes of the oilseed, used to produce edible
Crops, Oilseeds

Dreyfus Crush Plant To Reach Full Speed Mid-May

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The new canola-crushing plant at Yorkton, Saskatchewan owned by Louis Dreyfus Canada Limited and Mitsui & Co. is processing at 80 to 90 per cent capacity and should reach full speed within another month or two, the president of Louis Dreyfus Canada said Mar. 8. The Dreyfus-Mitsui plant, which has an annual capacity 850,000 tonnes,
News, Oilseeds

Oilseed Sector Research Gets Government Boost

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The federal government is offering up to $19 million for the Canola Council of Canada to lead research in partnership with the Flax Council of Canada, industry scientists and universities, a federal release says. “The oilseed industry is an important driver of Canada’s economy and that’s why our government is making strategic investments to keep
Crops

Biodiesel To Cut Argentine Soyoil Sales

Increasing Argentine domestic biodiesel use will cut the country’s soyoil exports in 2010, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World forecast Feb. 9. If Argentine government plans for five per cent biodiesel content in fossil diesel are implemented, coupled with compulsory use of biodiesel for electricity generation, this would create annual demand for 860,000 tonnes of biodiesel,
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Outpacing Soybeans

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform managed to move higher during the week ended Feb. 5, but not before setting fresh contract lows to start the week. The downtrend over most of January finally persuaded farmers to
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Wheat Likely To See Some Strength Long Term

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l s e e d prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Jan. 22 mixed, with canola higher and Western barley lower. Canola was supported by steady demand, as exports continue to
News, Oilseeds

Check Canola Bins For Spoilage

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After a long, hard harvest farmers deserve some time off over Christmas, but to ensure a “happy new year,” they should check their canola bins for heating. “Canola and other grains will respire for about six weeks after harvest so even if a guy thinks he has put it in dry and cool it can

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