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Pork prices have risen and if sky-high feed prices come back to earth, then hard-hit producers may get ‘some profit back,’ says the head of the Manitoba Pork Council
Hog producers could see some relief from high feed costs this year, but not in time for summer, says the chair of the Manitoba Pork Council. “All signs are for a record corn acreage to be sown in the U.S. this spring, which could really bring some relief to the feed grain prices this fall,”Richard Phillips is a seed grower from Saskatchewan who has worked for several industry organizations
Richard Phillips is the new president of the Canada Grains Council. The 54-year-old has been the executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada for the past six years and is “ideally suited” for his new role, said grains council chair Chantelle Donohue. Phillips, a third-generation seed grower from Tisdale, Sask., has worked as anThere have been huge crop acreage shifts in the last 15 years, but expert says what happens next is just a guesstimate
Chuck Penner confirmed what most already knew — making price and acreage forecasts isn’t an exact science. “I’m in this business, but I really have to admit that they are really just guesstimates,” the president of LeftField Commodity Research said at the recent Canada Grains Council annual meeting. “When these people make these crop forecastsDennis Stephens has worked in the grain industry for 50 years as a reporter, grain industry official, and assistant deputy minister of agriculture
After a 50-year career in agriculture, they were lining up to praise — and gently rib — Dennis Stephens at the recent Canada Grains Council annual meeting. “Dennis is first and foremost a journalist with a passion for detail,” said Will Hill, president of Flax Council of Canada. Not to mention one with an appetiteThey come at a time when some question Canada’s emphasis on wheat quality assurance and the registration system
If there is good news in a recent wire service story that told the world some customers are complaining about Canadian wheat that wimped out in the bakery, it’s that complaints over quality are so rare they become news. Chinese officials complained this past winter, suggesting that a lack of processing consistency in the CWRS
