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Latest StatsCan stocks report puts last year’s canola season into perspective

By Rod Nickel February 15, 2013

Reuters / Canadian canola supplies dropped to a six-year low as of Dec. 31, highlighting a disappointing crop and strong demand for oilseeds, while wheat stocks were surprisingly lower, according to a Statistics Canada report Feb. 5 Canola supplies on farms and in commercial storage plunged 24 per cent to 7.37 million tonnes, while all-wheat

Cereals, Crops, News

Farmers don’t want their research dollars to boost fortunes of big corporations

By Shannon VanRaes February 12, 2013

Head of Western Grains Research Foundation is studying the idea of a farmer-owned  breeding company, but says any decision is a long way off

Grain producers want their research dollars to benefit them, and not big corporations in the post-single-desk world. “At what point are we going to stop funding research and selling it off and paying for it again and again,” Rob Brunel asked at the recent Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting. He said he doesn’t want

Crops, Forages, Pulses

Put these crop pests on your radar

By Allan Dawson February 13, 2013

Which pest is going to strike where next and how hard ranks right up there with weather forecasting for jobs that are difficult to get right. But extension agronomists say these are some of the yield robbers on their watch list. Soybean cyst nematode This pest hasn’t been found in Manitoba yet, but it could

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Efforts to ration demand support canola futures

By Dwayne Klassen February 12, 2013

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform continued its slow but steady upward trek during the week ended Feb. 1. Strength in the futures contract was maintained by the need to ration the tightening canola supply situation in Western Canada. There has not been any kind of let-up in the need to cover

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Adequate snow cover fuels optimism for winter wheat crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 13, 2013

CNSC / Adequate snow cover across much of Western Canada should bode well for the winter wheat crop. However, there are concerns in some areas that the crop wasn’t far enough along before entering dormancy, Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada, said at a recent growers’ meeting in Saskatoon. “I don’t think we’re

Crops, News

World seed banks get secure funding to protect the genetic diversity of food crops

By Alister Doyle February 12, 2013

Scientists have agreed on a $109-million plan to strengthen the world’s biggest seed banks of crops such as rice and wheat to help protect and develop new varieties resistant to climate change and other threats. The Global Crop Diversity Trust and the CGIAR Consortium of agricultural researchers said on Jan. 31 that a five-year plan

Crops

Expert says new corn varieties can be planted early

By Daniel Winters February 6, 2013

Corn acreage has exploded from nearly nothing 50 years ago to 275,000 acres last year — and you only have to look at yields to see why. Back in 1960, an average crop meant 25 bushels an acre. Today it’s 120, which also is why corn was in the spotlight at Ag Days. Traditional thinking

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Veggie producers see margins shrink while grain and oilseed prices soar

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 6, 2013

Manitoba vegetable growers are hoping it will soon be their turn to enjoy the high prices that have pumped up profits for their grain- and oilseed-growing neighbours. And, if not, they may eventually turn to other crops. South of the border, corn and soybeans have been stealing acres away from every crop that’s not as

Forages, Livestock

Cranking out calves beats backgrounding

By Daniel Winters January 30, 2013

Production adviser says operations geared towards low-cost, high-volume calf  production are better positioned for profits in 2013 than backgrounders

Record-high finishing costs and tight calf supplies mean 2013 will be the “year of the big decision” for ranchers, says production adviser Ray Bittner. “Are you a calf producer or are you a feedlot?” the Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives official asked attendees at the recent Beef and Forage days. Operations that have depended

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Crushers aim to coax canola from farmers’ bins

By Dwayne Klassen January 30, 2013

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada platform continued their slow trek to higher ground during the week ended Jan. 18, with strong demand from the domestic and export sectors fuelling the rally. Some spillover from the gains in Chicago soybeans contributed to the strength. Concerns about tight canola ending stocks further lifted the commodity.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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