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Row cropping potatoes may be headed over the hill

By Gord Gilmour June 30, 2012

While potato growers in other regions have seen bed planting come into fashion over the past few years, it’s very early days here in Manitoba. In fact there’s just one operation in the province using the system, the Berry family, at their Glenboro-area Over and Under the Hill Farms. Chad Berry says this is the

Crops, News

Time to put your potatoes to bed

By Gord Gilmour June 30, 2012

Those long, arrow-straight rows of carefully hilled potato plants are one of the key features of any potato production region — but in a few years they might be a thing of the past, says a soil scientist from USDA. David Tarkalson, a member of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service based in Kimberly, Idaho, thinks

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Rained-out Saskatchewan canola fields support futures

By Dwayne Klassen June 30, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform strengthened during the week ended June 22, with gains spurred on by the weather issues in the U.S. Soybean Belt. Fresh Canadian canola export sales to China helped to influence the price advances, as did steady demand from the domestic processing sector. Concern over flooded-out canola

Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Fuzzy ending stocks picture supports canola values

By Dwayne Klassen June 16, 2012

Canola prices at the ICE Futures Canada trading platform closed the week ended June 8 on a firmer footing. Canola was underpinned by the need of domestic processors to cover nearby commitments and by the general strength displayed by the Chicago soybean complex. Growing concern about the tight global oilseed ending stocks picture, for this

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola price trend hits backwash of lower demand

By Dwayne Klassen June 8, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada platform lost some value during the week ended June 1. Losses in the CBOT soybean complex helped to fuel some of the downward price slide, as did sentiment that canola had become overpriced and was in need of a correction lower. Macroeconomic issues were again a big feature

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Widespread frost early May 30 caused minimal damage

June 8, 2012

Weekly Provincial Summary The only remaining acres left to be seeded include greenfeed and millet crops and some isolated acres of canola, edible beans and soybeans. Reseeding of some fields is still occurring as stands were impacted by either high winds, insect activity, disease, seed placement or dry soil conditions at time of seeding. Most

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Canola’s highs appear to be in for the summer

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 5, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around during the week ended May 25, initially posting declines before climbing back to finish with small gains in most months by Friday. The bounce on Friday could be seen as supportive from a technical standpoint, but the general consensus right now seems to be that the highs are

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

People make the quality

By Laura Rance-Unger May 30, 2012

It had been a long day for the 35 people working for the Canadian International Grains Institute, and it was far from over. But as the last tour of the day made its rounds at the open house celebrating the institute’s 40th anniversary, there was nothing to indicate that the presenters had done this many,

Cereals, Crops, News

Head baker makes sure the slice is right

By Laura Rance-Unger May 30, 2012

Tony Tweed knew about the unique quality of Canadian bread wheats long before he was recruited to Canada in the mid-1960s to establish its first commercial baking school at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton. “I worked with a lot of Canadian wheat flour in England,” the British-born and -trained baker said. “Everybody

Cereals, Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Crops are soaking up those rainshowers, and looking for more

By Manitoba Agriculture May 31, 2012

Weekly Provincial Summary Manitoba producers continue to make excellent seeding progress. In the Northwest, Central, Eastern and Interlake Regions, it is estimated over 95 per cent of the acres have been seeded. Although not as advanced, the Southwest Region did see good seeding progress over the past week and is over 70 per cent complete.

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Canadian food, agriculture coalition to underscore CUSMA importance in Washington

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