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Seeding in full swing across province

May 3, 2012

Weekly Provincial Summary Favourable weather and seedbed conditions permitted good seeding progress across most regions in Manitoba. Seeding is 10 per cent complete in the southwest region, less than five per cent complete in the northwest region, 50 per cent complete in the central region, 40 per cent complete in the eastern region and 70

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Organic grain growers: Turning to “speed dating” to meet buyers

By Daniel Winters April 30, 2012

Growing organic crops can be tough. Finding reliable buyers even tougher. A recent matchmaking event was aimed at helping the two sides of the organic supply-and-demand equation meet in the hopes that the industry might go forth, be fruitful, and multiply. “It’s speed dating,” said Laura Telford, an organic business development specialist with Manitoba

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OUR HISTORY: May 5, 1988

April 30, 2012

A front-page story in our May 5, 1988 issue was an unfortunate sign of things to come, reporting on one of the worst dust storms in recent memory sweeping through the Red River Valley, reducing visibility to a quarter of a mile, with unnamed sources blaming it on “recreational tillage.” Zero-tillage pioneer Jim McCutcheon of

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USDA surprises by standing pat on corn stocks

April 30, 2012

chicago / reuters / The U.S. Department of Agriculture pegged U.S. corn ending stocks in the 2011-12 marketing year (Sept./Aug.) at 801 million bushels, April 10. That’s above trade estimates for 721 million and unchanged from its March estimate. USDA estimated U.S. soybean ending stocks at 250 million bushels, above trade estimates for 246 million

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Canadian forage exports remain strong

By Adam Johnston April 20, 2012

Commodity News Service Canada / Solid U.S. demand and interest from China are keeping Canadian forage exports firm, but higher transportation costs and competition from the U.S. Midwest may limit the upside potential, says Wayne Digby of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association. The easing of drought conditions in the southern U.S. could lessen demand, but

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Prairie precipitation spurs new-crop canola selling

By Dwayne Klassen April 19, 2012

The divergence between old- and new-crop canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform experienced a bit of a widening during the week ended April 13, as concerns about the record usage pace buoyed the nearby May and July futures. The deferred futures were undermined by an improvement in the soil moisture situation on

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Trader sees Ukraine grain exports soaring by 2019

April 15, 2012

Ukraine harvested a record 56.7 million tonnes of grain in 2011 and the yield stood at 3.7 tonnes per hectare

Reuters / Ukraine could increase its grain exports to about 35 million tonnes by 2019 from about 20 million in the current season by boosting both the sowing area and yields, a large foreign grain trading house said March 14. Ivan Miroshnichenko, Black Sea regional director for Noble Resources Ukraine, told an international agricultural business

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North Dakota wheat and durum acreage to rise

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 15, 2012

Improved planting conditions will allow North Dakota farmers to seed more spring wheat and durum this spring, but corn will likely steal away potential acres. “Obviously (wheat) acres will be higher, just because so much was not planted last year,” said Jim Peterson, marketing director with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. Five million acres of

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Pre-seeding risk premium being built into canola

By Dwayne Klassen April 15, 2012

The nearby May and July canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered some minor declines during the week ended April 5, while the remainder of the futures saw small to modest advances. Profit-taking sparked some of the losses in the two nearby futures, as did an increase in hedge selling by grain

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Nancy Edwards: Keen for the challenges of wheat research

April 8, 2012

By Val Ominski When Nancy Edwards, a biological technology grad from Red River Community College, joined the Grain Research Lab as a technician in 1976, little did she know that one day she would be the scientist responsible for the lab’s bread wheat research group. Edwards went on to achieve her PhD in Food Science

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Tag Archives Staple foods

Seeding in full swing across province

Organic grain growers: Turning to “speed dating” to meet buyers

OUR HISTORY: May 5, 1988

USDA surprises by standing pat on corn stocks

Canadian forage exports remain strong

Prairie precipitation spurs new-crop canola selling

Trader sees Ukraine grain exports soaring by 2019

North Dakota wheat and durum acreage to rise

Pre-seeding risk premium being built into canola

Nancy Edwards: Keen for the challenges of wheat research

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