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Market steady, but uncertainty ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Commodity prices may have peaked in 2011, ProFarmer analyst Mike Jubinville told farmers attending the St. Jean Farm Days. “My gut feeling right now is that the heights have already come in,” Jubinville told producers. “It’s not that I’m feeling bearish about the marketplace going into 2012, personally I think that there is going to

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

South American weather shakes up corn, soybeans

January 24, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to trend upward over the holiday period ended Jan. 6. Steady demand from the commercial sector provided some of the strength with weather issues in the oilseed-growing areas of South America contributing to the upward momentum. Fresh export business with China further underpinned canola values.

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Experts say Canada falling behind in crop research and development

By Alex Binkley January 12, 2012

Getting the federal government to fully restore funding for agriculture research remains a top priority for Canadian farm groups, says Richard Phillips, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada. With federal spending cuts looming, farm groups want the Harper government to consider plowing royalties from existing crop varieties developed by Agriculture Canada scientists into

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Chicago Soybeans Put Pressure On Winnipeg Canola

By Dwayne Klassen November 17, 2011

column Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform lost ground during the week ended Nov. 11. Much of the price weakness was associated with the downward price action experienced in the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean complex and with the unsettled ongoing macroeconomic picture. Keeping a firm floor under canola was steady

News

Maize Shortage Looms In South Africa After Country Bumps Up Exports

November 17, 2011

JOHANNESBURG / REUTERS South Africa will run out of maize as early as next month after the country committed most of its harvest for exports. They (other countries) have also bought an unknown quantity that is in our silos and is still to be exported. This unknown quantity is now causing panic among local buyers,

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

MF Global Bankruptcy Weighs Down Canola Market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 10, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were lower in most months during the week ended Nov. 4, with the continued chaos in global financial markets front and centre in the day-to-day canola trade as well. So far canola has managed to hold relatively steady given the increasing uncertainty in the world economy, but those outside factors

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Ohio Wheat Acres Expected To Drop To Record Low This Year

By Michael Hirtzer November 3, 2011

Wheat plantings could fall to a record low this year in Ohio despite a record-high insurance price guarantee, as incessant rains stalled wheat seedings in the top growing state of the soft red winter variety. Wheat acres left fallow this winter are likely to be planted with corn in the spring, crop experts said, as

Cereals, Crops

CWB Issues Interim Payments

November 3, 2011

STAFF / Prairie wheat and barley growers who delivered to the Canadian Wheat Board in the 2010-11 crop year will receive interim payments starting Nov. 8. The biggest of the per-tonne interim payments will go to No. 2 Canada Western Red Spring, 15.5 per cent protein, at $55.20; the lowest, $2.80, will go to No.

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Apples And Oranges Add Up To Bananas

By Laura Rance-Unger November 3, 2011

We ve observed over time that it s become increasingly difficult for civil servants to maintain that blurry distinction between policy and politics. But there can be no question that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has crossed the line with its marketing freedom website. It was undoubtedly pushed, but the result is the same. There can

Cereals, News

Ending CWB Monopoly Brings Big Changes

By Allan Dawson October 27, 2011

Next August 1 ushers in what is arguably the most radical policy shift in Western Canada s grain industry since the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly was created nearly 69 years ago. Western wheat, durum and barley farmers will have marketing freedom. What then? Farmers and the industry are divided over whether it will usher in

Daily Network News

Prairie CWRS wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Protein Industries Canada funds nine food processing projects across Canada

U.S., Canada to meet in coming weeks on trade, Greer says

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