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Feed Wheat Helps To Fill Corn Void

April 14, 2011

Arecord five billion bushels of corn will be used to make fuel ethanol, a potential strain on the tightest U.S. corn supply in 15 years, but it will be offset by more use of wheat as a substitute for corn in hog and poultry rations, said the government on April 8. USDA pegged the carryover

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

A Boost For Wheat Research

By Laura Rance-Unger April 14, 2011

It’s nice to see headlines about the need for more investment into wheat research these days, even if some of the stories swirling around that topic are a mite confused. Last week started with news reports in mainstream dailies across Canada citing a leaked memo from the National Research Council and reporting that genetically modified

Cereals, Crops, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 7, 2011

April 7, 2011

Japan to import 5.11 mln tonnes wheat:Japan plans to buy 5.11 million tonnes of foreign milling wheat in the year to March 2012 to supplement locally grown grain, the Ministry of Agriculture said last week. Japan, the world’s fourth-biggest wheat importer, buys wheat to supplement locally grown grain and keeps a tight grip on bulk

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Western Barley Sees Actual Trading

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 7, 2011

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform moved higher during the week ended April 1, taking their cue from the rally in the U.S. soybean and corn markets. Activity was range-bound and choppy for the first half of the week, as participants squared their positions ahead of two widely anticipated U.S. Department of Agriculture

Cereals, Grain Markets

“Great Grain Robbery” Law Reveals Big U.S. Sales

By Reuters March 31, 2011

A1973 U.S. law requiring grain traders to promptly report export sales last week shed light on a mammoth corn sale believed to be destined for China. The U.S. Agriculture Department announced last Friday the sale of 1.25 million tonnes of corn worth $350 million to an unknown destination, which traders believe is China. The law

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Mar. 24, 2011

By Reuters March 24, 2011

Farmer to Farmer:The Grain Growers of Canada has donated $1,000 to help Japanese farmers cope with the after-effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “Farmers in Canada have a long history of helping their neighbours in times of trouble and in this case our neighbours are global,” said executive director Richard Phillips, noting Japan

Cereals, Opinion

Record-High Food Prices? Or Just Better Than Record Lows?

By Terry Boehm March 24, 2011

Reporters and politicians are making frequent references to high food prices – some going so far as to suggest prices are nearing record levels. But for the farmers and peasants who produce the world’s food, prices are nowhere near record highs. In fact, what is currently happening to corn, beans, rice, or wheat prices would

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Risk-Averse Speculators Keep Eye On Libya, Japan

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 24, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some very choppy activity during the week ended March 18, hitting their lowest levels in months at one point before recovering to end the week with modest gains. News out of Japan dominated the headlines in all of the global financial and commodity markets, and canola was no exception.

Crops, Pulses

Pulse Crop Outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 24, 2011

There’s little change in the latest estimates of the supply and demand for major pulse and special crops in the country. Ending stocks of the seven major special and pulse crops for 2011-12 crop year is now pegged by Agriculture Canada at 830,000 tonnes, according to its March 15 release. This compares with the January

Cereals, Crops, Poultry

U.S. Makes Biggest Canada Feed Wheat Buy In Decade

By Rod Nickel March 24, 2011

Canadian feed wheat is flowing into the southeastern United States in the largest quantities for more than a decade, highlighting tight U.S. corn supplies and a surplus of feed wheat in Canada, several trade sources said March 10. Wilmington Bulk LLC, a consortium of North Carolina poultry and swine producers including Smithfield Foods, has bought

Daily Network News

Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement faces first signs of pushback in court

CBOT Weekly: Several unknowns that could affect commodity prices

Incoming Canadian Cattle Association CEO embraces winds of change

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