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Canadian Wheat Board CEO Sees Shift In Food Pricing

By Rod Nickel March 3, 2011

Farmers in Canada, the world’s third-largest wheat exporter, are set to sow many of the millions of acres left fallow last year, even as volatile crop prices underscore a new economic reality for grain markets. After a week in which disconnected political upheaval in Libya triggered the biggest price collapse in months, the chief executive

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

By Reuters February 24, 2011

Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face

Cereals, Livestock, Oilseeds

Grain Trade Veterans Flummoxed By Market Reaction

By K.t. Arasu February 24, 2011

It was supposed to have been a benign U.S. government report, a highly provisional glimpse at this year’s crops – something expert grain traders would take note of before going about their business. Instead, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first look at crop production in the United States this year released on Feb. 14 –

Cereals, Crops

U.S. Producers Boost Major Crop Acreage

February 17, 2011

U.S. farmers will increase plantings of the eight major crops this year by four per cent as high commodity prices encourage growers to replenish low stockpiles, the government said Feb. 14. The U.S. Agriculture Department said farmers will sow 255.3 million acres this year, up 10.1 million acres from 2010, with all major crops seeing

Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

2011 Outlook Not Strong For Dry Bean Crops

By Natasha Tersigni February 17, 2011

It will be a tough year to draw edible bean acres into production, Jim Barclay director of foods from Hensall District Co-op, told farmers attending the Special Crops Symposium. He estimates a 30 per cent reduction in acreage for black, white, and pinto bean crops. “In 2011 we will see a reduction in dry bean

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USDA Deregulates Industrial GE Corn

By Christopher Doering February 17, 2011

The U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 11 it has deregulated a variety of corn genetically engineered to produce a common enzyme that speeds the breakdown of starch into sugar, a vital step in making ethanol. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Syngenta, the Swiss maker of the enzyme, called alpha-amylase, will create an

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Pulses

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

By Lorraine Stevenson February 17, 2011

If dried peas don’t strike you as something to use when you’re baking, you probably haven’t heard about the flour made from them. Green split pea flour, whole yellow flour and chickpea flour are a line of Manitobamade flours now passing taste tests in kitchens around the country as home bakers hear about their health

Cereals, Crops, News

China’s Wheat Crop Hurt By Drought

February 17, 2011

Wheat output in China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of the grain, may be at risk after severe winter drought in its main northern producing regions, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization said. “Substantially below-normal rainfall since October 2010 in the North China Plain, the country’s main winter wheat-producing area, puts at risk

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Futures Slip Despite Industry’s Efforts

February 17, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a setback during the week ended Feb. 11 as the taking of profits and overbought market conditions encouraged selling. The price setback seen in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean and soyoil futures also sparked some of the downward price action seen in canola. Support

Cereals, Crops

Cover Crops Help Manage Moisture, Says Researcher

By Daniel Winters February 17, 2011

New research shows cover crops can help mop up excess soil moisture, says Ranjan Sri Ranjan, an irrigation, drainage, and water management expert. The University of Manitoba professor wants to better understand the movements of water, both frozen and unfrozen, in the root zone. To do that, he used finger-sized probes to measure moisture and

Daily Network News

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché

Growth capital hard to find for Canadian agri-food

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Canadian Wheat Board CEO Sees Shift In Food Pricing

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

Grain Trade Veterans Flummoxed By Market Reaction

U.S. Producers Boost Major Crop Acreage

2011 Outlook Not Strong For Dry Bean Crops

USDA Deregulates Industrial GE Corn

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

China’s Wheat Crop Hurt By Drought

Canola Futures Slip Despite Industry’s Efforts

Cover Crops Help Manage Moisture, Says Researcher

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