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Weather Curbs High-Protein Wheat Supply

By Naveen Thukral December 9, 2010

Unusual harvest rains could turn nearly nine-tenths of Australia’s high-protein milling wheat into poorer-quality feed wheat, further strengthening premiums between the two that are already the highest in at least 15 years. The impact will be felt globally, as Australia was expected to produce a bumper crop to offset a supply squeeze in high-quality wheat

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

StatsCan Boosts Canola And Wheat Estimates

By Rod Nickel December 9, 2010

Canada’s canola output got a bigger-than-expected late-season boost from good weather while wheat crops recovered modestly, Statistics Canada’s final report on the 2010 crop showed last Friday. Too much rain across most of the Prairies, cool weather and untimely frost reduced quality and production potential, but many crops finished well in warm, dry October weather.

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Dec. 2, 2010

By Reuters December 2, 2010

Volatile markets: Wheat values generally dropped $1 to $4 per tonne in the November CWB Pool Return Outlook (PRO). The exception is No. 1 CWRS 14.5, No. 1 CWSWS and feed wheat, which have all increased slightly from October. Durum is up between $1 and $6 per tonne. Malting barley is down $7. The board

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Traders Begin To Focus On Wheat Prospects For 2011

By MarketsFarm Team December 2, 2010

Canola futures on the ICE Canada trading platform were little changed during the week ended November 26. Some fractional advances were seen in the nearby contracts while the more deferred values experienced some minor losses. The general upward momentum seen in CBOT soybean and soyoil values provided a firm floor for canola, as did the

Cereals, Crops

Boosts Approved For CWB Initial Payments

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 26, 2010

Prairie wheat and barley growers’ initial 2010- 11 payments from the Canadian Wheat Board will see adjustments effective this week by as much as $90 per tonne for the highest-protein spring wheat. The increases, effective Dec. 2, will mean adjustment payments for Prairie farmers who will have delivered wheat, durum and barley to the CWB

Cereals, Crops, News

Ethanol Plants Accepting More Wheat

By Brent Harder November 25, 2010

Western Canadian wheat producers have seen an increase in demand from ethanol plants, thanks to more feed wheat in the commercial system. Jake Davidson, executive manager of Winter Cereals Canada in Minnedosa, said ethanol plants have been much more willing to take wheat this year. “I’m seeing an increase in usage in Manitoba,” Davidson said.

Cereals, Crops, News

Russia Needs 80-Million-Tonne Crop

By Aleksandras Budrys November 25, 2010

Russia will need to reap at least 80 million tonnes of grain in the 2011-12 crop year to cover domestic needs, Arkday Zlochevsky, president of powerful grain lobby the Russian Grain Union, said Nov. 18. Russia, formerly the world’s third-largest wheat exporter, was hit by its worst drought in over a century this summer. As

Cereals, Crops, News, Pulses

A – for Nov. 25, 2010

By Rod Nickel November 25, 2010

price spike in grains will reverse some acreage gains by legumes in Western Canada next year, but over the long term, the shift to crops like lentils will persist, a leading legume exporter says. Rising demand for protein in developing countries underpins the outlook for legumes, as for grains and fertilizer. But lentils, chickpeas and

Country Crossroads

As Usual Moderation Is The Key

By Julie Garden-Robinson November 25, 2010

Who can resist the aroma, texture and flavour of fresh-baked bread? Unfortunately, bread sometimes has been viewed as a villain in the world of weight management and weight loss. Some fad diets completely cut out grains and lots of nutrients in the process. Can we gain weight by regularly eating more calories from bread than

Crops

Good Corn Yields And Quality

By Allan Dawson November 18, 2010

Manitoba corn yields and quality are believed to be higher than average this year, in part because of better weather, but also because of improved varieties. And the quest for even better corn hybrids for Manitoba is getting a boost from a new research project involving corn growers in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada

Daily Network News

Wheat breeding system no longer works, Canadian Wheat Research Coalition report says

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché

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