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Demand For U. S. Grains Picking Up

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed future s at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Feb. 12 mixed with weakness in the U. S. futures markets weighing on prices, although it was partially offset by the declining Canadian dollar.
News, Pulses

Encourage Traditional Diets, Symposium Urged

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It’s good to promote health benefits and create new food products with pulses, but don’t forget the traditional ways beans and other pulses have been eaten in culture, an American professor of nutrition told the second annual Pulse Health and Food Symposium. Donna Winham, a professor in the department of nutrition at Arizona State University,
Crops, Pulses

Industry Leader Looks Back On 30 Years Of Bean Industry Growth

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“It’s a great feeling.” – JACK FROESE, MPGA It’s the colour that keeps Jack Froese in the business of growing pulse crops. Just as golden kernels give delight to a corn grower, so the sight of bright-red, white, brown and black beans flowing into a combine hopper inspires Froese. “It’s a great feeling,” he says.
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New Corn Yield Competition Record

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It took 10 years, but a new record yield was set in the 2008 Manitoba Corn Grower Association’s (MCGA) yield competition. Niverville-area farmer Lorne Loeppky’s Pioneer 39D96 yielded 252.95 bushels an acre just barely exceeding the previous record of 252.61 set by Ken and Merley Wiebe in 1998. In 2008, a new record average yield
Cereals, Crops, News

World Wheat Crop A Record In 2008

World wheat output jumped 12.4 per cent in 2008 to 686 million tonnes, driving global cereals output to record highs, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Feb. 12, raising its earlier estimates. But smaller planted areas and bad weather are likely to trigger a fall in output of wheat and other cereals in
Country Crossroads, Pulses

Two Moms Launch Healthy Pea Snack

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“We know that pulses are a very, very healthy food.” – MARGARET HUGHES, CO-OWNER AND SALES MANAGER WI TH BEST COOKING PULSES When the French voyageurs made their arduous journeys across this country’s lakes and rivers, they relied on dried, yellow peas to keep them paddling 14 hours a day. The thick, hearty pea soup
Country Crossroads, Pulses

Pass The Pulses, Not The Gas

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Beans, beans the magical fruit… That schoolyard chant has a ring of truth to it. The scientists call it “the perceived negative consequences of fitting pulses into the diet.” True, lots of beans or any other pulse eaten in one go will very likely have unpleasant after-effects, researchers say. But eaten in moderation, pulses don’t
Cereals, News

U. S., Argentina set for corn export battle

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“Our export estimations will probably have to be adjusted down, considering the effect that the drought is likely to have on production.” – Patricia Bergero, Rosario Grain Exchange The recent surge in U. S. corn sales could end soon as Argentina, the world’s second-largest exporter behind the United States, emerges with a new crop and
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Use At Record Pace, Supply Declining

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Feb. 6 higher, with gains in the U. S. futures markets supporting prices. Canola rallied, as China picked up at least five cargoes and was
Cereals, News

New-Crop Malting Barley Prices Fail To Excite

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Farmers in Western Canada are less than enthusiastic about early new crop malting barley prices. Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. in Alix, Alberta had been offering between $4.25 to $4.50 (farm gate) for 2009-10 malting barley but those prices were met with minimal interest from farmers, said Kevin Sich, the barley manager for the Minnesota-based malt

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