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Supply management the hot button at ag debate

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CNS Canada — Representatives from Canada’s five main parties met Wednesday in Ottawa to discuss and debate farm policy ranging from risk management to transportation and rural infrastructure ahead of the Oct. 19 federal election. The hot button issue of the debate, however, was Canada’s supply management systems for dairy, poultry and eggs. The topic
Shoe on the other foot? Look for improved grain basis at the elevator this year
Crops, News

Shoe on the other foot? Look for improved grain basis at the elevator this year

It’s a very different situation from two years ago — now grain companies are keen to ‘keep their pipelines moving’

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A bad-news year for crop production is a good year when it comes to basis — and so farmers should be shopping around this harvest, say market analysts. “In general in years when supplies are tight locally or in a region, you would normally expect to see basis levels that are stronger than what you
Crops

Saskatchewan farm groups talk transportation

Transport review won't be complete until after the election

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Saskatoon — Grain transportation should be an election issue, says Cam Goff, chair of the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission, which hosted the Farmers’ Forum on Grain Transportation here Monday along with the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission. The forum coincided with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s announcement in Winnipeg of
A terminal at the Port of Vancouver
Cereals, Comment, Opinion

Desire for grain price control drives G3 port plans

More port capacity will allow grain companies to widen their margins

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G3 has announced it may build a new grain terminal at the West Lynn terminal on the North Shore of Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. G3 is the joint venture of U.S.-based multinational grain company, Bunge Ltd., and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC), owned by the Saudi government. It was given the assets of
grain bins
Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: Captive grain, and captive farmers?

COFCO likley to create waves for the future of grain pricing

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Those who follow livestock markets will know the term “captive cattle” — feedlot cattle owned by the large packers, and which they can use to maintain supply and/or take the pressure off rising open-market prices. In the past that’s led to some U.S. government intervention, such as mandatory reporting of purchases and prices. Recent developments
soybeans
Local news, Oilseeds

Study concludes Manitoba soybean-crushing plant viable

But that’s partly because of market distortions caused by poor rail service and lacking competition

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Poor rail service and a lack of competition contribute to the viability of a 2,000-tonne-per-day soybean-crushing plant in Manitoba, a study prepared for the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG) and Soy 20/20 says. “Indeed, the numbers tell us that if adequate and regular rail service existed in Manitoba then both a Canadian and/or a
Opinion

Editorial: Taking the bus — Malawi style

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I’ve done a lot of things with chicken in my life, mostly related to eating. But sharing a bus with one was a first. When taking the bus in rural Malawi there’s no telling who you might be travelling with. In a country where few can afford a car and one of the few luxuries
Murad Al-Katib.
Crops

CTA review yields early findings

By measuring transportation success by the number of cars delivered, regions farthest from port suffer

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The Canada Transportation Act (CTA) review is still 10 months away from completion, but already some things are becoming apparent. Speaking at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting in Winnipeg, Murad Al-Katib said that it’s clear that the federal government’s attempt to ensure smooth rail transportation has resulted in some new complications. “The words ‘unintended consequences’
Gordon Harrison speaking into a microphone.
Cereals, News

Poor rail service blamed for some Canadian mills closing temporarily after running out of grain

The transportation crisis is hurting domestic grain customers too, says CNMA president Gordon Harrison

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Western Canada’s grain train backlog is hurting the industry’s Canadian customers too with some millers forced to close due to a lack of supply, the president of the Canadian National Millers Association (CNMA) says. “Prolonged interruptions of up to three to four weeks in wheat and oat delivery by rail to mills have literally forced
Men sitting on chairs on a platform.
Crops

Thorough examination of rail transportation needed: KAP

Long-term solution to sluggish rail transportation may require new infrastructure, 
but in the short term, producers should re-evaluate the terms of their operational loans

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Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting in Winnipeg called on the federal government to fine the railways for failing to perform as Prairie farm leaders worried creditors will come calling on farmers who can’t sell grain to make loan payments. With many bins still full, and grain bags lying in fields across the Prairies, some producers won’t

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