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Canola Stages An Impressive Comeback

By Don Bousquet November 5, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Gr a i n and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Oct. 30 mixed with canola higher and barley lower. Canola prices climbed back after their collapse on the news that China would

Cereals, News

Briefs Continued – for Oct. 29, 2009

October 29, 2009

Drive away hunger: Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Drive Away Hunger program finished the last leg of its annual five-week journey on Oct. 16, with 1,627,617 pounds of food raised for food banks nationwide. Six tractor tours took place in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Regina (where FCC’s corporate office is located) from October

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Uncertainty About Chinese Demand Collapses Canola

By Don Bousquet October 29, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l s e e d prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Oct. 23 mixed. Canola prices plunged on news that China wants canola delivered after Nov. 15 to be free of

Livestock

Genetic Condition May Cause Bee Colony Collapse

By Ron Friesen October 29, 2009

“It won’t get into bees unless IAPV is integrated into them.” – ILAN SELA An Israeli researcher is claiming a possible breakthrough in the hunt for the cause of a mysterious die-off of honeybees in different parts of the world. A genetic predisposition to an obscure virus may make bees vulnerable to another as-yet-unknown agent

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Rally Lagging, More Strength To Come?

By Don Bousquet October 22, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l s e e d prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Oct. 16 higher, with canola lifted by the strength in the Chicago soybean market. Harvesting delays, due to weather, and

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Reports Confirm Larger Crops – for Oct. 8, 2009

By Don Bousquet October 8, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l s e e d prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Oct. 2 mixed, with canola down moderately in the wake of losses in the Chicago soy complex, the advancing harvest,

Cereals, Grain Markets

Ethanol Still Supporting Grain Markets

By Don Bousquet October 1, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 25 lower with modest losses in canola. Canola was pressured down by the advancing harvest, favourable weather, bearish technical signals, slower demand

Crops

U. S. Court Rules Against GM Sugar Beets

October 1, 2009

Afederal U. S. court has ruled in favour of critics of Monsanto Co.’s genetically engineered sugar beets, saying the U. S. government failed to adequately evaluate their environmental and economic risks. The U. S. District Court for the northern district of California ruled that the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Hogs, Livestock

H1N1 Was In Pigs For Years: Study

By Ron Friesen September 24, 2009

“This lineage has been circulating under the radar for the better part of a decade.” – MICHAEL WOROBEY Ever since the H1N1 flu virus emerged earlier this year, pork producers have objected to its commonly used name: swine flu. Producers argue the virus is about people, not pigs, and the term is unfair to themselves

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Reports Suggest Poorer 2009-10 Price Outlook

By Don Bousquet September 17, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 11 lower. Canola was undermined by the weak tone in the Chicago soy complex, the advancing harvest, favourable weather and no significant frost threat.

Daily Network News

Canadian agriculture must be seen as growth sector: Blois

Chicken, eggs benefit from demand for economical protein

Spain detects first swine fever cases outside initial Barcelona outbreak zone

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