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Beef producers are celebrating the end of a U.S. TB testing requirement.

Manitoba scores a win on U.S. TB testing

The USDA will no longer require Manitoba beef and bison producers  to test for TB before export. So what does that mean for the industry?

By Alexis Stockford July 16, 2018

As trade tensions rise between the U.S. and Canada, Manitoba’s beef industry is celebrating the removal of a long-standing irritant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has rolled back testing requirements on bovine tuberculosis for breeding stock, an issue that producers say has hovered over their industry since 1997, when the CFIA downgraded Manitoba’s TB status.

Farmer Darrin Eck with his tractor and cotton planter near Harper, Kansas, May 11, 2018.

Crops, News

King Cotton makes a comeback

U.S. farmers in the southern plains are piling into the textile crop after souring on wheat

By Michael Hirtzer June 13, 2018

Farmers in Kansas and Oklahoma are planting more land with cotton than they have for decades as they ditch wheat, attracted by relatively high cotton prices and the crop’s ability to withstand drought. A 20 per cent increase from last year marks a sharp turnaround for the crop that once dominated the Mississippi Delta into

Lower cattle volumes have helped keep prices well supported at auction.

Livestock Markets, Markets

Cattle prices well supported as volumes drop for summer

Recovery in feeder and fat cattle futures is supportive

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 1, 2018

Activity is slowing down for the summer at cattle yards across Manitoba, although values remain steady for the odds and ends still finding their way to market. A number of cattle yards are already operating at a reduced summer schedule, with sales on a biweekly basis before a complete shutdown in July. Volumes were light

Livestock Markets, Markets

Inventories burdensome on heavier-weight cattle

Recent snowfalls lend to optimism on grass cattle

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 29, 2018

Manitoba’s cattle auctions saw some good numbers move through the rings during the week ended March 23, although prices for heavier-weight animals came under pressure. Roughly 12,000 head were sold at the major auction marts during the week, compared to 13,000 head the previous week. Activity will likely be down during the last week of

Grain Markets, Markets

U.S. soybean stocks ground high-flying canola futures

A dump of snow over the Prairies also put prices in flux

By Dave Sims March 16, 2018

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform soared to their highest levels in months during the week ended March 9, but ultimately fell back to earth after the U.S. Department of Agriculture hiked its estimate for U.S. ending stocks of soybeans. The agency pegged the carry-out at 555 million bushels, about 25 million bushels

Chicago style hot dog with deli mustard and green relish

Cereals, News

Bakers, farmers struggle to make a little dough

A poor crop is wreaking havoc on bakers and creating market opportunities for high-protein wheat

By Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel January 9, 2018

Chicago’s iconic sandwiches — Italian beef heroes dripping with gravy, and hotdogs loaded with pickles and hot peppers — wouldn’t be such culinary institutions without the bread. But this fall, bakers faced a crisis getting the right kind of bread to delis and sandwich shops locally and across the United States. Gonnella Baking Co. —

Employees even out a load of soybeans on a Chinese cargo ship at the Brazilian port of Santos. U.S. farmers say new soybean standards imposed by China will put them at a disadvantage.

News, Oilseeds

Half of U.S. soy exports to China would fall afoul of new rules

U.S. soybeans will likely become more expensive to ship to China as a result

By Michael Hirtzer, Tom Polansek January 9, 2018

Half of U.S. soybeans exported to China this year would not meet Chinese rules for routine delivery in 2018, according to shipping data reviewed by Reuters, signalling new hurdles in the US$14-billion-a-year business. More stringent quality rules, which took effect on Jan. 1, could require additional processing of the U.S. oilseeds at Chinese ports to

Opinion

The input industry championed the three-decade push for all-out production

Planned production reductions would eat into their bottom line, making them an unpopular policy topic

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer January 3, 2018

Why are supply management programs such an anathema to so many people? Part of the reason can be traced to events that took place 34 years ago. Between the 1981 crop year and the 1982 crop year, corn ending stocks increased 1.0 billion bushels (12.2 per cent of production) to 3.5 billion bushels with grain

A good way to minimize food waste this Christmas is concentrating on a few family favourites that always go over well.

Recipe Swap

Cut food waste this holiday season

Prairie Fare: The first step is minimizing leftovers with proper planning and meal preparation 

By Julie Garden-Robinson December 22, 2017

As I peered in our refrigerator the other day, I noticed some small containers with dabs of leftovers that had just reached their “time to toss” phase. I always feel guilty when we throw away food in our home. To help use any extra servings, I eat leftovers almost every day at work. Unfortunately, sometimes

News, Oilseeds

Organization in Canada, China, sign memorandum

Canola Council of Canada touts benefits of canola oil and meal during trade mission to China

By Shannon VanRaes November 30, 2017

The Canola Council of Canada is celebrating a new memorandum of understanding after wrapping up a trade mission to China. Speaking from Beijing, canola council president Jim Everson emphasized the importance of the Chinese market for Canadian canola producers and processors. “We are just at the end of what we think is a very successful

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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