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Weather Becoming Market Focus

By Don Bousquet April 16, 2009

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 April 9 mainly lower. Canola saw small losses, undermined by slowing demand and the large available canola supplies still on-farm in Western Canada. Canola declined

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FDA Tries To Get Ahead Of Food Recalls

By Maggie Fox April 16, 2009

Not a single person was diagnosed with food poisoning, but the U. S. Food and Drug Administration made the move anyway – on March 31 it announced a nationwide recall of pistachios after salmonella was found in one producer’s 2008 crop. Since then, recall announcements have come daily, for a total of 290 so far.

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

USDA Report Improves Market Outlook

By Don Bousquet April 9, 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 futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended April 3 mixed, with canola up and barley down in an active week. Canola was lifted by gains in the U. S. soy

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Suspicion Over Argentine Data Fans Farming Tensions

By Nicolas Misculin April 9, 2009

Missing government data on Argentina’s multibillion-dollar farming s ector is causing increasing frustration for farmers and grain traders in the agricultural powerhouse. Argentina is a top world supplier of soy, wheat, corn and beef but its farming industry is having to use private estimates as routine data from harvest forecasts to corn sales are pulled

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Truth Stranger Than April Fool’s Fiction

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 2, 2009

It had to happen. Employment on grain farms has been under threat from high-tech GPS apparatus such as driverless tractors, but you’d think that the cowboy’s job would be secure. No longer. A “virtual fence” system for cattle herds, developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS), may soon be marketed

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Can Old-Crop Canola Be Facing $7.50 A Bushel?

By Don Bousquet April 2, 2009

Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg c losed the week ended March 27 lower, with losses in the Chicago market and the firm Canadian dollar weighing on values. Canola posted small losses as sluggish export demand also weighed on prices. China has indicated its canola buying in April will fall to

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Ethanol Mandate May Not Boost Corn

By Sam Nelson March 26, 2009

The Obama administration’s call March 10 for an increase in the amount of ethanol to be used in gasoline in the United States is a positive sign for corn growers but it probably will not boost seedings or corn prices this year. “It’s pretty good news for corn growers and will at least keep farmers

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Old-Crop Oilseeds Still Look Good, $10 Canola Uncertain

By Don Bousquet March 19, 2009

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 March 13 mixed, with canola down and Western barley higher. Canola was pressured down by a slower pace to demand and the fact that recent

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No Smoking Gun For CCD

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

For the past three years, a mysterious die-off of honeybees in the U. S. has gripped public attention and led to fascinating theories about its origin. Suggested causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD) included pesticides, diseases, changing weather patterns, inadequate nutrition, environmental stress and plain overwork. Some blamed radio waves from cellphones for causing bees

Crops, Oilseeds

Drought Hurts Argentine Corn And Soy Crops

March 12, 2009

Lack of rain will cut Argentina’s 2008-09 soy output 10 per cent from the previous season to 41.7 million tonnes, according to a special report from the Rosario Grains Exchange March 3. Corn production in the South American country will be down 36 per cent in the 2008-09 season to 14 million tonnes, the report

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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Weather Becoming Market Focus

FDA Tries To Get Ahead Of Food Recalls

USDA Report Improves Market Outlook

Suspicion Over Argentine Data Fans Farming Tensions

Truth Stranger Than April Fool’s Fiction

Can Old-Crop Canola Be Facing $7.50 A Bushel?

Ethanol Mandate May Not Boost Corn

Old-Crop Oilseeds Still Look Good, $10 Canola Uncertain

No Smoking Gun For CCD

Drought Hurts Argentine Corn And Soy Crops

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