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News From Eastern Europe Sparks Wheat-Buying Frenzy – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Mike Jubinville August 12, 2010

ICE Futures Canada canola futures continued to break into new bullish territory during the week ended Aug. 6, with the most actively traded November contract gaining $10 to close at a fresh contract high of $469 per tonne. Winnipeg canola futures picked up technical momentum on price charts this week. Talk of fresh export demand

Livestock

End Is Nigh For Summer Lull In Marketings – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Brent Harder August 12, 2010

“We’re probably a week or two away from higher volumes.” – Robin Hill, Heartland Livestock Services, Virden There was some good news for cattle producers this week, as prices saw a slight increase during the week ending Aug. 6. “The yearlings came out a little stronger that expected,” said Robin Hill, manager of Heartland Livestock

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

News From Eastern Europe Sparks Wheat-Buying Frenzy – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Mike Jubinville August 12, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada canola futures continued to break into new bullish territory during the week ended Aug. 6, with the most actively traded November contract gaining $10 to close at a fresh contract high of $469 per tonne. Winnipeg canola

Forages, Livestock, News

Hemp For Livestock – for Aug. 5, 2010

By Daniel Winters August 5, 2010

How does hemp fit in with grazing and livestock? Surprisingly, the plant with 50,000 uses can work for a few more, according to MAFRI diversification specialist Keith Watson. Hemp meal, the leftover mush from squeezing the grain for oil, can be fed to cattle. High in essential omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, it is also

Beef cattle, Livestock

Larger Feed Crops Seen Boosting Feeder Prices – for Aug. 5, 2010

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 5, 2010

The cattle on offer at Manitoba’s cattle auction yards during the week ended July 30 were generally holding firm, although volumes remain seasonally light moving through the quiet summer months. “We saw some large groups of heavyweight yearlings off the grass move this week,” said Rick Wright, a cattle buyer with the Heartland Order Buying

Opinion

Letters – for Jul. 29, 2010

July 29, 2010

When I hear the words “natural ham” on a TV commercial, images of small numbers of pigs rooting in straw and green pastures, snoring under the shade of a tree on a warm summer day, cooling off in a wallow or romping around playing tag comes to mind. Images of my family’s farm. Healthy, happy

Livestock

Sales Volumes Down Due To Haying Season – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 29, 2010

Ac t i v – ity at the Manitoba cattle auction yards still in operation over the slow summer period held relatively steady during the week ended July 23, with values holding firm but numbers at their seasonally normal low levels. “Numbers have slowed down quite a bit, and right now everyone is trying to

Livestock, News

Major Revision Possible For AgriStability

By Ron Friesen July 22, 2010

Canada’s key agricultural safety net program may undergo a redesign to make it more acceptable to a majority of producers who say it isn’t working for them. Agriculture ministers could consider turning AgriStability into something resembling an income insurance program without the highly unpopular financial margins underpinning it. The idea is only one of many

Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Wet Pastures, Bugs Slow Livestock Gains

By Amanda Lefley July 22, 2010

– Todd Wallace “Instead of being out there grazing and breeding, they are standing around in a little circle trying to fight the bugs.” Cattle producers in Manitoba can expect to buy feed come fall because cur rent pas ture conditions are limiting the weight gains, according to industry officials. During the week ended July

Livestock

EU Moves To Relax BSE Feed Rules

July 22, 2010

The European Union could lift a ban on the use of animal protein in pig and poultry feed – imposed in 2001 as part of efforts to fight mad cow disease – under plans published by the bloc’s executive July 16. The idea is one of several moves to relax EU measures against bovine spongiform

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News From Eastern Europe Sparks Wheat-Buying Frenzy – for Aug. 12, 2010

End Is Nigh For Summer Lull In Marketings – for Aug. 12, 2010

News From Eastern Europe Sparks Wheat-Buying Frenzy – for Aug. 12, 2010

Hemp For Livestock – for Aug. 5, 2010

Larger Feed Crops Seen Boosting Feeder Prices – for Aug. 5, 2010

Letters – for Jul. 29, 2010

Sales Volumes Down Due To Haying Season – for Jul. 29, 2010

Major Revision Possible For AgriStability

Wet Pastures, Bugs Slow Livestock Gains

EU Moves To Relax BSE Feed Rules

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