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U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 4, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around during the week ended July 29, the last week of the 2010- 11 crop year, but managed to post small declines overall amid improving weather conditions and global economic uncertainty. On the year, canola futures are up over $220 per tonne from where they were at the close

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Council’s Promotion Funds Doubled

By Allan Dawson August 4, 2011

The Canola Council of Canada will have twice as much money to promote Canadian canola oil and meal exports this year thanks to $1.16 million from the federal government’s AgriMarketing program. “It enhances our ability to work in our existing markets, but it also frees up dollars to allow us to investigate and look at

News

Exporting To India Not Without Challenges

By Natasha Tersigni April 7, 2011

India is emerging as an attractive market for Canadian agricultural exports, but there are a few hurdles to keep in mind, participants in a recent business forum were told. While the rest of the world is struggling to spring back from a recession, India’s projected growth for 2011-12 is 8.75 per cent to 9.25 per

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Crop Seen Up If Water Holds Back

By Rod Nickel January 27, 2011

Canada’s farmers will likely harvest more canola this year to cash in on high prices, but flooding is possible in Saskatchewan and will be a key factor, the head of the main canola industry group said Jan. 18. Canola, soybean and rapeseed prices are trading around two-to three-year highs, giving farmers ample reason to seed

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Chart Ends Year As A Hockey Stick

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 23, 2010

Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform are definitely much stronger exiting 2010 than they were going into the year. Anyone making a “Top 10” list of the reasons for that strength would likely cite the adverse weather conditions across the Canadian Prairies first and foremost, but strong demand, activity in outside markets

Crops

Western Canada’s Vegetable Oil Ontario-Bound

By Brent Harder October 28, 2010

Producers in Western Canada will once again be able to ship vegetable oil products to Ontario, after the Alberta government successfully challenged Ontario policies that restricted their sale to the province, according to a release from the Vegetable Oil Industry of Canada. The release said a panel under the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) determined

Opinion

The $40-Billion Potash Pie – for Sep. 2, 2010

By Alan Guebert September 2, 2010

American farmers hardly noticed when, in mid- August, news broke that Australian-based BHP Billiton was willing to pay nearly $40 billion for the world’s largest fertilizer producer, Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp. The disinterest was honest; after all, who was BHP Billiton and what did it want with a Canadian fertilizer firm in the steady, if not dull,

Country Crossroads

Recipe contributors from across southwestern Manitoba helped put together Hope Floats

June 24, 2010

RECIPE SWAP Every time this group of women gathers they ask for “The Chew?” It’s a can’t-be-missed peanut butter concoction one of them always brings whenever they get together. “The Chew” is also recognized as the “official goodie” of this dozen to 15 women from southwestern Manitoba who each year participate in the Canadian Cancer

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Recipe Swap – for May. 27, 2010

By Ach Food Companies, Inc. May 27, 2010

Outdoor work builds up big appetites this time of year, just as most of us have the least amount of time to cook. Meanwhile, first-of-the-season garden vegetables like asparagus, green onions, and rhubarb (and yes, rhubarb is a vegetable) beg for special recipes to enjoy them to the max. Here’s a mix of recipes from

News, Oilseeds

French Firms Pull The Plug On Palm Oil

By Sybille De La Hamaide April 15, 2010

French firms have stepped up restrictions on the use of palm oil, decried for being linked to deforestation in Asia, in a move that may boost demand for local oils. But some warned it could raise new food and land problems. The debate about palm oil’s impact on the environment has intensified after green groups

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures climb on technical trading, rising wholesale prices

U.S. grains: Soybeans regain ground on slowed South American harvest

Agriculture Canada expects farmers to plant more canola, less pulses in 2026/27

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U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

Canola Council’s Promotion Funds Doubled

Exporting To India Not Without Challenges

Canola Crop Seen Up If Water Holds Back

Canola Chart Ends Year As A Hockey Stick

Western Canada’s Vegetable Oil Ontario-Bound

The $40-Billion Potash Pie – for Sep. 2, 2010

Recipe Swap – for May. 27, 2010

French Firms Pull The Plug On Palm Oil

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