Pasta Salad

Here’s a tasty pasta recipe provided to us this week by Helen Koal of Cromer, Man. Helen writes that this recipe has served her family well for over 50 years! 1 red pepper, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 cucumber or 1/2 English cucumber 3 finely chopped onions 2 diced tomatoes

Grain Markets Turning Friendly Despite Flu

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 May 1 higher, with gains in the U. S. markets giving a boost to Winnipeg prices. The gains, however, were offset by a rally in


Send Recipes Or Recipe Requests To: – for Mar. 26, 2009

RECIPE SWAP Right now, spring is everywhere – somewhere else. Don’t you feel a bit cheated to know the world’s turning pale green and pastel in other, warmer places, while here winter seems to hang on and on and on? Still, we can’t help feel it’s already spring here too, by many measures. One of

Canola looks good for 2009-10, but not as good as 2008-09

DON BOUSQUET It’s Your Business 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 Jan. 23 mixed, with canola pressured down by increased farmer selling, a firmer Canadian dollar and weakness in the Chicago



India considers oil import tax

India is considering to tax vegetable oil imports to protect the domestic industry from a slump in prices and lift a ban on exports, the farm minister said Oct. 19. Sharad Pawar also said the government would consider scrapping an export tax of 8,000 rupees (US$162.30) per tonne on basmati rice. “Global edible oil prices