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Canada’s wheat customers following registration system debate

By Allan Dawson May 13, 2014

The value of ensuring wheat quality control was underscored a year ago when complaints about weak dough strength came to light, despite Western Canada’s rigorous variety registration system. International customers are less concerned about the dough strength of 2013 crop, but still concerned nonetheless, Dave Hatcher, a research scientist with the Canadian Grain commission’s Grain

Crops

Thorough examination of rail transportation needed: KAP

Long-term solution to sluggish rail transportation may require new infrastructure,  but in the short term, producers should re-evaluate the terms of their operational loans

By Shannon VanRaes February 19, 2014

Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting in Winnipeg called on the federal government to fine the railways for failing to perform as Prairie farm leaders worried creditors will come calling on farmers who can’t sell grain to make loan payments. With many bins still full, and grain bags lying in fields across the Prairies, some producers won’t

Crops

Post office could take a lesson from the seaway

Increased rates, lower volumes accepted by major shippers

By Alex Binkley February 3, 2014

Like Canada Post, the St. Lawrence Seaway is raising its rates in 2014 even though its volume of business dropped during 2013. Unlike the protests that have greeted the post office’s plan to raise stamp prices and reduce service, the seaway’s toll increases have been accepted by shippers and marine carriers. The Seaway Management Corp.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Low canola prices around for a while, Ag Days crowd told

Market analysts Brenda Tjaden Lepp and Larry Weber  delivered a similar bearish outlook

By Allan Dawson January 31, 2014

Don’t expect higher canola prices any time soon, unless bad weather affects production later this year, according to two market analysts who spoke at Ag Days Jan. 21. “Is the party over for canola? I’m sorry, it is for a while,” said Larry Weber of Weber Commodities in Saskatoon. “We’re going to need a drought

Hogs, Livestock

2013 was an up-and-down year for Canada’s pork industry

By Brandon Logan January 13, 2014

It was an up-and-down year for Canada’s pork industry in 2013, as producers were struggling to break even in the first half of the year before posting a strong second half heading into 2014. “I think most producers in December 2012 were looking ahead at 2013 and thinking that it was going to be a

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola exports, domestic crush must slow down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 15, 2013

Old-crop canola futures climbed higher at ICE Futures Canada during the week ended Feb. 8, hitting levels not seen since mid-September before running into profit-taking resistance to the upside. Dwindling stocks in Western Canada are the primary driver in the market, but canola is still only one oilseed among many in the broader market and

News, Oilseeds

Monsanto offers community funds for 2013

January 17, 2013

The Monsanto Fund has announced that is now accepting 2013 applications for its Canada’s Farmers Grow Communities program. It provides farmers with a chance to win $2,500 for a local charitable or not-for-profit group. First offered on a Canada-wide basis in 2012, a total of 58 winners nominated by farmers in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,

Crops, Forages, News

U.S. drought boosts American demand — and prices — for Prairie hay

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 22, 2012

Increased demand from American livestock feeders for Canadian forages should keep domestic prices firm, according to provincial forage specialists. While most of Western Canada has relatively good forage stocks, some areas are short on supply and will face high prices because of U.S. demand fuelled by this year’s drought. Forage prices are generally up by

News

OUR HISTORY: September 1954

October 10, 2012

CCo-operator> editor Quincy Martinson decided to be a little more colourful than usual with prose describing the Dominion Bureau of Statistics crop estimate for Sept. 1954. Our main Sept. 23 headline was “Cosmopolitan home despoiled by vandals,” referring to more than 200 million bushels of wheat that had been robbed from the Prairies that year.

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Western Canada farmland values soar as growers expand

By Rod Nickel September 17, 2012

Western Canadian farmland is soaring in value, as farmers expand their lands and look to cash in on high crop prices, a report by real estate organization RE/MAX said Sept. 10. The price of high-end grain-producing land in southern Saskatchewan has jumped 20 per cent on average from last year to a range of $1,200

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say

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