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Farmers march on the Manitoba Legislature

Our History: October 1991

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 15, 2015

Some said more than 10,000, others 7,000 to 8,000, but one way or another, a lot of farmers showed up at a rally at the Manitoba legislature on Oct. 9, 1991. They then marched down Portage Avenue to Portage and Main, receiving many waves and signs of encouragement from city dwellers along the route. The

(Photo courtesy General Mills via Flickr)

Cereals, Crops

Gluten-free Cheerios recall not for Canada

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 8, 2015

Gluten-free Cheerios or Honey Nut Cheerios in bilingual English-French packaging aren’t affected by a recent recall over undeclared wheat ingredients, the cereal’s manufacturer says. General Mills Canada said Wednesday that the products it sells in Canada aren’t included in the recall announced Tuesday in the U.S. General Mills recalled several days of production of Cheerios

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Hogs, Markets

Dawson: Ag exporters applaud historic TPP deal

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News October 5, 2015

Export-oriented Canadian farmers are giving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement reached in Atlanta on Monday two thumbs up. The deal, which remains to be debated in Canada’s House of Commons and could take more than a year to be ratified by all 12 member countries, will see tariffs on Canadian products in those markets eliminated

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Prairies’ harvest a tale of two wheat crops

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 1, 2015

CNS Canada — Prairie farmers are in the final stages of harvesting the 2015 wheat crop, and while yields continue to beat earlier expectations, there’s a distinct quality difference between crops harvested early and those harvested late. “In our country, all of the grain was top grade, but anything that was left out at this

Cereals, News

Selling Canadian wheat

Expand Canada's brand beyond CWRS

By Allan Dawson October 1, 2015

Canada needs to do better at serving traditional markets with high-quality wheat while expanding its ability to serve developing markets, a study commissioned by grain industry groups says. Consistent quality and high-protein wheats have allowed Canada to overcome its freight disadvantage in premium wheat markets around the world, but Canadian exports are less competitive in key

(Tkeban Jahannes photo courtesy AtlantaGa.gov via Flickr)

Markets

Producer groups lobby for TPP deal in Atlanta

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 29, 2015

Several Canadian grain and livestock commodity groups have representatives in Atlanta this week pressing for federal negotiators to keep Canada in play on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trade ministers from the 12 TPP countries — also including the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam — are meeting in

Crops

Iran cancels import duties on wheat, barley

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 22, 2015

Dubai/Moscow | Reuters — Iran has canceled import duties it imposed on wheat and barley in July, according to an official document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The document said the import duties ended on Sept. 6 for wheat and on Aug. 22 for barley. It gave no reason for the cancellation. The Iranian government

John De Pape discussed the cash grain price service he is working on for the Alberta Wheat Commission during the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ General Council meeting in April.

Crops, Grain Markets, News

Cash grain price service up and running

More information is coming

By Allan Dawson September 17, 2015

Economists agree key to a successful open grain market is, well, openness, which includes easy access to accurate market information such as cash prices. To that end the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) launched the first phase of its free, new web-based Crop Data and Price Reporting initiative Sept. 8. Price & Data Quotes (PDQ) aims

Our History

Soviet tractor sales and plugged grain terminals

Our History: September 1985

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 17, 2015

In tiny print at the bottom, this ad for Belarus tractors in our Sept. 12, 1985 issue hoped to influence farmers by noting that they were manufactured in the USSR, Canada’s largest grain customer. Soviet sales had been a bit slow and a front-page story reported on plugged terminals and slow shipments through Thunder Bay,

Crops, News

Shoe on the other foot? Look for improved grain basis at the elevator this year

It’s a very different situation from two years ago — now grain companies are keen to ‘keep their pipelines moving’

By Jeff Melchior September 16, 2015

A bad-news year for crop production is a good year when it comes to basis — and so farmers should be shopping around this harvest, say market analysts. “In general in years when supplies are tight locally or in a region, you would normally expect to see basis levels that are stronger than what you

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

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