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U.S. production prospects drag on canola values

U.S. wheat’s corrective bounce is unlikely to stick

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 22, 2015

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced up and down within a relatively narrow range during the week ended May 14, but finished right around where they started as the uncertainty of this year’s North American crop kept some caution in the market. After waiting for a spring rally that never came, attention must now turn

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 3

Conditions as of May 18, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development May 19, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Provincially, seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 72 per cent complete. By region, seeding is 70 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 70 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 70 to 85 per cent complete in the Central Region, 75 per cent complete in the Eastern Region and 55 to 65

Crops

Streamlined crop registration system approved

Gerry Ritz says quality control inherent in the current system will continue

By Allan Dawson May 19, 2015

Proposed changes to Canada’s crop variety registration system could take effect before year’s end or early in 2016 via order-in-council, federal officials say. The reforms will streamline the process and ensure red tape doesn’t delay or prevent farmers from getting new and improved varieties, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told the Canadian Global Crops Symposium here

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola trade seen remaining choppy until seeding done

U.S. corn, soy and wheat will keep trading on the weather

By Terryn Shiells May 15, 2015

The ICE Futures Canada canola market started off the week ending May 8 with a bang, seeing gains of nearly C$10 per tonne on Monday (May 4). But that’s where the excitement ended. The following days were all pretty uneventful, with quiet activity that led to prices chopping around within a fairly narrow range. Some

Cereals, News

New interim wheat class coming for Faller, Prosper, Elgin-ND

Market potential will be studied before its made permanent. In the meantime the CGC will strengthen the quality specifications for the CWRS and CPSR classes

By Allan Dawson May 15, 2015

Changes are coming to Western Canada’s milling wheat classes along with some additional study and more industry feedback, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) announced May 8. After consulting the grain sector earlier this year the CGC has decided to introduce a new interim milling wheat class to take effect Aug. 1 and continue until at

Our History

Requests for Ottawa to take over grain terminals

Our History: May 1909

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 14, 2015

This ad from the May 1909 The Grain Growers’ Guide offered Brandon-manufactured windmills ranging in price from $60 to $160. In 1908, the Nor-West Farmer had been purchased by the Grain Growers’ Grain Company (later United Grain Growers) and had become the official “organ” for the organization. Much of the May issue was devoted to

Cereals, Opinion

Canada’s wheat yield gains compare well to world

In Manitoba from 2000 to 2012, wheat yield gains outpaced  those for canola 

By Dave Yanko May 13, 2015

There have been opinions expressed in the media claiming the rate of yield gain for wheat in Western Canada is low compared to that of the rest of the world. However, a survey of the data suggests that’s not the case. Rob Graf, a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre, says

Cereals, Local news

NDSU warns Elgin wheat sales could be in violation of breeders rights

Some U.S. seedsmen may be approaching Canadians to sell them certified Elgin-ND seed

By Allan Dawson May 13, 2015

FP Genetics is the only legal source for Elgin-ND pedigreed seed in Canada and this spring all its seed is going to Western Canadian seed growers to produce certified seed for commercial production in 2016. Those who try to get seed from American suppliers are breaking plant breeders’ rights laws and face heavy penalties, warns

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 2

Conditions as of May 10, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development May 11, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 55 per cent complete. Seeding is 40 to 50 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 35 to 40 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 70 to 80 per cent complete in the Central Region, 70 per cent complete in the Eastern Region and

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola, soy poised to become ‘weather’ markets

The U.S. avian flu outbreak could cut feed demand

By Terryn Shiells May 7, 2015

The ICE Futures Canada canola market had an up-and-down week, with very quiet activity some days. Overall, prices were down compared to the week prior due to weakness in outside oilseed markets. Strength seen in the Canadian currency earlier in the week was also a bearish force for canola, though it started to lose some

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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