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CWB says ad met its objective

By Laura Rance-Unger February 12, 2013

The chief strategy officer for CWB says the agency stands by its controversial ad depicting a cowgirl stuck on a fence, saying most people like it. “We’ve got more feedback than I ever expected,” said Dayna Spiring about the ad that has been running in farm newspapers in recent weeks. Spiring acknowledged there have been

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Agriculture Canada sees biggest wheat area in 10 years

February 12, 2013

Canadian farmers will plant the biggest wheat area in 10 years in 2013 and slightly less canola, the federal Agriculture Department said in its first planting forecast of the year. Attractive prices and a modest shift away from canola and other crops should entice farmers into planting more wheat, according to the forecast for the

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Efforts to ration demand support canola futures

By Dwayne Klassen February 12, 2013

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform continued its slow but steady upward trek during the week ended Feb. 1. Strength in the futures contract was maintained by the need to ration the tightening canola supply situation in Western Canada. There has not been any kind of let-up in the need to cover

Cereals, News

Former top bureaucrat says driving innovation in agriculture won’t be easy

By Alex Binkley February 12, 2013

Government doesn’t understand the financial risk or the long-term commitment required to turn a bright idea into an innovative product and then bring it to market, says a former senior bureaucrat with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Fostering innovation is one of the centrepieces of the revamped Growing Forward 2 program, and that’s a major change

Cereals, Opinion

Letters, Feb. 7, 2013

February 12, 2013

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Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Adequate snow cover fuels optimism for winter wheat crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 13, 2013

CNSC / Adequate snow cover across much of Western Canada should bode well for the winter wheat crop. However, there are concerns in some areas that the crop wasn’t far enough along before entering dormancy, Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada, said at a recent growers’ meeting in Saskatoon. “I don’t think we’re

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Private-sector investment needed in wheat research

By Alex Binkley February 12, 2013

Wheat research in Canada needs a game-changing development or the crop will become a poor cousin to corn and canola, says Murray Fulton of the University of Saskatchewan. “We need a drastic change in wheat research,” Fulton, chairman at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School, told a conference organized by the Canadian Agriculture Economic Society. Wheat yields

Cereals, Crops, Weather

The rains that come are never enough as U.S. drought persists

By Carey Gillam February 6, 2013

Recent rains have brought some relief to Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, but the U.S. Plains remains tightly gripped by severe drought. The worst-hit areas remain in sad shape, said Brian Fuchs, climatologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “We’re still looking at significant precipitation deficits,” Fuchs said. “We really haven’t seen anything that has changed the

Cereals, Crops, News

Heads starting to roll as Canadian Grain Commission cuts costs

By Allan Dawson February 6, 2013

Around 300 staff are ‘affected’ but officials can’t say how many positions will be declared ‘surplus’

The Canadian Grain Commission is cutting jobs — although the exact number has yet to be determined. About 300 of the agency’s 700 workers are in “impacted positions” and some have already received letters declaring their positions “surplus,” said spokesman Remi Gosselin. “Of the 300 impacted positions, I would say about 230 perform inspection and

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

ICE’s canola futures climb higher on lower loonie

By Dwayne Klassen February 6, 2013

The unexpected downfall in the value of the Canadian dollar helped canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform push upward during the week ended Jan. 25. The weak Canadian unit had the benefit of sparking some aggressive buying from both the domestic and export sectors. As if by cue, there were unconfirmed reports

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

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