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Trader sees Ukraine grain exports soaring by 2019

April 15, 2012

Ukraine harvested a record 56.7 million tonnes of grain in 2011 and the yield stood at 3.7 tonnes per hectare

Reuters / Ukraine could increase its grain exports to about 35 million tonnes by 2019 from about 20 million in the current season by boosting both the sowing area and yields, a large foreign grain trading house said March 14. Ivan Miroshnichenko, Black Sea regional director for Noble Resources Ukraine, told an international agricultural business

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Canada barley trade losing ground to Argentina

By Rod Nickel April 15, 2012

Reuters / Canada’s barley exports have dwindled to a fraction of their former might, as Argentina muscles in on trade and domestic cattle feedlots offer farmers better prices than exporters. Through March 25, Canada was on pace for exports of 1.3 million tonnes in 2011-12 similar to the past two marketing years, according to Canadian Grain

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North Dakota wheat and durum acreage to rise

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 15, 2012

Improved planting conditions will allow North Dakota farmers to seed more spring wheat and durum this spring, but corn will likely steal away potential acres. “Obviously (wheat) acres will be higher, just because so much was not planted last year,” said Jim Peterson, marketing director with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. Five million acres of

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Japan to import less food wheat in 2012-13

By Risa Maeda April 15, 2012

Reuters / Japan, the world’s fifth-biggest wheat importer, plans to buy 6.5 per cent less foreign food wheat in the year to March 2013 in anticipation of higher local production, helped by government initiatives to lift food self-sufficiency. A panel of experts approved a plan March 28 by the Ministry of Agriculture to buy 4.78 million

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Latest seeding estimates add another 600,000 acres for canola

April 15, 2012

Reuters / Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has slightly raised its forecast for canola plantings, while trimming its wheat estimate. Dry conditions heading into planting season are expected to boost plantings of most major crops, after flooding wiped out millions of acres last year. The latest estimate pegs canola acreage at nearly 20.4 million acres, up

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By Darya Korsunskaya April 15, 2012

Russia soon to be world’s No. 2 wheat exporter in 2011-12 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said March 28 that Russia could export almost as much grain in the coming crop year or even match the 27-million-tonne level forecast for 2011-12, when exports have been running at record levels. Russian grain exports are expected to reach

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Ian White says CWB sees farmers as its “natural shareholders”

By Allan Dawson April 15, 2012

As the Canadian Wheat Board inches towards privatization, the debate has begun whether it will be farmers or the likes of Cargill that ultimately own the assets. The latter has not even raised the idea with the board, CWB president and CEO Ian White said at a recent producers’ meeting. “There’s been no discussion of

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Pre-seeding risk premium being built into canola

By Dwayne Klassen April 15, 2012

The nearby May and July canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered some minor declines during the week ended April 5, while the remainder of the futures saw small to modest advances. Profit-taking sparked some of the losses in the two nearby futures, as did an increase in hedge selling by grain

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Former CWB directors appealing Queen’s Bench decision

By Allan Dawson April 15, 2012

Eight former farmer-elected Canadian Wheat Board directors are appealing Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Shane Perlmutter’s Feb. 24 decision not to protect the board’s single desk while the courts determine the legality of a federal law killing it. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is asking why the directors don’t “move on,” but the directors contend

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Budget pushes CGC changes

By Allan Dawson April 7, 2012

The Canadian Grain Commission, grain industry watchdog and wheat quality guardian for 100 years this month, won’t be financed by taxpayers after 2014. Last week’s federal budget included $44 million to help the commission transition to full self-sufficiency over the next two years. The federal government also plans to reintroduce legislation to “modernize” the commission.

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Tag Archives Wheat

Trader sees Ukraine grain exports soaring by 2019

Canada barley trade losing ground to Argentina

North Dakota wheat and durum acreage to rise

Japan to import less food wheat in 2012-13

Latest seeding estimates add another 600,000 acres for canola

Ian White says CWB sees farmers as its “natural shareholders”

Pre-seeding risk premium being built into canola

Former CWB directors appealing Queen’s Bench decision

Budget pushes CGC changes

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