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Record world wheat stocks to offset South American drought

By Charles Abbott March 5, 2012

World wheat stocks will swell to a record this year and corn supplies will be larger than expected despite a crop-withering drought in South America, the U.S. government forecast Feb. 9. India will post a record rice crop of 102 million tonnes, up two million tonnes from a January estimate, due to beneficial monsoons and

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Crop disease expert shares lessons learned from 2011

By Daniel Winters February 15, 2012

Last year’s flooding may have been bad news for canola growers, but there may be a bright side. Studies have found that flooding results in reduced sclerotia inoculum present in the soil because the fungal spores rot under wet conditions. “Although sclerotia are built to withstand harsh conditions, if you have enough flooding in an

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Port group to close as CWB monopoly ends

By Rod Nickel February 15, 2012

The 103-year-old organization that co-ordinates shipments through Canada’s two biggest grain-shipping ports is winding down, saying it may not be needed once the Canadian Wheat Board loses its monopoly. The Winnipeg-based Canadian Ports Clearance Association (CPCA) will cease operations this summer on Aug. 31, one month after the wheat board loses control over Western Canada’s

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It’s today’s price, not the future price

February 15, 2012

Stirling Moss, a famous racing driver of the 1950s, once said that the male of the human species will admit to not being good at just about anything except being a good driver or a good lover. If we are talking about some of the grain farmer subspecies, we might add a third skill, that

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Recipe Swap: Seeds for a Canadian diet

By Lorraine Stevenson February 15, 2012

I’ve been thinking about the concept of a “Canadian diet” lately, and what foods and ingredients might such a diet emphasize. Fiddleheads? Bacon? Butter tarts? I doubt it. A Canadian diet can’t possibly be a defined menu of select ingredients or chosen dishes in a multicultural society such as ours. Rather, what I’ve come to

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Checks and balances needed, post-CWB

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

With the end of single-desk grain marketing in sight, producers and farm organizations are focusing on filling in the gaps and supporting a stable transition to an open market. “There are more questions than answers,” said Don Dewar, chairman of an ad hoc Keystone Agricultural Producers committee looking at issues grain producers will face in

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Russian traders fear resumed export restrictions

By Melissa Akin February 15, 2012

Prices for Russian export wheat jumped again last week as traders confronted bare elevators in Russia’s southern export regions and hesitated to buy grain inland for export, fearing export duties could be imposed and stop it leaving Russia. Traders and analysts believe Russia’s government, which has said Russia should export no more than 23 million

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Study determines effect of global warming on wheat yields

By David Fogarty February 15, 2012

Extreme heat can cause wheat crops to age faster and reduce yields, a U.S.-led study shows, underscoring the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population as the world warms. Scientists and farmers have long known that high heat can hurt some crops and the Stanford University-led study, released on Jan. 30, revealed how the damage

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World briefs, Feb. 2

February 15, 2012

Chinese premier favours modernization over grain imports beijing / reuters / China must push forward with modernizing agricultural technology as it faces increasing difficulty in meeting local food demand, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a recent essay. “The fundamental way out is to enhance the construction of modern agriculture to boost the complex agricultural productivity

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Traders feel out ICE’s new wheat, barley contracts

By Dwayne Klassen February 15, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted small to modest advances during the week ended Jan. 27. Most of the buying interest was concentrated in the deferred values, where concerns about dry growing conditions during the spring and summer on the Prairies fuelled some of the strength. The strong export lineup at

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Tag Archives Wheat

Record world wheat stocks to offset South American drought

Crop disease expert shares lessons learned from 2011

Port group to close as CWB monopoly ends

It’s today’s price, not the future price

Checks and balances needed, post-CWB

Russian traders fear resumed export restrictions

Study determines effect of global warming on wheat yields

World briefs, Feb. 2

Traders feel out ICE’s new wheat, barley contracts

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