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New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

January 27, 2012

Traders took a cautious approach to new IntercontinentalExchange grain futures and options contracts introduced Jan. 23 as the exchange looked to capitalize on the approaching end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly. ICE Futures Canada, based in Winnipeg, launched new milling wheat, durum and barley contracts for delivery in October and later, after the wheat

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Argentina revamps wheat policy

By Hugh Bronstein January 27, 2012

Argentina’s new wheat export system promises to spur output from the grains-producing powerhouse at a time when farmers are hurting from dry weather and the government needs more foreign currency. The administration of recently re-elected President Cristina Fernandez will scrap incremental export quotas in a bid to improve prices for farmers by boosting competition among

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Manitoba agriculture minister supports the return of CWB assets to producers

By Shannon VanRaes January 27, 2012

If Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) assets are sold, the money should be returned to producers, says Ron Kostyshyn, the province’s newly minted minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives. “The sacrifice of two cents on a bushel of wheat, historically… was put into some type of investment for the betterment of grain transportation,” he told

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Co-operating with its competitors

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2012

Attendance was down at the annual Canadian Wheat Board breakfast at Ag Days this year, but the farmers who came were encouraged by what they heard. “That just made my day. Now we have a choice,” said Jake Hofer, a wheat producer from Treesbank Colony after listening to a presentation by Gord Flaten, the board’s

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Monitor open market, Goodale says

By Allan Dawson January 24, 2012

The new open wheat and barley market promised for western Canadian farmers starting Aug. 1 should be monitored by an independent institution so the findings can help guide future policies, says Saskatchewan Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. “Unless you start working on this right now from the beginning and follow it through from Day 1 you

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New twist in wheat board legal battle

By Allan Dawson January 24, 2012

The battle over the future of the Canadian Wheat Board has moved off the farm, out of the parliamentary chambers and into the courts. Two new court actions were launched early in the new year, including a class-action lawsuit claiming $15.4 billion is owed to farmers upon the dismantling of Canadian Wheat Board assets. “The

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Market steady, but uncertainty ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Commodity prices may have peaked in 2011, ProFarmer analyst Mike Jubinville told farmers attending the St. Jean Farm Days. “My gut feeling right now is that the heights have already come in,” Jubinville told producers. “It’s not that I’m feeling bearish about the marketplace going into 2012, personally I think that there is going to

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Wheat growers want no-cost buybacks to get grain moving

By Allan Dawson, Daniel Winters January 25, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has pledged to push the Canadian Wheat Board for no-cost buybacks for farmers who want to pre-empt the open market expected Aug. 1. Ritz told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association meeting in Moose Jaw last week he would push for such an arrangement or changes to producer pricing options during

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India grain stocks sharply higher

January 24, 2012

New Delhi / Reuters India’s Jan. 1 wheat stocks at government warehouses were 25.7 million tonnes, more than three times the official target for the quarter ending Mar. 31 government sources said Jan. 9. Rice inventory for the same period was 29.8 million tonnes against a target of 11.8 million tonnes. The wheat target was

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Ritz confident C-18 will win legal nod

By Daniel Winters January 24, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz declared the battle for “marketing freedom” all but won in front of a friendly crowd at the 42nd annual Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association convention. Noting that Bill C-18, the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act, received royal assent on Dec. 15, Ritz cited the “supremacy of Parliament” as meaning that

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New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

Argentina revamps wheat policy

Manitoba agriculture minister supports the return of CWB assets to producers

Co-operating with its competitors

Monitor open market, Goodale says

New twist in wheat board legal battle

Market steady, but uncertainty ahead

Wheat growers want no-cost buybacks to get grain moving

India grain stocks sharply higher

Ritz confident C-18 will win legal nod

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