CDC Falcon Will Remain In CWRW Class A Little Longer

CDC Falcon, Manitoba s most popular winter wheat will remain in the Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat class until at least Aug. 1, 2014. The announcement from the Canadian Grain Commission was no surprise. When we first announced that certain CWRW varieties were moving to the CWGP (Canada Western General Purpose) class in 2013,


Russia Steps Up New Crop Wheat Exports

moscow/reuters Russia s powerful grain lobby, the Russian Grain Union, raised its forecast for the country s exports on a better- than-expected crop, but warned that prices may fall towards the end of the year due to competition from other Black Sea states. The lobby now estimates Russia s grain exports in the current 2011-12

2011 Harvest Nearing The Finish Line

Southwest Region Rainfall was general with amounts ranging from 10 to 20 mm. The precipitation was welcome in most areas. Harvest is almost complete. Spring cereal and oilseed acres were down due to wet conditions in the spring. Yields and quality for wheat, barley, oats, winter wheat, fall rye, canola, and flax were average. Sunflower


Transition Report Rejects Regulation

Let the market work. That s what the working group on the transition to an open market and voluntary Canadian Wheat Board Aug. 1, 2012 advises Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in its report released Sept. 28. The government should let the open market function and intervene only where necessary to address actual market failures, the

Can Ritz Deliver On His Promises?

The federal government has promised western Canadian farmers they can have the Canadian Wheat Board and an open market too. Most farmers assume the only major change to the wheat board will be the loss of its monopoly over the sale of western Canadian wheat and barley destined for export or domestic human consumption. The


OUR HISTORY: October 5, 1961

Cattle marketings up& Drought was responsible for a sharp increase in the number of grazing livestock delivered to the Western Livestock Co-operative (Western) Ltd. Crop estimates revised& The wheat crop for all of Canada was estimated at 260 million bushels. Egg price support hiked& In the pre-supply management era, farmers were receiving federal deficiency payments

Letters – for Oct. 6, 2011

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Voluntary CWB Unlikely: Toews

The working group report says farmers are disappointed the Canadian Wheat Board hasn t come up with a plan for transitioning into an open market. The board says it has presented options, but Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz refuses to acknowledge or accept them. Unfortunately the minister has never sat down with the board to even

Highs Likely In For Canola Market As Harvest Ends

column Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC The ICE Futures Canada canola market saw some wide price swings during the week ended Sept. 30, finishing with declines after testing downside resistance on a number of occasions. On the whole, the bearish factors in the market outweigh anything supportive, but a short-covering bounce does remain a possibility going forward.