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Black Sea Wheat Displacing European And U.S. Sales Competition

By Aleksandras Budrys November 10, 2011

Top Black Sea wheat producers will flood markets for the entire 2011-12 crop year, giving rivals little respite from high volumes of cheap grain, with Russia dominating in the first half of the season and Ukraine and Kazakhstan in the second. Massive Black Sea exports were pressur ing European wheat shipments their main competitor but

Cereals, News

Is History Repeating Itself?

By Allan Dawson November 3, 2011

The wheat board isn t even dead yet, but that didn t stop some Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) delegates meeting here last week from wanting to resurrect it. I ve got an idea here, Arborg farmer Kyle Foster said during a discussion about lopsided contracts favouring grain companies Oct. 27. Why don t we pool

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Apples And Oranges Add Up To Bananas

By Laura Rance-Unger November 3, 2011

We ve observed over time that it s become increasingly difficult for civil servants to maintain that blurry distinction between policy and politics. But there can be no question that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has crossed the line with its marketing freedom website. It was undoubtedly pushed, but the result is the same. There can

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

What Parliament Giveth, Parliament Can Taketh Away

By John Morriss November 3, 2011

There are many things wrong with the way that the Conservative government has handled the wheat board issue. The decision has been made on purely ideological grounds, without even so much as a departmental review, let alone a proper study by an independent commission. That didn t need to be a review of whether to

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Our History: October 31, 1974

November 3, 2011

Crow Rate to end? This issue reported on a meeting of the Canada Grains Council, where Canadian Wheat Board Minister Otto Lang first proposed a review of the Crow Rate. Lang suggested that railways be allowed to charge commercial rates, but that farmers be directly compensated for the extra cost and that payments have to

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Nov. 3, 2011

November 3, 2011

Rally Turnout Underscores Majority View Judging by the overwhelming turnout at the pro-CWB rally in Winnipeg Oct. 28, it is apparent that the plebiscite results of 62 per cent consensus on one issue is quite accurate. Money raised for the legal challenges was three times more than expected and the largest donations are still coming

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Ohio Wheat Acres Expected To Drop To Record Low This Year

By Michael Hirtzer November 3, 2011

Wheat plantings could fall to a record low this year in Ohio despite a record-high insurance price guarantee, as incessant rains stalled wheat seedings in the top growing state of the soft red winter variety. Wheat acres left fallow this winter are likely to be planted with corn in the spring, crop experts said, as

Cereals, Crops, News

Saudi Arabia Increases Storage Capacity

By Sharm El-sheikh November 3, 2011

Saudi Arabia expects to import 1.9 million tonnes of wheat in 2011, the director general of the state-run Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO) said Oct. 19. Around 1.9 million tonnes this year and slightly more next year, Waleed el-Khereiji told reporters on the sidelines of a Russian grain conference in Egypt. The increase

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Markets Toss And Turn On Economic Uncertainty

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 3, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around within a relatively narrow range during the week ended Oct. 28, posting declines in most months, aside from the nearby November. The gains in the front month were tied to position-evening ahead of deliveries against the contract, as traders exited their positions in November and the spread narrowed

Cereals, Crops

Stripe Rust Overwinters In Alberta For The First Time

By Helen Mcmenamin November 3, 2011

Stripe rust hit Alberta winter wheat hard last year, after it overwintered there for the first time. Plant pathologists blame the insulating effect of the deep, persistent snow cover we had last winter for the stripe rust fungus surviving in southern Alberta. The fungus infected the winter wheat and spread into spring wheat, limiting the

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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