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Letters – for Aug. 4, 2011

August 4, 2011

Our government has been clear – every farmer should have a choice to sell their wheat, durum and barley, either individually or through a pooling system. International buyers purchase Canadian wheat and barley because of their high quality, not because the Canadian Wheat Board sells them. Western Canadian canola and pulses have highly successful and

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 4, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around during the week ended July 29, the last week of the 2010- 11 crop year, but managed to post small declines overall amid improving weather conditions and global economic uncertainty. On the year, canola futures are up over $220 per tonne from where they were at the close

Cereals, Crops

2011-12 Initial Payments See Sharp Rise

August 4, 2011

he Canadian Wheat Board initial payments for the crop year beginning Aug. 1 are taking a sharp jump higher from where they were set a year ago. The payment for No. 1 CWRS 12.5 per cent protein starts off the new year at $208 per tonne, up from $128 per tonne as of Aug. 1,

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Aug. 4, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture August 4, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied from 10 to 25 mm, with most happening in isolated events. Growing conditions over the past week have aided in crop development. Cereal crops are heading with early-planted crops starting to turn. Most canola crops are going out of bloom with some of the later crops in

Cereals, Crops

CGC Announces Grain Variety Deregistrations

By Commodity News Service August 4, 2011

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has announced upcoming grain variety deregistrations. Wheat var iet ies belonging to the Canada Prairie Spring White (CPSW), the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), and flaxseed varieties, will be deregistered, said a news release July 15. The CGC advises that wheat varieties Snowwhite 475 and Snowwhi te 476 belonging to

Cereals, Crops

CWB Farmer Directors To Meet With Growers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 4, 2011

Farmer directors for the Canadian Wheat Board will host six meetings across the Prairies in August to discuss the board’s fate if the federal government proceeds with proposed changes to its single-desk monopoly. “As farmers, we are at the eleventh hour and facing a monumental change,” said CWB board chair Allen Oberg, who farms near

Cereals, Crops

Black Soil Field’s Yield Returns To Average After Drought

By Melissa Akin July 28, 2011

After enduring a season as hard as any in living memory, the farmers who cultivate these Black Soils wheat fields say their yields should recover to normal after massive drought losses last year. The winter wheat, to be harvested in July, was planted in nearly dry soil but the rains came just in time, said

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 28, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture July 28, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied from 10 to 50 mm. Good growing conditions helped crops advance and several crops have improved over the past week. Cereal crops in the Southwest Region are in the heading stage and late-seeded crops have tillered and are going into the flag-leaf stage. Late-seeded greenfeed is in

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Ugly Perennials Getting Admiring Looks

By Laura Rance-Unger July 28, 2011

In a back corner of the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm is a nursery of what most farmers would consider butt-ugly plants with spindly stems, tiny seeds, and weedy characteristics. But they might just be the salvation of grain farming if the impact of climate change falls hard on the Canadian Prairies. The plots contain

Cereals, Crops, News

Russia Aims To Return To Top Grain Shippers’ Club

July 28, 2011

One year after drought prompted an export embargo, Russia expects to reprise its role as a leading grain exporter this season. Russia expects to export 18 million tonnes of grain in the 2011-12 crop year that began this month, said Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik. This is in line with the export estimate from leading Russian

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Tag Archives Wheat

Letters – for Aug. 4, 2011

U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

2011-12 Initial Payments See Sharp Rise

Crop Report – for Aug. 4, 2011

CGC Announces Grain Variety Deregistrations

CWB Farmer Directors To Meet With Growers

Black Soil Field’s Yield Returns To Average After Drought

Crop Report – for Jul. 28, 2011

Ugly Perennials Getting Admiring Looks

Russia Aims To Return To Top Grain Shippers’ Club

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