What happens when a mall begins losing tenants and dark storefronts begin appearing? Shoppers will continue to go there for a little while, but there will be fewer of them, and then more shops will close and fewer and fewer people will visit the mall. Eventually it will become like a ghost town and usually […] Read more
Barley
Lights out on wheat, durum, barley contracts
Grain storage on the move
FARGO, ND — A 4,000 bushel bin may not seem significant. But if it’s mobile, with 14 big tires and its own 900 bushel per minute unload auger, it might come in handy at harvest. That’s what Walkabout Mother Bins is all about, said Katie Hansen, sales representative for USAKanagroo, the company in Webster, South […] Read more
Sask Wheat remains an ideological battleground
Of all the crop commissions serving producers on the Prairies, Sask Wheat is probably the most politicized, and that’s continuing with the current director election. Wheat and barley commissions were established in each of the three Prairie Provinces to help fill the void when the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly was removed. Sask Wheat remains […] Read more
Grower to head research group
Western Canada’s newest farmer-funded research organization has elected its first executive committee. The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) will be led by chairperson Terry Young, a wheat grower from Lacombe, Alta., vice-chair Laura Reiter from Radisson, Sask., and secretary-treasurer Cale Jefferies from Glenboro, Man. The executive team was an-nounced Oct. 17. CWRC is a federal […] Read more
Crop report – October 26, 2017
Manitoba SOUTHWEST Harvest progress has spring wheat and canola complete, flax and soybeans are 80 percent complete, grain corn harvesting has just started and sunflower harvest has not yet begun. Winter wheat established well and is responding favourably to recent good weather conditions. Most areas have adequate livestock feed with good quality. NORTHWEST Harvest is […] Read more
AG Notes
DeLaval supports 4-H dairy youth DeLaval has donated C$18,200 to the National 4-H Council in support of the National 4-H Dairy Conference during their 2017 World Dairy Expo event. The money is designed to improve programs and leadership opportunities for 4-H youth in the coming year. The 2017 donation was increased by more than $3,000 […] Read more
Excellent quality sends malting barley price down
Ample supplies of malt barley have led to soft prices and the only hope for turning things around hinges on a poor Australian harvest. Rod Green, a barley broker with Central Ag Marketing Ltd. in Airdrie, Alta., said the condition of Canada’s crop couldn’t be more different compared to last year, when there were a […] Read more
Railroad CSX vows to improve service
(REUTERS) —The head of No. 3 U.S. railroad CSX Corp promised on Wednesday to improve service as companies like Cargill Inc demanded greater accountability and fewer delays, criticizing an overhaul CSX launched six months ago. Customers have complained of longer transit times,unreliable switching operations, inefficient car routings and poor communications with CSX customer service. Chief […] Read more
Crop report – October 19, 2017
Manitoba SOUTHWEST Precipitation varied but reached as much as 22 millimetres in some areas, along with several evenings of frost, which helped dry late-season crops. Cereal harvest is complete except some late-seeded wheat and oats, canola is 80 percent complete, soybean 70 percent and harvest of sunflower and corn has begun. NORTHWEST Rainfall ranged from […] Read more
Crop markets edge lower as focus switches to South America
November Canola futures spent much of the morning above $500 a tonne Monday, but weaked late and closed again below $500. Most crops were a few cents per bushel in the red Monday, on a day with little conviction. “Canola was lagging, but it was firm, then everything flipped and it was stronger for a […] Read more
