Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – The ICE Futures Canada canola market ended lower on Friday, tracking losses in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans. Fund action was extremely limited, resulting in a day of low-volume trade. Statistics Canada released stocks numbers today that pegged canola stocks at a whopping 9.1 million tonnes as of March 31, which […] Read more
Big stocks for canola; oilseeds down for the day
Canola steady; anticipation of new stock data
Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – The ICE Futures Canada canola market ended mixed on Wednesday. The front-month July contract was boosted by gains in soyoil while the more deferred contracts were pressured by strength in the Canadian dollar. Traders were positioning themselves ahead of North American stocks data that will be released over the next two […] Read more
Manitoba seeding well underway in dry conditions
Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – While seeding has started across Manitoba, soils are dry and rain is needed to help with germination and emergence, according to the weekly crop report from Manitoba Ministry of Agriculture, released May 6. Spring cereals and peas are being planted throughout most of the province. In the central, eastern and Interlake […] Read more
Grain freight costs to rise 2.8 percent this year
A Canadian Transportation Agency ruling will allow the railways to increase their per-tonne revenue in 2018-19
Canada’s major railway companies will be able to generate greater per-tonne revenues for moving regulated western Canadian grain in 2018-19 following an April 25 ruling by the Canadian Transportation Agency. The CTA announced that the Volume Related Composite Price Index (VRCPI) will increase 2.8 percent in the 2018-19 crop year. The VRCPI is a key […] Read moreIntercropping study reveals benefits
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Early results from a study of intercropping in organic systems show some benefits. Myriam Fernandez, researcher at Agriculture Canada’s Swift Current Research Centre, told a recent low-inputs and organic workshop that a couple of combinations worked to reduce weed seedbanks and produce a higher yield. The study was initiated to improve […] Read more
Richardson hopes to turn China on to oats
China could suddenly take off as an important export market if demand could be sparked by a consumer taste shift
It won’t take much to turn China into a booming oat markets, but Canada’s biggest oat miller says how and when it develops remains a mystery. “I’m highly confident,” said Richardson International Chief Executive Officer Curt Vossen, whose company owns mills in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. “We’ve seen this before in […] Read more
One independent seed grower likes to go short on varieties
Mastin Seeds has made rescue crops for crisis management situations a big part of its lineup. Farming in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains, Bob Mastin has learned a lot about short season agriculture over the past 40 years. Although Mastin is acutely aware of the compressed 2018 growing season facing his customers and his […] Read more
Goodbye canola, hello wheat and hay
No matter how you cut it, we’re having a short growing season. Rotations that looked good last autumn, when the first seed and fertilizer were purchased, don’t look so hot today. Given the investment in land and equipment, it’s not likely that many growers can afford to chemfallow. The economic realities of 2018 demand cash […] Read more
Richardson: a giant emerges
The story of how a quiet regional grain company evolved into an international player in the world market
The Richardson International empire is an accidental giant, a cautious and careful operator, one that finally feels like taking on the world. “We are competing with the behemoths of the industry,” Richardson International chief executive officer Curt Vossen said in early April after the announcement of its new food innovation centre. “We accept that challenge […] Read moreFarmers may consider growing oats if seeding continues to be delayed
WINNIPEG, (CNS Canada) — With winter still hanging on across Western Canada, one buyer thinks it could lead to an uptick in oat acres. “Later seeding generally increases oat acres. We’d rather see them seeded earlier but farmers have had a tendency when things get late (to) throw some more acres into oats,” said Scott […] Read more
