Many grain industry analysts say ethanol’s growth phase is over and so is its ability to bolster grain prices. Bruce Rastetter, chief executive officer of Summit Agricultural Group, an agricultural investment firm headquartered in Alden, Iowa, vehemently disagrees. “They’re just wrong,” he said. He points to new ethanol-promoting policies adopted by countries including China and […] Read more
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Man. beef producers vote in favour of mandatory livestock inspection
Livestock inspections may soon be mandatory in Manitoba. In a close vote Feb. 8, members of the Manitoba Beef Producers passed a resolution at the organization’s annual meeting in Brandon to lobby the provincial government for mandatory inspections. Manitoba cattle producers have debated the idea in the past, but it was previously voted down. Not […] Read more
India hikes chickpea duty again
WINNIPEG (CNS) — The Indian government has raised the import tariff for chickpeas from 30 to 40 percent. The government said the tariff, which was published in the Gazette of India Feb. 6, is to be imposed immediately with existing circumstances making it necessary. Chickpea prices have continued to fall over the last six months, […] Read more
Supplies tighten increasing demand for feed grains
WINNIPEG(CNS) – As supplies tighten Lethbridge feedlots are looking for the cheapest options when it comes to feed. “Supply seems to be tight in general. There’s not a lot of offers on either corn or barley at the moment. And demand is higher than expected coming into March,” said Brandon Motz, sales manager at CorNine […] Read more
More than half Argentina’s soy, corn in poor condition – exchange
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – More than three months of dry weather has left most Argentine soy and corn fields in poor to very poor condition, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in its weekly crop report on Thursday. With little chance of substantial rains on the horizon, the exchange said 56 percent of the 2017-18 […] Read more
U.S. share of global corn, soy export market to erode – USDA
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture sees U.S. corn and soybean exports generally increasing over the coming decade but the U.S. share of global sales will shrink as competition from South American producers heats up, the government said on Thursday. In the USDA’s annual long-term projections report, laying out its forecasts through 2027, […] Read more
Construction continues on G3 network
G3’s dream of building a coast-to-coast grain-handling network in Canada is moving closer to reality, with key elements under construction and additional facilities likely to be announced in the future. Brett Malkoske, G3’s vice-president of business development and communications, said construction of the company’s new high-throughput export terminal in North Vancouver is ahead of schedule […] Read more
Implementing farm safety rules not hard: consultant
Some farmers in Alberta are concerned they don’t have enough resources and say they need help to implement programs
As Alberta farmers and ranchers gear up for new safety rules, consultants hope to ease their concerns by providing solutions they say will make the new guidelines workable. For one, a binder on a shelf just isn’t going to cut it, according to Reg Steward, a ranch safety consultant with AgSafe B.C. Instead, he recommends […] Read more
Prairie oat production migrating northeast
The shift in acreage will affect beta glucan levels and the amount of time it takes to deliver to processors
Canadian farmers produced more than 3.7 million tonnes of oats in 2017, the third highest total in the past decade, according to Statistics Canada. Provincially, Saskatchewan was the country’s biggest producer last year, harvesting almost two million tonnes, or roughly 53 percent of Canada’s total tonnage. That’s good news for the Saskatchewan oat industry. But […] Read more
Farmer input wanted on best way to fund future pulse research
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers is asking growers how best to fund research in the future. The organization’s 15-year funding arrangement with the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre ends in 2020. It gives Saskatchewan farmers exclusive rights to new varieties. Growers at the regional meeting in Regina Feb. 5 heard that the cost of breeding new […] Read more
