May canola futures fell $21.20 a tonnes over the week, on general veg oil crop weakness, technical weakness and talk of order cancelations. But crush and export statistics show demand is still strong and this price collapse could prove to be over done. Weather in Western Canada is expected to be mostly dry and warmer […] Read more
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May canola fell 4.2 pct this week but demand is strong
Grain Millers expands Sask. oat plant
Grain Millers, one the largest oat buyers in Western Canada, has quietly announced a $100 million expansion of its plant in Yorkton, Sask. In a news release issued Friday afternoon, Grain Millers Canada Corp. said the project would add 80,000 tonnes of production capacity to its mill, where it manufactures a range of conventional and […] Read more
Alta. takes bids for renewable energy projects
The Alberta government announced a bidding process March 24 for renewable energy companies to produce 400 megawatts of electrical generation by the end of 2019, and it plans to encourage development of projects to provide 5,000 megawatts from renewable sources by 2030. Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd said today that the bidding process is expected to […] Read more
China accepts more Australian beef exporters as leaders meet
Sydney, March 24 (Reuters) – China removed the last remaining restrictions on imports of Australian beef on Friday and announced early-stage plans to co-develop a major mine, rail and port project, in contrast to a growing global trend of trade protectionism. The policies – announced during a visit to Australia by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang […] Read more
EU soft wheat crop likely up 7 pct but canola little changed
PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) – Grain industry lobby Coceral estimates that soft wheat production in the European Union will rise seven percent this year to 144.8 million tonnes, supported by an expected recovery in French output after last year’s poor harvest. The projected increase in EU soft wheat production from an estimated 2016 crop of […] Read more
India’s monsoon may escape El Nino unscathed-weather office
By Sudarshan Varadhan and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI, March 24 (Reuters) – India is likely to emerge unscathed from the El Nino weather pattern as it is expected to set in only during the latter part of the four-month monsoon season, a top weather official said, indicating a timely arrival of crop-nourishing rains. Monsoon rains, […] Read more
Canadian canola crush sets new weekly record
Winnipeg, March 24 (CNS Canada) – The Canadian canola crush hit a new weekly record in the period ended March 22, with processors across the country operating at nearly full capacity. The crush came in at 208,268 tonnes, up 15.2 percent from the week before, according to the most recent Canadian Oilseed Processors Association report. […] Read more
Canada, China explore trade talks
Farm groups are excited that Canada has launched exploratory free trade agreement talks with China. The Asian country accounted for $5.6 billion in Canadian agri-food exports last year, making it Canada’s second largest market after the United States. China buys one-third of Canada’s canola exports and is an important market for soybeans, pulses, wheat, barley, […] Read more
Sask. farmers fight to protect property
More cops, more cameras or more common sense? What’s the best way to fight crime in rural Saskatchewan? Questions related to rural crime generated plenty of discussion during the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities’ annual convention in Saskatoon last week, and some controversy as well. SARM is one of the best barometers of public sentiment […] Read more
Producer upset with SCIC policy
A farmer from Pangman, Sask., says he and several others in the area were denied unseeded acreage coverage last year, even though it was too wet to seed. He wonders how many others were also left out. Jim Liggett appealed the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp.’s decision locally and to the provincial appeal panel but was […] Read more
