Producer accuses commodity groups of lack of support when grain companies threatened to ban crops grown with registered herbicide
Canola groups faced questions last week at the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission’s annual meeting over its handling of the quinclorac situation. Quinclorac is the active ingredient in Clever, a herbicide to control cleavers that was sold by Great Northern Growers this spring and applied on up to 1.2 percent of Canada’s canola. The company received […] Read moreNews
Canola growers still simmering over quinclorac
World in brief
El Nino seen weakening NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) — The current El Nino phenomenon is expected to weaken during the Northern Hemisphere spring and move to normal conditions by late spring or early summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said Jan. 14. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, was […] Read more
AG Notes
Manitoba invests in potato processing plant The Manitoba government is contributing almost $380,000 to a potato processing plant at the McCain Foods Canada facility in Carberry. The funding should increase efficiency, reduce waste and support the sustainable growth of the province’s potato industry. The plant processes 430 million pounds of Manitoba-grown potatoes a year, mostly […] Read more
Canola futures dip on rallying loonie
Canola futures ran into headwinds from a rising loonie on Thursday, as the Canuck buck rallied about 1.5 cents back to US70 cents the day after the Bank of Canadian did not lower interest rates. There was modest support from rising soybeans and soy oil. March canola closed at $483, down $1.80 or 0.37 percent. […] Read more
116 bushel canola in Saskatchewan
The winner of DuPont Pioneer’s 2015 Yield Challenge Contest harvested a whopper of a canola crop that weighed in at 116 bushels per acre. Florian Hagmann, who farms about 16,000 acres near Birch Hills, Sask., won the challenge for the third time in four years with his non-irrigated 148 acre field of Pioneer 45H33 canola. […] Read more
Burdensome grain supply forecasted to continue
The International Grains Council expects grain supplies will again be ample in 2016-17. The IGC’s January report says large stocks will be carried in to the new year and prospects for production are little changed from the previous year. For wheat, IGC forecasts a slight reduction in global seeded acres. “While conditions for 2016-17 winter […] Read more
Tour to educate educators about global hunger
Applications are being accepted until May 15 for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s educators learning tour to Nicaragua in August. Educators of children, young people and young adults are eligible. The tour costs about $2,800, which includes airfare and in-country costs. Financial support may be available upon request. Organizers say they hope teachers and educators will […] Read more
Revenues up at CP but fall short of expectations
Canadian Pacific Railway generated record revenues of $6.71 billion in 2015. However, its fourth quarter performance fell short of expectations, hampered by sluggish North American demand for rail service and falling commodity prices. The Calgary-based company reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.72 in the three months ending Dec. 31, 2015, slightly below analysts’ expectations […] Read more
CNHR wheat class set for August debut
It’s official. The Canadian Grain Commission is moving ahead with plans to create a new class of milling wheat: Canada Northern Hard Red. The new CNHR class will come into effect Aug. 1, along with another new class, Canada Western Special Purpose (CWSP). The changes are an effort to modernize Canada’s wheat classification system and […] Read more
More countries ban French poultry as bird flu spreads
PARIS, France (Reuters) — Bird flu has been found in a French town outside a broad restriction zone. The discovery is a setback to efforts to contain the outbreak of the disease, which has led a growing number of countries to ban poultry products from France. The country, which is the European Union’s largest agricultural […] Read more
