WINNIPEG — Average cash bids for Canadian Western Red Spring wheat edged up by $1 per tonne on average during the week ended Dec. 12. In Manitoba, the average CWRS price rose to just under $234 per tonne from $233 per tonne the previous week. The gains were similar across the rest of the Prairies, […] Read more
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CWRS wheat bids edge up across Western Canada
Tenth poultry farm tests positive for avian flu in B.C.
Poultry in a 10th British Columbia farm have tested positive for avian influenza, bringing the total of poultry dead to 233,800 birds. On Dec. 13, 53,000 birds from a table egg layer barn in Langley, B.C., tested positive for the highly virulent strain of H5N2 avian influenza. This is the first time birds in Langley […] Read more
Grain industry players need to learn to trust each other – Opinion
All elements of the prairie grain transportation system need to take a leap of faith and begin talking with each other, trusting each other and expecting the best of each other. That’s because whether you’re a farmer, a grain company, a marketer, a port or a railway, you’re stuck together and can’t get divorced. And […] Read more
UN climate talks risk collapse as China clashes with U.S.
LIMA (Reuters) — UN talks on slowing climate change were threatened with collapse on Saturday after China clashed with the United States and led emerging nations to reject a compromise outline of an agreement. With talks already in overtime because of deadlock after the Dec. 1-12 meeting, China said a draft text put too much […] Read more
Syngenta sees China approving contentious GMO corn soon
CHICAGO (Reuters) — Syngenta AG expects to win Chinese government approval soon for imports of a type of genetically modified corn at the centre of lawsuits over U.S. grain shipments rejected by Beijing, a company spokesman said on Friday. Syngenta, one of the world’s largest seed companies, will make an announcement when it receives official […] Read more
Anthrax confirmed in east central Sask.
Anthrax has killed one cow in the Saskatchewan rural municipality of Hazel Dell and is suspected as the cause of death in two other cattle in the herd. The province said Dec. 12 that slough hay contaminated by soil is the likely source of the anthrax. Producers are reminded that anthrax spores can remain in […] Read more
Canola gains four percent on week, crush pace recovers
A late session rally helped canola futures close higher Friday and post a $17.10 per tonne weekly gain. A weaker Canadian dollar, stronger pace of canola crush, speculator interest and the rising soybean complex all supported canola, which climbed $4.80 on the day in the January contract. The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association said members crushed […] Read more
Your view: New canola trait will arrive in the U.S. before Canada
Delay could be years | U.S. growers to seed Cibus’ sulfonylurea tolerant canola next year
Crop regulations By Sean Pratt U.S. canola growers will have access to new non-genetically modified traits years before their Canadian counterparts, says a seed technology company. Canada’s variety registration system and plant with novel traits safety assessment will create significant lag times in the commercial introduction of new traits from Cibus Global, according to the […] Read more
Trains can’t be built for winter, says expert
Optimizing transportation | Changing demands for shipping means industry requires interchangeable equipment
Harsh winter is a fact of life in Western Canada, but farmers shouldn’t hold their breath waiting for winter-optimized grain trains, says a former railway vice-president. Not only would winter-best trains likely be worse for the rest of the year, but railway manufacturers aren’t too interested in customizing equipment for the Prairies. “You’ve got that […] Read more
Industry promoter remembered for love of bison
Thomas Ackermann, an energetic promoter of the bison industry, died in a farm accident Nov. 27. He was 46. Ackermann was chief executive officer and marketing manager of Canadian Rangeland Bison and Elk, chair of Bison Producers of Alberta and vice-president of the Canadian Bison Association. “He was unbelievably dedicated to the Canadian bison industry,” […] Read more
