Viterra has announced a way for small shareholders to get rid of their shares through a charity program. Shares typically trade in lots of 100 or more. But Colleen Vancha, senior vice-president of investor relations and corporate affairs, said nearly 40,000 former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool co-operative members have fewer than 99 shares each. Many of […] Read more
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CWB reform may balance U.S.-Canadian prices
North Dakota farm groups think cross-border opportunities for direct farmer sales will be limited after the Canadian Wheat Board loses its marketing monopoly. The forces of arbitrage, where the market takes advantage of price imbalances until they disappear, will cause prices on either side of the border to be similar. They argue that opening the […] Read more
Sask. Pulse Growers announces new board chair
Lee Moats takes over from Murray Purcell as chair of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Moats, who has been on the board since January, worked for Ducks Unlimited Canada for 20 years and as an agricultural representative/ extension agrologist with Saskatchewan Agriculture. He has been director of the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, founding director for the […] Read more
Ranchers say once you go bison, you never go back
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Danny Johnson looks like a cowboy, but he wants nothing to do with cows, or horses. He’s been manager of the Flying D Ranch in the foothills of Montana for 16 years, and in that time Johnson has converted to bison. “I could never go back to beef cows. They’re just not […] Read more
Crop variability complicates canola forecast
There’s a lot riding on the size of this year’s canola crop, but no one has a good handle on how much is likely to be harvested. Analysts are grappling with disastrous conditions in much of Manitoba, wondrous conditions in much of the western Prairies, and mixed conditions in other places. “I don’t know, I […] Read more
Grain cart on track to move in muck
BRANDON — The new 1,600 bushel Haul Master from Elmer’s Welding features a special rubber track and undercarriage designed specifically for grain carts. Manager Mike Friesen said the growing demand in Western Canada is the main reason for diversifying into grain carts. “Grain carts have been in general use in the States for years. Every […] Read more
Don’t fence me in: the perils of the open pasture
Flying D Ranch manager Danny Johnson tells a story about fence posts. When Ted Turner bought the ranch in 1989, the media mogul had many old buildings and fences torn down. He wanted the look of an open range. But a certain number of fences are needed to keep bison from wandering and to best […] Read more
More time to use CWB pricing options
The Canadian Wheat Board has extended sign-up deadlines on three pricing options. The sign-up window for FlexPro will be extended by nearly six months. The extension will allow farmers to assess the volume and quality of their crops before deciding if they should enter a FlexPro contract. Previously, farmers who used Flex-Pro contracts were required […] Read more
Out with rain, up with grain with combine cover
BRANDON — With so many combine hopper covers available, why would anyone bring yet another one to market? Adding an additional 100 bushels capacity to the hopper is one good reason, said Lawrence Dueck of Horizon Agro in Morris Man., developer of the new Umbrella Bin Extension. Dueck said the Umbrella also forms a weather […] Read more
Restaurants a ready-made bison market
Ted Turner has 14 bison ranches, and that’s handy for his chain of Ted’s Montana Grill restaurants, which use much of the bison meat these ranches produce. Nancy Labbe is in charge of procurement for Rocky Mountain Natural Meats of Henderson, Colorado, which fabricates and distributes meat from the bison produced on the Flying D, […] Read more
