Negotiations underway Farmers, CWB and grain companies look for completion of commercial agreements soon
The CWB’s complex task of negotiating commercial grain handling agreements with elevator companies is progressing as expected, according to senior managers with the marketing agency. However, the clock is ticking and the CWB will need to conclude more agreements within the next couple of months. “We’ve been at this for about three months now, which […] Read moreTag Archives Ag Finance
Time running out for CWB to negotiate grain handling
Market data shifts to make space for better analysis
I hope you read our coverage of the Statistics Canada seeding intentions report in the daily news section of Producer.com and in the daily canola report on Producermobile.com. The newspaper is normally put together on Monday and so we turn to our websites for immediate coverage of market-moving reports that come after our deadline. We’ll […] Read more
Miniature bulls, maximum fun
STETTLER, Alta. — If Kyle Stuckey had his way, miniature bull riding would replace steer riding in most rodeos. “It’s going to be as big as we can get it,” Stuckey said after wrapping up a miniature bull riding jackpot and practice session April 15. Miniature bulls are smaller versions of full size bucking bulls. […] Read more
Grain handling to improve post-CWB
Eliminating the Canadian Wheat Board’s conflicting signals will increase the efficiencies of the grain handling system, said railroad and grain company officials at the Canada Grains Council’s annual meeting. It’s not an outrageous claim, said the acting head of the University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute. “Having the two systems together in a commercial way will […] Read more
Shippers worry about potash plugging rail lines
Increased fertilizer demand | Government attempts to create a system of shipper-railway service agreements doubted
Farmers and other commodity shippers forced to rely on Canada’s two national railways are worried about the flood of potash soon to be pouring through the system. And if crop production keeps growing in volume and the commodity boom continues, will farmers and others find they can’t get their products to market, no matter how […] Read morePositive side seen to privatization of plant breeding
More investment | While some Australian farmers oppose the switch from public to private funding, others say it is more reliable
Publicly funded plant breeders are becoming a rare species in Australia, especially when it comes to large acreage crops such as wheat, barley and canola. All of Australia’s wheat breeding programs have been sold in the past 15 to 20 years and are operating in the private sector as stand-alone, for-profit companies. Canola breeding is […] Read moreVariety registration future debated
CWB changes prompt reform call | Scientists argue CWB played little role in registration process
WINNIPEG — Now that the CWB’s monopoly is set to disappear Aug. 1, some producers want to transform another grain industry institution they see as cumbersome — the variety registration system. However, Brian Rossnagel, a prominent barley and oat breeder in Western Canada, says farmers should realize the CWB and Canada’s variety registration system are […] Read moreCanada urged to lead aid efforts
Oxfam Canada, while praising the Canadian government for an early response to a looming food crisis in West Africa, is calling for more Canadian leadership. Oxfam Canada executive director Robert Fox said at a Parliament Hill news conference April 12 that Canada should convene an international conference to urge a better aid response from other […] Read more
Frost, drought curtails European grain prospects
Drop from 2011 output Forecast cuts wheat by 4.3 million tonnes, barley by 1.1 million tonnes and durum by 600,000 tonnes
PARIS, France (Reuters) — Analyst Strategie Grains has again cut its forecasts for winter grain crops in the European Union because of the impact of frost and drought. The new forecast raises the prospect of tight wheat supply in Europe next season. The analyst lowered by 4.3 million tonnes its forecast of the EU’s main […] Read morePFRA gone, but leaves legacy of conservation, research
From windrows surrounding home quarters to Saskatchewan’s numerous dams to Lake Diefenbaker itself — they’re all signs that the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was here. The federally administered PFRA has continued to evolve since its inception, but once its most recent makeover is complete, it will look drastically different than it did when it was […] Read more
