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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

USMCA ratification bill amends Canada Grain Act

U.S. complaints that Canada discriminates against its wheat will be addressed, if Canadian legislation to ratify the updated North American Free Trade Agreement becomes law. Bill C-100, the implementing legislation for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), received first and second reading in the House of Commons May 29 and last Tuesday (June 11) respectively. It […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat in Washington state

By Julie Ingwersen June 8, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state. There was no evidence the wheat had entered the food supply, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a statement on Friday. The wheat […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Canadian wheat sales to China hit 14-year high despite dispute

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel June 6, 2019

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canada has shipped the most wheat to China in 14 years, contrasting a sudden halt in canola trade amid a diplomatic dispute between the countries, as Chinese buyers shunned the United States. China bought 1.5 million tonnes of wheat from Canada from August 2018 through April 2019, nearly double the pace […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Durum bids in Western Canada are holding relatively steady, with prices only seeing small moves over the past month despite larger swings in spring wheat. Durum prices in southern Saskatchewan have traded in the $235-$243 per tonne area over the past month, a relatively narrow $8 trading range compared to Canada Western Red […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

By Karl Plume May 10, 2019

Reuters — Ardent Mills will close three U.S. flour mills next month and a fourth in the first quarter of 2020, the flour miller and food ingredient maker announced Friday. The company, a joint venture between ConAgra Foods, Cargill and CHS, said the closures were necessary due to “anticipated demand and to enhance the efficiency […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Report shows record-large canola stocks at end of March

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 7, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canada’s canola supplies of just over 10 million tonnes as of March 31 marked a new record for the date, according to Tuesday’s stocks of principal field crops report from Statistics Canada. The government agency pegged canola supplies in the country at the end of March at 10.019 million tonnes, up by 10.5 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 25, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers intend to seed more spring wheat and less canola in 2019, according to Statistics Canada survey results released Wednesday. Additional shifts are also likely in subsequent reports, as dry conditions in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan may alter some intentions. Statistics Canada forecast canola area for 2019 at 21.3 million acres, which […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

By Rod Nickel April 24, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute […] Read more

Crops

Grain grading revamp may add falling number, DON as factors

By GFM Staff March 11, 2019

Two significant grain specs that aren’t yet factors for a crop’s official grade are now under consideration to join that official list. The Canadian Grain Commission on Monday put out a call for “grain sector stakeholders” to submit their views before May 10 on a proposal for falling number and deoxynivalenol (DON) to both become […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

AGT privatization gets shareholders’ approval

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 8, 2019

The privatization of Canadian pulse processor AGT Food and Ingredients is set to move another step forward as company officials take their plan to Ontario’s Superior Court on Monday. The Feb. 11 court date in Toronto comes after AGT shareholders voted Tuesday at a special shareholders’ meeting in favour of privatization, according to a company […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Weather the main factor in canola bids

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s drought could be field pea opportunity

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ICE weekly outlook: Weather the main factor in canola bids

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s drought could be field pea opportunity

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USMCA ratification bill amends Canada Grain Act

USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat in Washington state

Canadian wheat sales to China hit 14-year high despite dispute

Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

Report shows record-large canola stocks at end of March

StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

Grain grading revamp may add falling number, DON as factors

AGT privatization gets shareholders’ approval

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