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World food prices edge up in April

By Reuters May 5, 2016

Rome | Reuters — World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10 per cent lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Cost index for railways’ grain revenue cap gets boost

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 29, 2016

The loonie’s decline since last year has led federal regulators to dial up the index guiding how much money Canada’s big two railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced Friday it will raise its volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) by 4.8 per cent, to 1.3275, for the 2016-17 […] Read more

Crops

CN books lower first-quarter grain handle

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 25, 2016

Higher revenue per carload offset reduced grain and fertilizer traffic for Canadian National Railway (CN) in its first fiscal quarter. Montreal-based CN on Monday reported overall net income of $792 million on total revenues of $2.964 billion for the quarter ending March 31, up from $704 million on $3.098 billion in the year-earlier Q1. The […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie spring wheat bids mixed amid opposing outside factors

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 25, 2016

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada were narrowly mixed during the week ended Friday, with prices up slightly in some locations and down in others. Spillover from gains in U.S. futures was offset by the bearish influence of the rising Canadian dollar. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Rising durum acres offset by declining spring wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 22, 2016

CNS Canada –– Increased durum acres in Canada may limit the upside potential as far as prices are concerned, but smaller spring wheat plantings will also limit the downside, according to a durum trader. Statistics Canada on Thursday pegged intended durum acres at 6.12 million acres, which would be up from 5.82 million in 2015. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP pulls more grain for less in first quarter

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 22, 2016

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) hauled more carloads of Canadian grain in its first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year — but for less revenue per car. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday reported overall net income of $540 million on revenues of $1.591 billion for its quarter ending March 31, up from $320 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers will be seeding record acres of peas and lentils this spring, as expected, but the increases to pulse crops are coming at the expense of canola — which saw acres come in below expectations in a report out from Statistics Canada. In its first acreage survey of the year, released […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 19, 2016

CNS Canada –– Early seeding operations are already underway in parts of Western Canada, and the general sentiment is that farmers are planting more peas and lentils at the expense of most everything else. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Thursday. “I think we’ll see a surge in pulse […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie spring wheat bids tick lower

By Dave Sims April 18, 2016

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada were slightly weaker during the week ended Friday, as the Canadian dollar gained ground relative to its U.S. counterpart. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by roughly $1 to $2.50 per tonne over the course of the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Doomsday Vault keepers move to lock up more funding

By alister-doyle April 17, 2016

Oslo | Reuters — The Crop Trust, which runs a so-called doomsday seed vault in the Arctic, secured a doubling of its core funds on Friday and urged the private sector to do more to safeguard commercial food production. Friday’s pledges totalling about $150 million were mainly from governments, including the U.S., Germany and Australia, […] Read more

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Durum wheat

World food prices edge up in April

Cost index for railways’ grain revenue cap gets boost

CN books lower first-quarter grain handle

Prairie spring wheat bids mixed amid opposing outside factors

Rising durum acres offset by declining spring wheat

CP pulls more grain for less in first quarter

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower

Prairie spring wheat bids tick lower

Doomsday Vault keepers move to lock up more funding

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