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Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 15, 2018

CNS Canada — After a year that saw India drop off the map as a pulse importer, some industry officials expect we could soon see India re-enter the market. “Seeding is going down, the monsoons are weak. So definitely they will need to import. I see that in the next few months we will start […] Read more

Pea straw has higher protein levels than oat, barley or triticale straw.

Peas, Pulses

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

By Glen Hallick November 7, 2018

CNS Canada – More than a year after the ground breaking ceremony was held for Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man., construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” ”We took the opportunity to include […] Read more

General

Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

By Glen Hallick November 2, 2018

CNS Canada – After being shut down for 18 months, rail service to Churchill, Man. officially reopened on Nov. 1. The northern Manitoba community and deep water port on Hudson’s Bay lost its only land link to the rest of Canada in May 2017 when flooding and washouts severed the line. Omnitrax, which had owned […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Self-checking field health mapping system launched

By GFM Staff October 31, 2018

The farmer’s job of poring over satellite field maps looking for disease, weed and insect trouble is about to go automatic. Winnipeg-based digital ag consulting firm Farmers Edge recently released Health Change Maps and Notifications, a new function that automatically scans the company’s daily satellite imagery and alerts growers of any changes in field health […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Some optimism for peas, lentils not invited for the ride

By Terry Fries October 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Lentil growers hoping to see a light at the end of the current tunnel of low prices and restricted markets will likely be disappointed for some time. However, farmers with peas might see better market conditions over the course of the shipping year because of the United States-China trade war. “For our […] Read more

Soybeans getting one step closer to the bin in Western Manitoba in October 2018. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, Weather

Weather weighed on 2018 Manitoba crop year

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 30, 2018

CNS Canada – Conditions were variable across Manitoba throughout the 2018 growing season, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 29. As of Oct. 29, provincially 97 per cent of the total crop was harvested. Crops completely finished include winter wheat, fall rye, field pea and dry bean. The spring wheat, barley, oat and […] Read more

CN locomotives in Winnipeg. (Photo courtesy CN)

Crops, Machinery

CN’s grain handle up in record quarter

By GFM Staff October 30, 2018

Traffic in Canadian National Railway’s grain and fertilizers segment rose eight per cent in its latest quarter, helping the company to record quarterly revenue. Montreal-based CN on Oct. 23 reported net income of $1.134 billion on $3.688 billion in revenues for its quarter ending Sept. 30, up from $958 million on $3.221 billion in its […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Grain handle down slightly in record quarter for CP

By GFM Staff October 29, 2018

Grain carloads were marginally fewer but grain revenue per carload climbed 10 per cent to help Canadian Pacific Railway to its highest quarterly revenue ever. Calgary-based CP on Oct. 18 booked net income of $622 million on $1.898 billion in revenues — its “highest ever (revenues) for any quarter” — in its third quarter ending […] Read more

Still-standing corn west of Mitchell, Man. on Oct. 17, 2018. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Ready, set go! Harvest reprieve hits Prairies

By Terry Fries October 17, 2018

CNS Canada — Prairie farmers struggling to get crops off fields under wet, cold conditions are about to get a reprieve — if they haven’t seen warmer weather already in their area. Natalie Hasell, a weather preparedness meteorologist for Environment Canada in Winnipeg, said most regions of British Columbia, Alberta, and southern and central Saskatchewan […] Read more

Crops

World crop briefs: Black Sea’s oilseed yields seen larger

By MarketsFarm Team October 17, 2018

CNS Canada — The Black Sea region’s oilseed crop for 2018-19 is estimated 160,000 tonnes higher, at 43.36 million tonnes, according to the latest estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In its October estimates, USDA estimated Ukraine rapeseed production would come in at 100,000 tonnes more than previous estimates to 2.7 million tonnes. Turkey’s […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

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Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

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Food and beverage makers’ sales predicted to slide on trade tensions: FCC

Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: India seen becoming a pulse buyer again

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

Rail service to Churchill set to resume as line reopens

Self-checking field health mapping system launched

Some optimism for peas, lentils not invited for the ride

Weather weighed on 2018 Manitoba crop year

CN’s grain handle up in record quarter

Grain handle down slightly in record quarter for CP

Ready, set go! Harvest reprieve hits Prairies

World crop briefs: Black Sea’s oilseed yields seen larger

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