Dwayne Klassen

(Resource News International) — Exports of Canadian oats to the U.S. are expected to climb during the 2007-08 season on the heels of increased output in Canada, according to industry and government sources. A sharp drop in U.S. oats production was also seen facilitating increased Canadian shipments. “There will be some increased room for Canadian […] Read more

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures finished Friday’s session mainly lower with the strong Canadian dollar and weakness in the CBOT soybean complex behind the downward price slide, market watchers said. Position-evening ahead of the three-day long holiday weekend was a feature of the trade. (Canadian financial institutions and […] Read more

(Resource News International) – Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) finished mainly lower with losses in CBOT soybean values linked to some of the downward price action, market watches said. Barley values managed to post new highs early in the session in view of strong demand and tight global feed supplies. A late […] Read more

(Resource News International) — A potentially devastating disease, clubroot, is causing concern for Alberta canola growers, according to a crop specialist with the province’s Ag-Info Centre. Manitoba and Saskatchewan producers were also keeping a close eye on the development of the disease. Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious disease of canola, mustard and […] Read more

(Resource News International) Harvest operations in Alberta continue to be slowed by scattered shower activity and the absence of warm temperatures, according to a crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. “The harvest is stuttering in a number of regions with precipitation just enough to only allow for a couple of hours a day of […] Read more

(Resource News International) Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange finished Friday’s session mainly lower with losses associated with a drop-off in demand and weakness in the CBOT soybean complex, market watchers said. WCE western barley values closed sharply higher with a number of months establishing new contract highs on fresh demand and tightening global […] Read more

(Resource News International) Canada continues to monitor its soybean crops very closely for any signs of the Asian soybean rust disease, but so far no viable spores have been found, said an Ontario provincial crop specialist. “There has not yet been a confirmed case of Asian soybean rust in Ontario,” said Peter Johnson, a cereal […] Read more

(Resource News International) — Ontario’s soybean harvest is about to gear up while the grain corn harvest is still a few weeks away, according to a provincial cereals specialist. “In terms of the soybean harvest in Ontario, it is full steam ahead where possible,” said Peter Johnson, a cereal specialist with the Ontario Ministry of […] Read more