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Southern Alta. barley harvest underway

By Marney Blunt August 13, 2014

CNS Canada — Harvest started this week for some barley crops in southern Alberta — parts of which have reported little or no rain for weeks. “I’m in southern Alberta (where) we just started harvest on our barley (on Monday), and I would say that the barley crops look good, (but) we’ve been a bit […] Read more

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W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour

By Rod Nickel July 31, 2014

Reuters — Western Canada spring wheat and durum yields this year look to fall from last year’s high levels, but the still bountiful production should offset some losses from flooded farms, leaders of a crop tour said on Thursday. The inaugural Cereals North America Canadian crop tour pegged spring wheat yield potential in the region […] Read more

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Saskatchewan canola crop development variable: crop tour

By Dave Sims July 30, 2014

CNS– The development of canola was clearly at varying stages of development in east central and southeast Saskatchewan during the third day of a crop tour organized by CWB (formerly the Canadian Wheat Board). On July 30, participants took a circuitous tour starting in Yorkton, then going northwest to Melfort, before once again heading south […] Read more

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Slow sales, transportation keep Prairie feed grain supported

By Marney Blunt July 23, 2014

CNS — Feed grain prices are above milling prices in some areas of Western Canada right now due to complicated travel logistics and patient farmers, says an industry analyst. “Just in general right now, farmers aren’t really big sellers of crop,” said Charlie Pearson, a provincial crops market analyst at Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. […] Read more

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Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 22, 2014

CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the latest acreage estimates released by […] Read more

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Whether to spray for fusarium: flowering period is key

By Lisa Guenther July 18, 2014

Wet weather in eastern Saskatchewan and much of Manitoba means farmers likely have fusarium head blight risk on their minds. But cereal grades are only at stake risk if environmental risks match up with flowering, a crop pathologist says. Vikram Bisht, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, says two or three […] Read more

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Ukraine questions legal basis of Crimea’s grain exports

July 10, 2014

Moscow | Reuters — Ukraine protested over recent grain exports from Crimea on Thursday, questioning their legal basis following Russia’s annexation of the region and fuelling tensions between the two countries. Russia and Ukraine are the region’s main global grain exporters and rivals to supply customers in North Africa and the Middle East. Russia announced […] Read more

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Barley acres down, but not expected to keep declining

By Marney Blunt July 7, 2014

CNS Canada — Canada’s farmers have seeded their smallest barley crop in 50 years, according to Statistics Canada, but an industry official says he doesn’t think it will remain so low in the long-term. StatsCan’s seeded acreage report on June 27 had pegged barley acreage at 6,089,000 acres, down from 7,082,500 acres in 2013. This […] Read more

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ICE barley trades for first time in six months

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 10, 2014

CNS Canada –– The long-dormant barley contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform saw a glimmer of life on Tuesday as buyers and sellers met up to make some actual trades for the first time in six months. Five October 2014 barley contracts changed hands at $125 per tonne, with commercial entities likely behind the […] Read more

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Alta. cash barley prices begin to loosen

By Dave Sims May 28, 2014

CNS Canada — Cash barley prices have begun to weaken in the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alta., as feedlots have shipped out many of their animals for the season and demand for feed starts to decrease. According to Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities in Lethbridge, current delivery prices are around C$200 […] Read more

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