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Manitoba government overhauls MASC board

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CORRECTED, Sept. 28: Manitoba’s Tory government has replaced nearly the entire board table at its Crown crop insurance and farm financing agency. Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler on Monday named Darlingford, Man. grain grower and accountant Jim Wilson and former federal agriculture minister Charlie Mayer as the new chair and vice-chair respectively for Manitoba Agricultural Services […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy decline to one-week lows

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell one per cent or more on Monday, pressured by outlooks for drier weather conditions that should let farmers make headway in gathering record-large crops, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures also were lower as investors squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of […] Read more
Six limiting factors in your soil that will make or break your operation
Crops, Forages

Six limiting factors in your soil that will make or break your operation

Without these six key ingredients, your soil — and your farm — could be in trouble

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Farms and grazing operations — organic or otherwise — are only as good as their worst resource, according to Oregon-based grazier Abe Collins. “Soil is our primary infrastructure on the farm,” said Collins, who spoke at the recent Organic Alberta conference. “Biologically, chemically, and physically, you need to be looking at the limiting factors in[...]
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Crops, Reuters

German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

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Reuters — Lanxess AG said on Sunday it would buy specialty chemical company Chemtura Corp. for about US$2.5 billion, to improve the German company’s additives business. Lanxess’s offer of US$33.50 for each Chemtura share represents a premium of about 19 per cent to the Philadelphia-based company’s close on Friday. The world’s largest synthetic rubber maker[...]
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Harvest of Newfoundland’s first-ever canola crop, a 30-acre field at Pasadena, N.L. was underway Friday. (Gov.NL.ca)
Canola, Crops

Newfoundland harvests first canola crop

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Researchers in Newfoundland are set to test the oil and meal quality of the province’s first-ever canola crop after its harvest on Friday. The 30-acre research plot at Pasadena, N.L., about 30 km east of Corner Brook, “grew exceptionally well, surpassing our researcher’s expectations,” Steve Crocker, the province’s minister of fisheries, forestry and agrifoods, said[...]
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(GrowthEnergy.org)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

China slaps anti-dumping duties on U.S. DDGS

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Chicago/Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday slapped anti-dumping duties on a U.S. animal feed ingredient known as distillers’ dried grains (DDGS) amid an intensifying spat between the world’s two largest economies over agricultural trade which totaled over US$20 billion last year. Beijing’s preliminary decision calls for duties of 33.8 per cent, effective immediately, the[...]
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Canola, Crops

Canola crush running close to full capacity

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CNS Canada — Canadian canola processors are running at close to full capacity, with a near record weekly crush posted during the week ended Wednesday. The weekly canola crush, during the week ending Sept. 21, hit 190,623 tonnes — the second largest on record, according to Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) data. Crushers were operating[...]
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(FITTrials.com)
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P+H bulking up on fertilizer in southeastern Saskatchewan

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Winnipeg grain company Parrish and Heimbecker has started construction work to further boost its crop input retail profile in southeastern Saskatchewan. The company, in an online newsletter released this week, said it has fast-tracked work on a new 1,800-tonne capacity liquid fertilizer blend plant at Moosomin, Sask., to accompany a 16,000-tonne capacity dry fertilizer storage[...]
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