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Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 9, 2016

Food safety officials in Canada and the U.S. have formally recognized each other’s respective food safety controls under a cross-border co-operation pact. The two countries last week announced their new food safety systems recognition arrangement, reached during meetings of the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Co-operation Council (RCC) held Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, D.C. The two countries […] Read more

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Canola to get early test as Prairies brace for frost

By Dave Sims May 9, 2016

CNS Canada — Overnight lows of -2 or -3 C are expected across much of Saskatchewan by Wednesday or Thursday, according to Environment Canada forecasts. The colder temperatures are expected to make their way into Manitoba by Friday. That could put some stress on canola plants that have already emerged, according to industry watchers. “As […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn falls two per cent ahead of monthly USDA report

By Julie Ingwersen May 9, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Monday to the lowest level since mid-April, pressured by broad weakness in commodities and positioning a day ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report, analysts said. Soybean and wheat futures also fell. At the Chicago Board of Trade, most-active July […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Prairie spring wheat bids rise with dry weather

By Dave Sims May 9, 2016

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada improved during the week ended Friday, with prices receiving support from dry weather conditions in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Weakness in the Canadian dollar, which fell from the US80-cent mark to the mid-77-cent range between April 29 and Friday, added to the upside. Depending on the […] Read more

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, shown here Sunday at Day of Unity celebrations in Astana, announced a cabinet shuffle Friday in response to rare public protests against farmland ownership reforms. (Akorda.kz)

Crops, Reuters

Kazakh president meets farmland protests with reshuffle

By Reuters May 6, 2016

Astana | Reuters — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing opposition calls for a demonstration in the business centre Almaty, completed a government reshuffle initiated this week in response to street protests against farmland privatisation plans. Economy minister Yerbolat Dosayev and agriculture minister Asylzhan Mamytbekov, whose ministries were behind the planned land reform, both resigned after […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

By Karl Plume, Tom Polansek May 6, 2016

Reuters — Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world’s biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds from companies such as Monsanto. Bold yellow signs from global trader Bunge are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy surges as export hopes rise

By Mark Weinraub May 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean, corn and wheat futures rose on Friday on bargain buying after all three commodities posted sharp declines on Thursday. Soybeans led the gains, with the most-active contract rising 2.6 per cent. Underpinning soy were hopes that the U.S. exporters will continue to pick up overseas demand even as harvest […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Glencore in talks to sell further stake in ag unit

By Clara Denina, Sarah McFarlane May 6, 2016

London | Reuters — Commodity trader and miner Glencore is in talks to sell a further 9.9 per cent stake in its agricultural unit, negotiating with bidders that missed out on the 40 per cent sold to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Glencore, whose ag […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 6, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian canola and wheat supplies are much tighter heading into the final months of the 2015-16 crop year than they were at the same point a year ago, according to Statistics Canada’s latest stocks report. StatsCan pegged the country’s canola stocks, as of March 31, at 7.49 million tonnes in its report […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 5, 2016

Seeding now rather than waiting for rain may be a viable option for Prairie canola growers looking out on dry fields without much chance of precipitation, the Canola Council of Canada suggests. Facing temperatures in the mid-30s C, and soil moisture down at about the one- to two-inch mark, a few Prairie growers on social […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

Canola to get early test as Prairies brace for frost

U.S. grains: Corn falls two per cent ahead of monthly USDA report

Prairie spring wheat bids rise with dry weather

Kazakh president meets farmland protests with reshuffle

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

U.S. grains: Soy surges as export hopes rise

Glencore in talks to sell further stake in ag unit

StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

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