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Prairie wheat bids slide with U.S. futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 20, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat were down during the week ended Friday, as losses in the U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by $10-$19 per tonne, with bids ranging from $185 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $209 per tonne in Manitoba, according […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on Chinese stimulus, wheat rebounds

By Karl Plume April 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for a fifth consecutive session on Monday on worries about a possible trucker strike in Brazil and as an economic stimulus move by top importer China reinforced expectations of brisk demand for the oilseed. Wheat rebounded from steep losses last week, although gains were capped by improving […] Read more

The CWB Marquis, CWB’s new laker vessel, is shown here before leaving China in October last year. (CWB.ca)

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Opposition seeks Commons debate on CWB sale

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 19, 2015

The federal opposition New Democrats are asking for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the pending sale of majority control in CWB, the former Canadian Wheat Board. Winnipeg Centre MP Pat Martin, the party’s critic for public works and government services, announced Friday he has written to Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer requesting […] Read more

Canola, Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. regulators may recommend testing food for glyphosate residues

By Carey Gillam April 18, 2015

Reuters — U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency told Reuters on Friday, as public concern rises over possible links to disease. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, has come under intense scrutiny since a research unit of the World Health […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 17, 2015

Canadian farmers are expected to take area out of summerfallow this spring for more acres of almost all major grains, oilseeds, pulses and special crops, the federal agriculture department said Friday. Canada’s total 2015-16 crop production is forecast to rise, due mainly to higher seeded area, due in turn to lower area in summerfallow and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent in week as rains arrive on Plains

By Julie Ingwersen April 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended steady on Friday but fell six per cent for the week as drought-relieving rains arrived in the southern U.S. Plains crop belt. Corn futures firmed in a technical bounce after falling to a near one-month low this week, and soybeans posted a slight gain. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Syngenta sales feel effect of low commodity prices

By Alice Baghdjian, Joshua Franklin April 17, 2015

Zurich | Reuters –– Swiss firm Syngenta, the world’s largest maker of crop chemicals, suffered a bigger than expected fall in first-quarter sales having been hit by low commodity prices, the strong dollar and a prolonged winter in the U.S. The price of corn fell about 15 per cent in 2014, on top of a […] Read more

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (l) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (Government.ru)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Russia’s ag ministry proposes to cancel wheat export tax

By Reuters April 17, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed to the government to cancel a tax on wheat exports from July 1 when the 2015-16 marketing year starts, a source at the ministry told Reuters. Russia imposed the duty on wheat exports between Feb. 1 and June 30 in an effort to cool domestic food […] Read more

Crops, Livestock, Straight from the hip

The future of agricultural food production in Canada

It's food that weaves the economic prosperity of a nation

By Brenda Schoepp April 16, 2015

With the Canadian economy in complete disarray and a desperately low national GDP, governments are struggling to spur a little action. As the election looms and promises are made, even the retraction of interest rates seems an unlikely motivator. Agriculture has long been lost in the discussion of booming economies. Big oil and big metals […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

Leafy greens eyed in E. coli outbreak

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 16, 2015

Federal health officials suspect leafy greens as a possible culprit in sickening 12 people in Canada, mainly in Alberta, with E. coli poisoning. The Public Health Agency of Canada on Wednesday said it’s considering a “possible link” to greens, such as lettuce, spinach, chard, kale or arugula, in 12 cases of E. coli O157:H7 poisoning […] Read more

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Prairie wheat bids slide with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on Chinese stimulus, wheat rebounds

Opposition seeks Commons debate on CWB sale

U.S. regulators may recommend testing food for glyphosate residues

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent in week as rains arrive on Plains

Syngenta sales feel effect of low commodity prices

Russia’s ag ministry proposes to cancel wheat export tax

The future of agricultural food production in Canada

Leafy greens eyed in E. coli outbreak

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