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Global durum crops in good shape, for now

By Terryn Shiells February 23, 2015

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Since North America and Australia both produced poor-quality durum crops in 2014-15, all eyes are on Mexico, the U.S. desert, Europe and North Africa to come up with some higher-quality product. And so far, most crops in those areas look fairly good, Alan Hegemeier, a merchandiser with CHS Inc., said […] Read more

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Prairie wheat acres seen dropping six per cent in 2015

By Terryn Shiells February 23, 2015

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Canadian wheat acreage, excluding durum, is expected to drop six per cent, to 17.9 million acres, for the 2015-16 crop year, Agri-Trend Group CEO Robert Saik told the Wild Oats Grainworld conference in Winnipeg. Wheat acres are expected to fall as current returns are at the breakeven level, and the […] Read more

Aerial view of Lac-Megantic after the July 2013 derailment and explosion that killed 47 people. (TSB.gc.ca)

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Canada demands oil trains carry more insurance, levy imposed

By Randall Palmer February 21, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will increase the insurance railways must carry when they haul crude oil and impose a levy on shippers to help cover the cost of major accidents in the burgeoning oil-by-rail industry, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Friday. Raitt unveiled the measures in a bill which responds largely to the 2013 […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

By Dave Sims February 21, 2015

CNS Canada — A mixture of extremely wet conditions in 2014 and a projected dry outlook for southwestern Manitoba are leading one corn expert to predict fewer corn acres in the province in 2015. “The southwest was wet, wet, wet and now they’re expecting to be dry, dry, dry. Neither of those conditions is great […] Read more

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Brazilian grain trucker blockade continues, threatens harvest

By Gustavo Bonato February 20, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Truckers protesting high diesel prices in Brazil used road blocks to restrict the flow of soy, corn and other commodities in a key grain-growing region for a third day on Friday, threatening what is expected to be a record harvest. A group of transport companies and independent truckers are blocking […] Read more

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Deere cuts profit forecast as farm equipment sales decline

By Reuters February 20, 2015

Reuters — Farm equipment maker Deere and Co. posted a 43 per cent fall in first-quarter profit and cut its full-year profit forecast as lower corn prices and weak farm income weighed on demand for agricultural machinery. The company, which gets nearly two-thirds of its revenue from farm and turf machinery, cut its 2015 net […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CN set to lock out 4,800 mechanical, clerical staff Monday

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 20, 2015

Canadian National Railway (CN) plans to lock out about 4,800 unionized employees across Canada starting Monday night (Feb. 23) unless their union agrees to arbitration for a new contract. Montreal-based CN’s move follows Thursday’s announcement by Unifor — the union representing CN’s mechanical, intermodal and clerical workers — that it will hold a strike vote […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans close week lower

February 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged 3.3 per cent on Friday, their biggest decline in nearly two months, on more signs of poor export prospects for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also fell, weighed down by a round of end-of-week profit-taking following solid gains on Thursday. But wheat notched the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Time running out for high durum prices

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Good-quality durum has enjoyed large premiums over other wheat classes this past year, but opportunities for any unpriced durum still left to sell may be getting harder to find, as attention turns to large global new-crop projections. Durum prices today are topping out at about $9.75 per bushel in Saskatchewan, according to […] Read more

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U.S. EPA to propose biofuels standards this spring

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 19, 2015

Grapevine, Tex. | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to put out a proposal that will address Renewable Fuels Standards for 2014, 2015 and 2016 this spring, an agency official at an industry conference in Grapevine, Tex., said Thursday. The agency will address all three years at once and plans to look at […] Read more

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Global durum crops in good shape, for now

Prairie wheat acres seen dropping six per cent in 2015

Canada demands oil trains carry more insurance, levy imposed

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

Brazilian grain trucker blockade continues, threatens harvest

Deere cuts profit forecast as farm equipment sales decline

CN set to lock out 4,800 mechanical, clerical staff Monday

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans close week lower

Time running out for high durum prices

U.S. EPA to propose biofuels standards this spring

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