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Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

By Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel July 20, 2017

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one of the world’s top exporters, […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Cargill’s Q3 profit up on ingredient, protein demand

By Karl Plume March 29, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as strong earnings from its food ingredients and protein units more than offset lagging results from South American grain trading and processing. The privately held company has been streamlining its operations to focus on higher-margin businesses such as food ingredients […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Tight high-protein supplies underpin Minneapolis wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 15, 2016

CNS Canada — Spring wheat futures in Minneapolis are outpacing the Chicago and Kansas City winter wheats to the upside, and tight world supplies of higher-protein wheat should remain supportive until the 2017 North American crop becomes better known. “A lot of it is the protein market,” said analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in […] Read more

Straight from the hip

Schoepp: The value of beef

By Brenda Schoepp December 15, 2016

Beef remains the most valuable protein in the world. Surprisingly, the approximately 128 billion pounds now produced globally each year could supply each person on earth with 18 pounds. The imbalance in income and the lack of distribution in some places along with the massive per capita consumption in beef-producing countries like Argentina and the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Cargill posts net profit on special gains; revenue down

By Karl Plume August 10, 2016

Reuters — Global commodity trader Cargill on Wednesday said it turned in a quarterly net profit, boosted by special gains that offset poor results from trading and oilseed processing. Revenue for the privately held company declined for the eighth straight quarter. Minnesota-based Cargill reported net income of $15 million for the fourth quarter ended May […] Read more

“We’ve looked at some alternatives here and found we could feed the grasser cattle protein supplement on alternate days and we didn’t have to take it to them every day. We were able to reduce labour costs by 20 per cent.” Bart Lardner, WBDC

Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Satisfy the protein needs of pregnant cows

By Heather Smith Thomas November 5, 2015

Cows require different nutritional levels at different stages of gestation. Nutrient requirements in early gestation are not much different from maintenance requirements, but as the fetus grows larger the cow’s nutrient needs increase. And if a cow is lactating, she needs a much higher level of protein and energy than when she is pregnant. Protein […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

India still rules pulse market, despite potential diet shifts

By Jade Markus October 27, 2015

CNS Canada –– Based on how its high pulse prices and stockpiling regulations have held the market’s undivided attention in recent weeks, India’s place in the driver’s seat of the pulse trade appears safe. While new data from the World Health Organization on the carcinogenicity of processed and red meat is driving attention to alternative […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Cargill Q1 profit jumps despite commodities slump

By Karl Plume October 7, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill Inc. effectively navigated tumbling commodities markets and volatile currencies to turn in a 20 per cent gain in first-quarter profit, the privately held company said Wednesday. The Minnesota-based company’s grain and oilseed supply chain and energy businesses were standouts in the quarter ended Aug. 31, in stark […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

High protein, high yields seen in early malt barley

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 27, 2015

CNS Canada –– High protein levels could prove a challenge for Canadian maltsters this year, but the quality of the country’s malt barley crop is generally looking better than had been expected as harvest activity starts up across the Prairies, according to a broker. “Everything is high, high, high; high yields, high plump, high bushel […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Focus on your yearlings this breeding season

By John McKinnon June 16, 2015

Calving is well underway across the country and many of you are turning your thoughts to activities associated with breeding, pasture turnout and spring seeding. Before your schedule gets too hectic, it is a good time to take stock of your nutrition program particularly as it relates to the breeding herd. In past issues, I […] Read more

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Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

Cargill’s Q3 profit up on ingredient, protein demand

Tight high-protein supplies underpin Minneapolis wheat

Schoepp: The value of beef

Cargill posts net profit on special gains; revenue down

Satisfy the protein needs of pregnant cows

India still rules pulse market, despite potential diet shifts

Cargill Q1 profit jumps despite commodities slump

High protein, high yields seen in early malt barley

Focus on your yearlings this breeding season

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