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Shanghai’s Pudong business district, shown here, is home to COFCO Agri’s Chinese trading office. (CIA.gov)

China’s COFCO to open Canadian grain office by autumn

By Reuters June 28, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — China’s COFCO Agri will open a Canadian crop trading office in Winnipeg by the time farmers harvest their new crops, the state-owned agricultural trader said Tuesday. The new office, which Reuters reported earlier this month, will focus on trading canola and its processed products oil and meal, as well as wheat, […] Read more

Winnipeg has long been a centre of the Prairie grain trade, having hosted the headquarters of past and present grain handlers and traders and the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (now ICE Futures Canada). (Canadian Wheat Board photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China’s COFCO Agri hiring grain traders, opening Winnipeg office

By Reuters June 10, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Chinese state-owned agricultural trader COFCO Agri is opening a trading office in the Canadian grain hub of Winnipeg, adding to the aggressive expansion of its North American agriculture business. COFCO Agri is hiring three grain traders and an operations manager to expand export and domestic trading, according to the company’s postings […] Read more

Mariette Mulaire, CEO of World Trade Centre Winnipeg. (Supplied photo)

Livestock, Markets

Ad Feature: Centrallia brings export opportunities to centre stage

By Jim Bentein March 2, 2016

Canada’s geographical centre is set to reach out to the world in May, as host of a business-to-business (B2B) forum for agribusinesses and other sectors to network across the globe from one spot. That forum is one component of Centrallia, in which over 700 participants from Canada and over 30 other countries are expected at […] Read more

CentrePort’s attractiveness lies partly in its access to multiple rail carriers, as Paterson Grain’s terminal northwest of Winnipeg already has. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops

Toronto grain firm’s elevator to anchor Winnipeg rail park

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 14, 2016

Toronto grain trading firm BroadGrain Commodities aims to build some Prairie handling muscle with a new grain terminal and bean plant in Winnipeg’s planned CentrePort rail park. The company, which already operates a pair of elevators in southwestern and eastern Ontario and took over Saskatchewan pulse and special crop processor Lakeside Global Grains in 2011, […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Parmalat gets GF2 funds for new Winnipeg milk plant

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News December 15, 2015

Dairy giant Parmalat is set to get federal and Manitoba government funding toward its planned new $50 million milk plant in Winnipeg. The two levels of government on Tuesday pledged $2.5 million toward the construction of Parmalat’s new dairy plant at an industrial park in the city’s St. Boniface area, about seven km east of […] Read more

Crops

Cereals North America: W. Canada to see marketing shifts

By Jade Markus November 3, 2015

Winnipeg/Commodity News Service Canada – Crops in Western Canada saw a range of weather conditions this year, resulting in lower production and higher protein. That means there will be a marketing shift next year, according to Bruce Burnett, weather and crop specialist with G3 Canada (formerly CWB), speaking at a Cereals North America conference in […] Read more

Beef Cattle, CCA reports

CCA Report: North American producers stand firm on COOL

From the September 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dave Solverson September 23, 2015

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) held a busy and productive semi-annual meeting in Winnipeg, Man. in August. Much of the discussion and debate around the board table focused on addressing factors that may be preventing some producers from expanding their herds to take advantage of current market opportunities. While drought and extreme dry conditions remain […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Comment

Prepping for the politicians

A few notes from the CCA’s semi-annual meeting

By Gren Winslow September 18, 2015

Late last month the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association published a political wish list on behalf of the beef industry for candidates running in the federal election. You can find it on the CCA website. The week before that document came out I had a chance to hear some of the background discussions that went into setting […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Tight numbers a concern for livestock marketers

By Ron Friesen September 14, 2015

The bloom may soon come off the rose for record-high cattle prices as economic indicators in the United States suggest a coming slowdown in consumer beef demand. That was the message from commodity market analyst Jerry Klassen to the Livestock Market Association of Canada’s annual convention in Winnipeg earlier this summer. A roaring bull market […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Parmalat getting land to expand Winnipeg milk plant

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 16, 2015

Dairy giant Parmalat plans to expand its Winnipeg milk operations and has been cleared to buy the acres to do so. While the Italian company’s Toronto-based Canadian arm has so far been quiet about its plans, Winnipeg’s city council on Wednesday voted to approve the sale of about 15 acres to Parmalat just south of […] Read more

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Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions

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China’s COFCO to open Canadian grain office by autumn

China’s COFCO Agri hiring grain traders, opening Winnipeg office

Ad Feature: Centrallia brings export opportunities to centre stage

Toronto grain firm’s elevator to anchor Winnipeg rail park

Parmalat gets GF2 funds for new Winnipeg milk plant

Cereals North America: W. Canada to see marketing shifts

CCA Report: North American producers stand firm on COOL

Prepping for the politicians

Tight numbers a concern for livestock marketers

Parmalat getting land to expand Winnipeg milk plant

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