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Jet flies on pure biofuel

Reading Time: 2 minutes biofuel jet, cc cc 1900 section: newspriority 1 The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) says it achieved a major milestone for the aviation industry Oct. 29 as it flew the first civil jet powered by 100 per cent unblended biofuel.“This historic flight symbolizes a significant step not only for the aerospace industry, but also […] Read more
Crops, General

Monsanto’s dicamba-tolerant soybeans approved in Canada

Reading Time: < 1 minute Monsanto Canada says its dicamba-tolerant soybean product has received full food, feed and environmental release approval from Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). In a release Oct. 29, Monsanto said approval brings it one step closer to introducing dicamba-tolerance stacked with its Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield trait technology in soybeans. […] Read more
Crops, General, Weather

Drought tolerance a ‘hot’ topic for 2012 and 2013

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In years to come, 2012 in Ontario will be remembered as a drought year along with 2001 and 1988. Despite the cheery prospect of a winter with little ground cover and uncommonly warm temperatures, many farmers spent the early part of the year bracing themselves for a drier-than-normal growing season. At the same time, several […] Read more
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Iowa farmland sale hits new record high at $21,900 an acre

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As the Midwest struggles with the ripple effects of this year’s devastating drought, farmland prices in Iowa hit a new record high on Thursday when an 80.47-acre parcel sold for $21,900 an acre, the auction firm that handled the sale said Friday. The parcel is located in Sioux County near Boyden, Iowa, about 42 miles […] Read more
General, Livestock

CFIA says not more safety concerns at XL

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has no food-safety worries in allowing XL Foods plant in Brooks to re-open. “We are confident that all issues have been fully addressed,” said Paul Mayers, associate vice-president of programs for CFIA. Problems at the plant ranged from failing to follow its own food-safety plan to poor analysis […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets

Shrinking canola oil content pinches crushers, exporters

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Supply worries about Canada’s disappointingly small canola harvest this year are compounded by the oilseed’s reduced oil content, crimping profits for crushers and leaving food companies to scramble for other vegetable oils. Expectations were high early in the crop year that a record-large canola crop in top grower Canada would compensate for some of the […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets

Oat prices near historic highs

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cash bids for oats in Manitoba have soared to a level near historic highs, industry officials said. Some Manitoba oat farmers were receiving up to $4.00 per bushel as of Oct. 22, Warren Alexander, a commodity trader with Emerson Milling, in Emerson said. "This price level, historically, seems to be the high," he said. "Prices have […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets

Wheat up fourth straight day, eye on export demand

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago wheat futures rose for a fourth straight session on Monday amid expectations a likely export ban in Ukraine would shift overseas buyers to the United States and on concerns about dry weather in the southern Plains bread basket. Soybeans rallied to recoup Friday’s losses as the largest harvest in the world began to wind […] Read more

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