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Canola in the swath on Aug. 18 near Miami, Man. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Trade’s crop estimates for 2014 optimistic despite flooding

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Despite summer flooding on the eastern Prairies and generally late seeding, 2014-15 crop production across much of Western Canada looks reasonably robust, several agricultural analysts say. Statistics Canada on Thursday will release its first survey-based production estimates for the country, using data gathered in late July during the height of flooding problems […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Weather

Omnitrax puts brakes on crude through Churchill

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Omnitrax has announced it will not be shipping oil through northern Manitoba’s Port of Churchill after all. The Denver-based company, which owns the Hudson Bay port facility and rail line serving it, had expressed interest in the idea, but said Friday it had suspended plans to ship crude oil for the foreseeable […] Read more
Some Prairie crops of wild rice (shown here packaged by Far North Wild Rice at Flin Flon in northwestern Manitoba) may have suffered setbacks this year due to excess moisture and cool temperatures in their early stages. (WildRice.mb.ca)
Crops, Weather

Excess moisture, cool spring swamp wild rice crop

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Many crops have felt the effects of excess moisture and a late, cool spring this year — and even the crops that already grow in water have been impacted. Weather conditions have been tough on this year’s wild rice crops, according to an industry participant. “What we’re hearing right now in northwestern […] Read more
(Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Cereals, Crops, Markets, Oats, Weather

Oats prices remain steady, crop quality questionable

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While this year’s oats crop in Canada may not be above-average, prices are staying relatively strong in comparison to other crops, from where one southern Manitoba merchant sits. “They’ve held in very strong relative to corn and wheat,” said Ryan McKnight, a grain merchant for Linear Grain at Carman, Man. “Out of […] Read more
A new biocontrol is proposed to use fungal microbes to prevent healthy wheat heads (top) from damage by fusarium head blight (bottom). (Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Cereals, Crops, Weather

New biocontrol to fight fusarium in cereals

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Using fire to fight fire, a new biocontrol product could be commercialized for use against fusarium head blight in a year or two. Adjuvants Plus at Kingsville, Ont. has reached a licensing agreement with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to use its patented technology — a fungal organism called Clonostachys rosea, strain ACM941 — to […] Read more
California Governor Jerry Brown (shown here Tuesday, third from right, with state lawmakers) has signed legislation to put a water bond to voters in November. (Justin Short photo, Gov.Ca.gov)
Crops, Reuters, Weather

Lawmakers in drought-hit California agree on water plan

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacramento | Reuters — California Governor Jerry Brown approved on Wednesday a US$7.6 billion plan to improve water supplies in the drought-stricken state that will be put before voters in November, ending a year of political wrangling over the measure. California is in the throes of a devastating multi-year drought that is expected to cost […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rangebound, awaiting news

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but were still holding rangebound overall as market participants continue to try and get a better handle on the size of this year’s crop. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based production estimates for the 2014 canola crop on Aug. 21, […] Read more
Barley, Cereals, Crops, Weather

Southern Alta. barley harvest underway

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Harvest started this week for some barley crops in southern Alberta — parts of which have reported little or no rain for weeks. “I’m in southern Alberta (where) we just started harvest on our barley (on Monday), and I would say that the barley crops look good, (but) we’ve been a bit […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Churchill throughput helps ease demand for railcars

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Shipping wheat and canola to Mexico by boat out of Manitoba’s Port of Churchill is helping handlers manage ongoing railcar logistics issues in Western Canada. Grain handler Richardson International was the No. 1 grain shipper through Churchill in 2013 and is expected to remain so this year as well, starting the season […] Read more

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