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U.S. tile maker buys into Canadian ag drainage market

Reading Time: 2 minutes A southern Manitoba company making tile pipe for the agricultural market is about to become the Canadian arm of a U.S. competitor. Minnesota-based Prinsco announced last week it has bought AccuPipe of Winkler, Man. for an undisclosed sum — and also plans to set up a second facility at Taber in southern Alberta. The sale […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Ontario punches up fruit production insurance

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ontario apple and grape growers who’ve enrolled in production insurance through Agricorp for 2014 can now qualify for coverage on their trees and vines in their first year of insurance. The change is one of several Agricorp recently announced to its insurance program for fruit crops following a “devastating” crop year in 2012. Ontario growers […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Soy down on China concern

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures ended lower on Monday, on concerns that China soon may be shifting its soy buying to South America from the U.S., and on outlooks for better crop weather in South America. Corn held firm for the third consecutive trading session on short-covering and weather issues in Argentina, while wheat was lower on […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Soybean expansion to continue on Prairies

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba and Saskatchewan growers planted and produced a record-large amount of soybeans this year — and the crop’s westward expansion is expected to continue in the future. According to Statistics Canada, Manitoba farmers planted 1.05 million acres of soybeans in 2013-14 and, with good yields, produced 1.07 million tonnes. Manitoba’s soybean crops got a late […] Read more
Livestock, Weather

Warm temps persist in Alta., cooling to the east

Reading Time: < 1 minute Warm daily highs above freezing persisted across much of Alberta on Tuesday, while conditions were cooler in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to data from WeatherFarm.com. Daily highs of +1 C to as high as +9 C were recorded by WeatherFarm stations in Alberta on Tuesday, while temperatures in Saskatchewan generally topped out in the single […] Read more
Livestock, Weather

Milder weather hits Prairies

Reading Time: < 1 minute Temperatures across all three Prairie provinces are milder than normal for mid-December and are forecast to remain that way at least through Tuesday, according to data from WeatherFarm.com. Temperatures were hovering around the freezing mark in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba on Monday, with many stations in southern Alberta straight up past Edmonton reporting temperatures in […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Weather

Japan snaps up more Canadian wheat, turns from U.S.

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Japan snapped up Canadian wheat for making bread and noodles in a surprise tender that closed Tuesday, ramping up purchases from Canada as its prices fall on bumper harvests. Increased buying from Canada by the world’s sixth-largest importer of the grain is usurping appetite for wheat of similar quality from the United States. Canada has […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Soybeans up 1.4 per cent as demand increases

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures rose 1.4 per cent to their highest level since Sept. 19 on strong end user demand, traders said. Corn futures also climbed, supported by short-covering, but wheat was mostly lower on technical weakness. Soybeans were buoyed early by a U.S. Agriculture Department report that private exporters sold 290,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans […] Read more

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