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Wet, cool weather slows harvest, southeast producers furthest ahead

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 5

By Saskatchewan Agriculture October 8, 2015

Wet and cool weather over the weekend has slowed harvest progress for many producers, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. Eighty-four per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 74 per cent last week. Twelve per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut. The five-year (2010-2014) average for this time […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulses: Imports arriving in India, new pea protein products

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 8, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Thursday morning, Oct. 8. • Imported supplies of arhar dal (pigeon peas) are starting to help ease rising domestic pulse prices in India, according to reports from the country. Poor local production this year should keep India as a […] Read more

Lorne Hehn, shown here in an undated photo, was a southern Saskatchewan farmer before becoming UGG’s president in Winnipeg in 1981. (Grainews file photo)

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Former UGG, CWB chief Lorne Hehn, 79

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 8, 2015

Lorne Hehn, at his funeral last week, was remembered as the Saskatchewan farmer-turned-businessman who led the Canadian Wheat Board toward its next-to-last incarnation as a farmer-controlled marketing agency. Hehn, who died Sept. 16 at age 79, had farmed at Markinch, about 65 km north of Regina, and was involved in several farm organizations, becoming a […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Cargill Q1 profit jumps despite commodities slump

By GFM Network News 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

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulses: India needs more pulses

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 7, 2015

CNS Canada — A few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Wednesday, Oct. 7. • Average protein levels for peas in Western Canada are coming in below the year-ago level, according to early sample data from the Canadian Grain Commission as of Oct. 1. Of the samples collected to date, the mean […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

PEDv may have entered U.S. on ‘reusable’ feed bags

By GFM Network News October 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) that killed millions of U.S. pigs over the past two years may have entered the country on large bags typically used to transport feed and other bulk products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The report, dated Sept. 24 and released Wednesday, said the agency […] Read more

Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

By GFM Network News October 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

CHS says Viterra intriguing at right price

By GFM Network News September 30, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm co-operative and grains trader CHS Inc. would be interested in the Canadian grain handling assets of embattled commodities trader Glencore, but only if they came at a discounted price, CHS CEO Carl Casale said in an exclusive interview. As part of a debt-reduction plan, Swiss-based Glencore has said it […] Read more

Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops

By GFM Network News September 30, 2015

CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent reports. “As the harvest is […] Read more

Winnipeg-based Legumex Walker’s pulse plants are Scoular’s first major play in the Prairie crops sector. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Grain handler Scoular on hunt for more Canadian buys

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 21, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — U.S. crop handler The Scoular Co. is looking to acquire stakes in grain and oilseeds facilities in Western Canada, fresh off agreeing to its first major purchase in the crop-growing belt, the private company’s chief operating officer said Monday. Scoular last week agreed to pay $94 million for the special crops […] Read more

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