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Crops, Weather

Dryness being watched in parts of Western Canada

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CNS Canada — The snowpack is gone and moisture levels are low across many agricultural areas of Western Canada, which should allow for an early start to spring seeding. However, the lack of moisture could lead to problems down the road if there is no timely precipitation later in the season. While there are no […] Read more
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Columns, Crops

How to feed 9 billion people

In this second part of a two-part instalment, Brian Wittal looks 
at how we can feed a growing world population

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This is a continuation of last week’s column about how we can feed a world with nine billion people in fifty years. As I noted last week, 30 per cent of the world’s food production is wasted. Resolving this would go a long way toward feeding the expected increase in population over the next 50 […] Read more
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Canola, News

Moving canola to market

We can increase our canola yields, but experts question whether we have 
the transportation infrastructure to get that extra production to buyers

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Dr. Stephen Blank believes the Canola Council of Canada’s production goal of 52 bushels per acre by 2025 is impressive, he told delegates at the council’s recent conference in Banff, Alta. “But there’s an 800 pound gorilla in there that we haven’t talked much about,” said Blank, an expert on North American transportation infrastructure. “That’s […] Read more
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Canola, News

Getting to 52 by 2025

The Canola Council of Canada has set an ambitious goal, 
calling for average on-farm yields of 52 bushels per acre

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Marcus Weidler is confident that the canola industry can meet the lofty production goals set out by the Canola Council of Canada. It’s a long way from the 2014 average Canadian canola yield of 34.4 bushels per acre to 52 bu./ac. by 2025. “Yeah, it’s ambitious,” said Weidler, vice president of seed operations for Bayer […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia may consider lifting food ban from Greece, Hungary, Cyprus

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Moscow | Reuters — The Russian government could consider removing Greece, Hungary and Cyprus from its ban on most Western food imports, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov was quoted as saying Tuesday. Russia’s ban, which should run until early August, was imposed in retaliation to Western sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

Cost-cutting Mosaic CEO collects $5.5M pay raise

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Reuters — U.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. boosted its CEO’s pay last year by more than $5 million as a reward for slashing costs and jobs, a regulatory filing shows. Construction of excess potash capacity and fiercer competition have pressured the sector, and leading North American producers Mosaic, PotashCorp and Agrium have chopped expenses. Mosaic […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy falls for third day in a row

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures eased on Tuesday on pressure from abundant global supplies and weakening demand for U.S. offerings on the export market, traders said. “The world supplies are still large. The crop in South America continues to grow as harvest continues to progress in Argentina,” said Don Roose, analyst […] Read more

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