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Lethbridge Inland Terminal sale clears regulators

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 5, 2014

Federal regulators have cleared the road for Viterra to complete its takeover of southern Alberta’s farmer-owned Lethbridge Inland Terminal. Regina-based Viterra, the Canadian grain handling arm of Swiss commodity giant Glencore Xstrata, announced Friday it has now picked up “all pertinent shareholder and regulatory approvals” to buy LIT for an undisclosed sum. LIT, which operates […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Cereal, pulse treatment cleared for on-farm application

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 5, 2014

Cereal and pulse crop growers have been cleared for on-farm application of one of Syngenta’s neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments, for control of pests such as wireworm and pea leaf weevil. Syngenta Canada last week announced it had picked up federal registration for on-farm application of its Cruiser 5FS seed treatment to cereal and pulse seed, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Cuban sugar harvest falters; foreign investment sought

By GFM Network News March 5, 2014

Havana | Reuters — For the third consecutive year Cuba’s reorganized sugar industry is failing to perform up to expectations, increasing pressure on the government to open up the once-proud sector to foreign investment. Already one mill, the first since the industry was nationalized soon after the 1959 revolution, is under foreign management, with at […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Crops

Change in SR+ED rule pares back grain growers’ tax credits

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 5, 2014

Updated, March 7 — Grain growers planning to claim their checkoff payments for a federal Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR+ED) tax credit can expect slightly smaller credits going forward. Starting in the 2013 tax year, changes in federal tax law permit the SR+ED tax credit to be claimed on 80 per cent of eligible […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: South American crop woes boost corn, soy futures

By GFM Network News March 4, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean and corn futures rose on Tuesday due to South American crop production woes that boosted prospects for U.S. supplies on the export market in the coming weeks, traders said. Corn received further support from the uncertainty over unrest in Ukraine, hitting its highest on a continuous basis since mid-September. […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Black Sea tensions stoke concerns over grain exports

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News March 4, 2014

Chicago | Grainews — Rising tension over increased Russian military presence in the Crimean peninsula has elevated concern in the western grain trade over exports in the near term. “The concerns about exporting wheat and corn definitely are a short-term issue here that could delay some of the shipments out of that region of the […] Read more

Barley, Crops

Calgary’s Big Rock picks B.C. brewery site

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 4, 2014

Calgary craft brewer Big Rock Brewery has picked a vacant warehouse in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant area for the site of a bigger-than-expected second brewery. The company had announced plans last September to set up and open a second brewery somewhere in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland region, expecting to spend in the range of $1.5 million […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Canadian spot wheat bids jump with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News March 4, 2014

CNS Canada –– Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) moved higher over the past week, with a bounce in U.S. futures behind much of the strength. Average spot bids on Monday for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in at […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn surge as market frets over Ukraine

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News March 3, 2014

Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged nearly five per cent On Monday, the most in 1-1/2 years, as tensions in Ukraine stoked fears of disruption to shipments from the Black Sea, one of the world’s key grain-exporting zones. Corn futures jumped 1.5 per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade after Ukraine, a major exporter […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Bumper Australian wheat crop seen, but lack of rain a risk

By GFM Network News March 1, 2014

Sydney | Reuters — Australia will issue its 2014-15 wheat production forecast next week, but with hot, dry weather across its east coast and the threat of a dry El Nino weather pattern developing, the supply picture from the world’s second largest exporter is uncertain. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture, Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) […] Read more

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn

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U.S. cattle ranchers slowly start to rebuild decimated herd

GFM Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn

China to reduce pig herd amid low consumer demand

U.S. cattle ranchers slowly start to rebuild decimated herd

Crops

Lethbridge Inland Terminal sale clears regulators

Cereal, pulse treatment cleared for on-farm application

Cuban sugar harvest falters; foreign investment sought

Change in SR+ED rule pares back grain growers’ tax credits

U.S. grains: South American crop woes boost corn, soy futures

Black Sea tensions stoke concerns over grain exports

Calgary’s Big Rock picks B.C. brewery site

Canadian spot wheat bids jump with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn surge as market frets over Ukraine

Bumper Australian wheat crop seen, but lack of rain a risk

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