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Friendly Oat Outlook Depends On Seeded Acres

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A room packed with oat growers waited patiently for Randy Strychar’s outlook on oats at Crop Production Week in Saskatoon. They weren’t disappointed. Oat acres have been declining and abandonment increasing in the face of relatively good demand. “We’re chewing through a smaller oat crop, yes, but at a much faster rate” than the average, […] Read more
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Yellow Peas Hard-Pressed To Reach $7

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Saskatchewan farm journalist Kevin Hursh, moderator of the pea market outlook panel at the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers’ meeting at Crop Week, put panelists on the spot asking for their pea price predictions for 2010. Greg Kostal, president of Kostal Ag Consulting in Winnipeg, says “sometime in the next 12 months the price will run to […] Read more
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Lots Of Bleached Greens

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We’ve had hundreds and hundreds of green pea samples come through our office over the years. They’re glanced at and then shipped off to our current buyers of choice to see if they make the grade for human consumption. The most prominent area of concern from a producer’s point of view is, “What’s the bleach […] Read more
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A Look Ahead To 2010

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“I have a number of customers for pea exports and there’s virtually no harvest demand to speak of from any country.” If you haven’t noticed, grain movement has been very slow this fall. It could be that many acres are still out in the field — mainly canola — and producers simply want to have […] Read more
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Know The Protein Of Your Wheat

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Wheat price estimates based on CWB September PRO Wheat Type No. 1 CWRS 13.5 No. 3 CWRS 13.0 No. 1 CPSR No. 1 CWRW Select CW Feed Price (FOB Vancouver) $6.67 $5.88 $5.36 $5.58 $4.06 Less average Alberta deductions (Insert number for your province.) $1.38 $1.38 $1.38 $1.38 $1.38 Less trucking freight to elevator or […] Read more
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Alberta Faces A Repeat Of 2002

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To most grain producers in Alberta, this year is turning out to be worse than the drought of 2002. Inputs were on the high side to get the crop in, hay and straw are now in short supply, plus, there are still frost concerns to worry about. In some areas, temperatures below zero were reported […] Read more
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Technicals Point To Higher Canola

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WRITTEN MAY 23, 2009 U. S. ag commodity futures are trending higher through the spring so far. It’s interesting to note the huge flow of speculative money coming back into the ag sector in recent weeks. Soybean futures are supported once again by the tightening stocks situation for U. S. soybeans. Sources close to Informa […] Read more
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Will There Be Enough Barley?

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2008-2009 Crop Year 2009-2010 Crop Year % Change When crop-related numbers and facts are published from various private and government agencies, they raise questions and discussions about the accuracy of those results. I thought I’d add more numbers to the mix. I looked at the files for 233 grain producers from our client base where […] Read more
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More Tests For Falling Number

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I have an inkling that this fall some buyers of higher quality feed wheat may be looking for more specific quality requirements. In particular, we may see the increase in the use of “falling numbers.” What IS a falling number exactly? Why is it important? Let’s start with harvest. If wheat starts to sprout in […] Read more

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