Insights and Stories of Dave Sims

Aug. 19, 2014 at 12:27 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Despite summer flooding on the eastern Prairies and generally late seeding, 2014-15 crop production across much of Western Canada looks reasonably robust, several agricultural analysts say. Statistics Canada on Thursday will release its first survey-based production estimates for the country, using data gathered in late July during […]

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Aug. 15, 2014 at 4:39 am CDT

CNS Canada — Western Canadian sunflowers are seen continuing to draw steady prices, despite volatile conditions that throw many other crops up and down. Ben Friesen, commodity purchasing manager with Keystone Grain, said prices have generally hung around the 32-cent-per-pound range for several months now and he expects that stability […]

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Aug. 13, 2014 at 12:32 am CDT

CNS Canada — Shipping wheat and canola to Mexico by boat out of Manitoba’s Port of Churchill is helping handlers manage ongoing railcar logistics issues in Western Canada. Grain handler Richardson International was the No. 1 grain shipper through Churchill in 2013 and is expected to remain so this year […]

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Aug. 10, 2014 at 1:05 am CDT

CNS Canada — The Prairies’ wet spring appears to have cut into the amount of canaryseed acres planted in Western Canada. David Nobbs, chairman of the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan, said he recently took a drive around canaryseed planting areas in the province’s southeast — and while some areas […]

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Aug. 7, 2014 at 3:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Recent warm weather is helping push Manitoba’s soybean crop into R3 and R4 stages of development in many parts of the province, according to a crop expert. Some beans could use more rain but for the most part are looking good, said Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture, […]

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