Insights and Stories of Dwayne Klassen

Apr. 23, 2013 at 11:41 am CDT

Industry participants are certain we’ll see uncertainty in Statistics Canada’s first seeding intentions survey for the spring of 2013, given the late winter thaw, possibilities of flooding in some regions and resulting delays in planting crops. StatsCan’s planting intentions survey, conducted the week of March 25 to April 3 and […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Apr. 9, 2013 at 8:44 am CDT

Crush margins for processors in Canada have eased to their lowest level in quite some time, but processing remains at a strong pace, according to industry sources. “Based on my calculations, crush margins for canola dropped to their lowest level in quite some time late last week to around the […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Apr. 8, 2013 at 9:00 am CDT

Demand for Canadian red lentils has picked up recently, with the increase in business helping stimulate strength in the cash bids for the commodity. Cash bids for red lentils have climbed to around the 23- to 25-cent per pound area, depending on the region of the Prairies, confirmed Jackie Kress, […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 18, 2013 at 1:31 am CDT

The high quality of Canadian-produced soybeans has led to development of some niche, and high-premium-paying, customers for the crop during the 2012-13 crop year — and expectations are for this feat to be repeated in the 2013-14 season starting at the end of this month. Federal funding of roughly $90,000 […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 8, 2013 at 5:02 pm CST

The U.S. government is not expected to comply with the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling requiring changes to its mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meats and certain other foods by a May 23 deadline. "The U.S. government could still pull a rabbit out of its hat and actually change […]

By Dwayne Klassen