Insights and Stories of Dwayne Klassen

Jan. 5, 2010 at 4:49 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Canadian flaxseed production in the upcoming 2010-11 crop year will be significantly lower than during 2009-10 if Canada’s ability to export it remains impeded in Europe, Japan and now Brazil, according to industry sources. “The concern that buyer after buyer would become concerned with importing GMO-contaminated […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Dec. 23, 2009 at 5:18 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Efforts between Canada’s oilseed processors and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to resolve canola meal blockages remain ongoing, industry officials said. Some of Canada’s largest canola processors, including Bunge, ADM, Cargill and Viterra have seen their canola meal shipments blocked at the U.S. borderm […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Dec. 21, 2009 at 6:53 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– The decision by the Argentine government to shut down its beef exports in an effort to increase domestic supply will definitely open the door of opportunity for other major beef exporting countries, including Canada, an official with the Canadian Beef Export Federation said. Argentina’s agricultural trade […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Dec. 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Competition for Canada’s canola crop is expected to increase significantly between domestic processors and the country’s canola exporters in 2010, industry officials said. “As more and more domestic processors come on line, the battle between the export and domestic sector is going to heat up and […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Dec. 10, 2009 at 4:19 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– Feed wheat cash bids in Western Canada have been consolidating at current levels, although the trend has been to the upside. “Much of the upward movement that has been seen in feed wheat is being linked to the change in the weather and to some extent […]

By Dwayne Klassen