Insights and Stories of Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 30, 2009 at 4:08 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The updated grain and oilseed production survey from Statistics Canada, scheduled to be released Friday (Oct. 2), is expected to show a general increase in the size of all crops, according to market participants. However, the market participants wondered aloud, will the government agency’s survey results […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 29, 2009 at 3:47 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Cash bids for flaxseed in Western Canada have been steadily declining as European concerns that Canada’s crop contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs) continue to gather speed. “Right now, European interests have quarantined all Canadian flaxseed shipments, which has had a real detrimental impact on the cash […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 24, 2009 at 3:41 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The sunflower harvest in Western Canada has begun and while prices for the oil varieties of sunflowers may be easing, values for confectionary are expected to climb. “The sunflower crop in the main producing province of Manitoba is the furthest ahead in the southwest region, where […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 23, 2009 at 12:51 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The 850,000-tonne per year canola processing plant built by Louis Dreyfus Canada and Mitsui Canada near Yorkton, Sask. is expected to start operations by mid-November, an official with LDM Foods confirmed. Early plans had called for the facility to be operational by this month. The facility, […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 22, 2009 at 6:38 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Cash bids for canola in Western Canada have been steadily declining given ongoing harvest operations and the prospects of a crop that may be much larger than first anticipated. However, despite the drop in the cash price, basis levels for canola have been holding relatively stable, […]

By Dwayne Klassen