Insights and Stories of Dwayne Klassen

Nov. 17, 2008 at 6:34 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Acres seeded to winter wheat in Ontario during the fall of 2008 are expected to be down from the record level seen during the fall of 2007, but will still be the third highest on record. “There were roughly 950,000 acres of land seeded to winter […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Nov. 14, 2008 at 3:07 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Limited U.S. production of canola and an abundance of other feedstocks appear to continue to restrict canola’s use in the U.S. biodiesel sector. Premiums being offered for canola oil in the U.S. food sector are absorbing the available supply from Canada as well, industry sources report. […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Nov. 10, 2008 at 6:45 pm CST

(Resource News International) — There has been little to no impact on Canada’s grain and oilseed exports from global credit issues so far, but there has been some slowdown in the pulse and special crop sector, according to industry participants. “I don’t know if the credit issues are widespread and […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Oct. 31, 2008 at 5:16 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Sales of live cattle and hogs from Canada to the U.S. under the U.S. government’s new country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws have suffered since the rule’s implementation, industry sources report. As for Canadian pork and beef product sales, however, the jury remains undecided. “On the live hog […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Oct. 29, 2008 at 11:12 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Canada’s hog inventories as of Oct. 1 totalled 12.795 million head, down from 14.36 million at the same time a year ago and lower than the 12.985 million during the quarter ended July 1, figures released by Statistics Canada revealed. The government agency said the decline […]

By Dwayne Klassen