Insights and Stories of Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 21, 2007 at 4:13 pm CDT

(Resource News International) With no federally-approved hog slaughtering facilities left in Saskatchewan, hogs have found homes in Manitoba, Alberta and the U.S., according to industry participants. “The closure of Maple Leaf’s Saskatoon hog slaughtering facility at the end of May has resulted in producers in the province looking elsewhere to […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 21, 2007 at 2:05 pm CDT

(Resource News International) Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange finished Friday’s session mainly lower with losses associated with a drop-off in demand and weakness in the CBOT soybean complex, market watchers said. WCE western barley values closed sharply higher with a number of months establishing new contract highs on […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:38 am CDT

(Resource News International) Canada continues to monitor its soybean crops very closely for any signs of the Asian soybean rust disease, but so far no viable spores have been found, said an Ontario provincial crop specialist. “There has not yet been a confirmed case of Asian soybean rust in Ontario,” […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:32 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Ontario’s soybean harvest is about to gear up while the grain corn harvest is still a few weeks away, according to a provincial cereals specialist. “In terms of the soybean harvest in Ontario, it is full steam ahead where possible,” said Peter Johnson, a cereal specialist […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:10 am CDT

(Resource News International) Efforts are underway to reinstate pork exports to China from the Maple Leaf plant in Brandon, Man., said an official with the Canadian Pork Council. “It was certainly a surprise that pork from Maple Leaf was banned by China, given that a number of countries which have […]

By Dwayne Klassen