Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Pakistan has been in the market for Canadian canola recently, and is expected to end up taking a few more cargoes than it did the previous year. That’s despite the fact that the country has been slow making purchases this year, according to a canola exporter. […]

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Mar. 18, 2009 at 1:55 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — A decision by the government of India to extend import tax exemptions on pulses entering the country for another year will benefit Canadian exporters, said an official with Pulse Canada. To increase the domestic supply of pulses, the Indian government decided at a cabinet meeting to […]

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Mar. 16, 2009 at 6:23 pm CDT

(REVISED — Resource News International) — Canadian canola acres in 2009 will likely be large, but exactly how large still remains to be seen, according to market analysts who thought rotation issues and other constraints may keep a lid on new-crop seedings. In its latest supply/demand estimates, Agriculture and Agri-Food […]

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Mar. 11, 2009 at 4:30 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board is seeing record grain movement this winter and should be able to continue that pace through the spring, according to a CWB spokesperson. From October 2008 to February 2009 the CWB cleared a total of 7.7 million tonnes of grain (including wheat, […]

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Mar. 5, 2009 at 5:44 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Improving agronomics and economics are making specialty high oleic canola varieties (also known as high stability, omega-9, or low linoleic) a more favourable choice for western Canadian farmers, according to industry participants who expected to see a continued increase in acres going into the varieties in […]

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