Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

GrainWorld: La Nina may mean good wheat yields

Feb. 25, 2009 at 2:08 am CST

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean over the winter are seen as a potential indicator of large Canadian wheat yields the following summer. Long-term weather conditions can be an inexact science, due to the sheer number of variables involved. But La Nina and El […]

GrainWorld: Hog sector finally seeing some profits

Feb. 24, 2009 at 5:49 pm CST

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Oats supplies continue to overhang market

Feb. 9, 2009 at 4:30 pm CST

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Analysts: Crop acres still up in air for 2009

Jan. 28, 2009 at 5:45 pm CST

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Canola exports strong, cutting into ending stocks

Jan. 22, 2009 at 5:40 pm CST

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CWB deregulation off government’s radar, for now

Jan. 19, 2009 at 3:50 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Changes to the Canadian Wheat Board are off the federal government’s radar for the time being, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Monday. Canada’s minority Conservative government has promised in the past to end the CWB’s current single-desk monopoly on barley and wheat marketing in Western Canada, […]

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Canada to sign ag trade memo with India

Jan. 12, 2009 at 11:37 am CST

(Resource News International) — The Canadian government on Tuesday will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India regarding agricultural trade issues, Canada’s agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said in a teleconference from New Dehli on Monday. Ritz is visiting India with industry representatives from Pulse Canada and Canada Pork International […]

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Canola demand heading for record

Dec. 22, 2008 at 4:54 am CST

(Resource News International) — Canada’s record large canola crop will need to be met by equally large demand in order to keep carry-out supplies from climbing too high in the upcoming year, according to industry sources who were anticipating record demand from both domestic crushers and from export customers. Canadian […]

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Feed barley seen staying home, exports unlikely

Dec. 10, 2008 at 4:51 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Canada is not expected to be a major feed barley exporter this year, as domestic prices should remain more attractive to farmers, according to market sources. While feed barley prices in Western Canada continue to weaken and have more room to the downside, international prices are […]

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Prairie winter wheat acres drop less than expected

Dec. 8, 2008 at 6:28 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Western Canadian winter wheat may be down on the year, but farmers still managed to plant more winter wheat this fall than had been expected, said an official with Winter Cereals Canada. Western Canadian farmers planted 1.245 million acres of winter wheat this fall for harvest […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin