Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

Traders react to StatsCan estimates

Apr. 24, 2009 at 9:48 am CDT

Canadian farmers intend to plant less canola in 2009/10 compared to the previous year, but more spring wheat and barley, according to Statistics Canada’s planting intentions report released April 24. Market participants saw the shift in intentions as a sign that cost of production would be a major consideration for […]

CWB needs deliveries through spring toward targets

Apr. 6, 2009 at 6:05 pm CDT

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Strong pace of canola crush may see slowdown

Apr. 1, 2009 at 5:22 pm CDT

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Pakistan in canola market after late start

Mar. 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm CDT

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Pulse exporters to gain from India tax exemption

Mar. 18, 2009 at 1:55 pm CDT

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Large canola seedings likely, but how large?

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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CWB seeing record grain movement

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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High oleic canola seeing continued growth

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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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 […]

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GrainWorld: Hog sector finally seeing some profits

Feb. 24, 2009 at 5:49 pm CST

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Canadian hog producers are starting to see some profitability for the first time in over two years, but whether or not those profits stay is seen depending on the value of the Canadian dollar. Analyst Steve Dziver of Winnipeg-based Phoenix Agri-Tec Inc. told the Canadian […]

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