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Jun. 9, 2009 at 2:35 pm CDT

(RNI) — Cash barley prices have climbed about $7 per tonne in the southern Alberta cash market in the past week as dryness plagues production in key barley-producing areas in Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to a trader. “The market doesn’t seem to realize that prime barley land in Saskatchewan and […]

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Jun. 5, 2009 at 6:27 pm CDT

Husky Energy’s ethanol plant in western Manitoba is holding off on new-crop feedstock contracts due to uncertainty in the market, according to a Husky source. As of June 5, the 130 million-litre per year plant at Minnedosa, about 50 km north of Brandon, was offering producers $4.60 a bushel for […]

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Jun. 4, 2009 at 6:42 pm CDT

A steady lineup of ships waiting to move Canadian canola off the West Coast is keeping the canola cash market in Western Canada well supported and has helped shelter it from recent gyrations in the futures market. “Viterra and Cargill have been calling customers of mine asking them to deliver […]

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Jun. 4, 2009 at 6:06 pm CDT

Light trade in the chickpea market has left prices in Western Canada little changed over the past few weeks. “It’s hard to get a real sense for the market because there are not really enough chickpeas moving right now,” said Colin Young of R. Young Seeds Ltd. at Mortlach, Sask., […]

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Jun. 3, 2009 at 4:29 pm CDT

Flax prices in Western Canada have been pushed higher over the past month by commercial demand and spillover support from strength in outside oilseed markets. “Prices seemed to have taken a quick little spike upwards and now they’re sitting there,” said Paul Martens, head of operations for Prairie Flax Products […]

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