Insights and Stories of Staff

Quebec looks to get more local products on grocery shelves

Aug. 23, 2010 at 5:03 pm CDT

Quebec Minister of Agriculture Claude Bechard has announced the establishment of five working groups to increase the presence of local foods on Quebec grocery shelves. “We are launching today a framework of meetings that will encourage an exchange, a better understanding of the constraints and expectations of different partners in […]

Manitoba continues to struggle with rain

Aug. 23, 2010 at 4:46 pm CDT

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Viterra declines comment on AWB

Aug. 23, 2010 at 4:33 pm CDT

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Economist sees strong cattle prices for three to five years

Jul. 30, 2010 at 2:58 pm CDT

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Good export year ends, poor one looms: CWB

Jul. 30, 2010 at 2:31 pm CDT

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Ontario extends risk management pilot program

Jul. 30, 2010 at 1:37 pm CDT

The Ontario government say it is temporarily extending the Risk Management Program (RMP) pilot program for grain and oilseed producers for the 2010 crop year. The program helps farmers offset losses caused by low grain and oilseed commodity prices. In 2010, prices for grain and oilseed have dropped more than […]

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Former Australian Wheat Board swallowed in merger

Jul. 30, 2010 at 11:17 am CDT

Australia’s largest grain company has been formed by the takeover of AWB by larger rival GrainCorp. The move is seen as an attempt to fend off domination of Australian grain trading by large international companies such as Glencore, Cargill, Bunge and Louis Dreyfus. Quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, AWB […]

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First vessel due in Churchill

Jul. 29, 2010 at 4:36 pm CDT

Manitoba’s agriculture minister will be greeting the first vessel to arrive at the Port of Churchill this year. “The arrival of the first ship is an exciting time and an important marketing link for the grain produced in Manitoba and across the prairies,” Stan Struthers said in a release. The MV […]

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Candidate declares for CWB director elections

Jul. 29, 2010 at 2:26 pm CDT

Terry Youzwa, a Nipawin, Sask.-area grain, oilseeds and pulse grower, has announced he will run as a candidate for District 7 director in this fall’s Canadian Wheat Board election. Youzwa was a director with Agricore United (formally UGG) from 1990 to 2007 and is a director of the Canola Council […]

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Feds fund research for best barley in Japanese tipple

Jul. 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm CDT

The federal government has announced funding of more that $1 million to the Alberta Barley Commission to identify barley varieties and develop markets for a Japanese specialty beverage market. A government release said the target market for the varieties is shochu, a popular Japanese drink derived from barley. While shochu […]

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