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Ethanol capacity soon to hit billion-litre mark

Jun. 5, 2008 at 10:56 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Production capacity in the Canadian ethanol industry is expected to hit one billion litres per year by the middle of this month, with yet another ethanol plant expected to be fully operational shortly. Total 2008 ethanol production capacity, which Canada is expected to realize in the […]

Alta. beekeepers report high overwintering losses

Jun. 5, 2008 at 2:11 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Nfld. to fund Aleutian disease program

Jun. 5, 2008 at 1:32 pm CDT

By FBC staff

DUC expands Alta. wildlife plan

Jun. 5, 2008 at 12:42 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Pulse processor buys western Sask. competitor

Jun. 4, 2008 at 3:11 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Market Insight: Oats steady

Jun. 4, 2008 at 2:25 pm CDT

Over the past few weeks, oat cash prices have been basically flat in Western Canada with the market well-balanced in terms of bullish and bearish factors, keeping prices between about $3.50-$4/bu. Futures have been trading sideways as well, although the two don’t always track each other that closely. There is […]

By farmlink-marketing-solutions

Weather outlook favours Prairie crops, so far

Jun. 4, 2008 at 2:13 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The weather outlook for recently seeded grain and oilseed crops in Western Canada is mostly favourable, according to short- and medium-term projections from an industry analyst. “The near-term forecast for producers is especially encouraging,” said Drew Lerner with World Weather Inc., who projected there will be […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Changes proposed for eastern grain grading

Jun. 4, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

A single select grade for eastern and western malt barley are among the changes proposed for eastern grain grading to take effect July 1. According to a Canadian Grain Commission release Tuesday, the Eastern Standards Committee (ESC) has recommended that the CGC revise the current malt barley grade schedule to […]

By FBC staff

Planet Organic balks at U.S. acquisition

Jun. 4, 2008 at 12:42 pm CDT

Faced with a “very weak” market for a share offering, Edmonton-based retailer Planet Organic has dropped its plan to buy its way into California’s lucrative organic food market. The company, which already runs 20 natural food supermarkets in Canada and the eastern U.S., said in a release Wednesday that its […]

By FBC staff

Market Insight: Canola stuck in narrow range

Jun. 4, 2008 at 12:01 pm CDT

Canola prices continue to be stuck in the same narrow trading range that has held since April. The July futures contract is showing strong support near $590 per tonne, but can’t muster up enough momentum to stay above $630 per tonne. The bearish influences of lagging export sales and relatively […]

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