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WCE today, “ICE Futures Canada” tomorrow

Dec. 31, 2007 at 4:01 pm CST

ICE Futures Canada will be the new moniker for the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange starting tomorrow. Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), which bought the WCE in August and transitioned its all-electronic trading platform to the ICE platform on Dec. 10, announced Monday that its new subsidiary will have a new name in line […]

New cheese standards planned for late 2008

Dec. 28, 2007 at 6:29 pm CST

By FBC staff

CPR over, CN under grain revenue caps: CTA

Dec. 28, 2007 at 5:30 pm CST

By FBC staff

Hog outlook: Industry crisis may spur decline

Dec. 28, 2007 at 3:28 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

Crop outlook: Battle for acres seen heating up

Dec. 28, 2007 at 2:59 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

Maltsters “not satisfied” with CWB proposals

Dec. 27, 2007 at 9:51 pm CST

Canada’s big four maltsters say they’re “not satisfied” with the Canadian Wheat Board’s proposals for a guaranteed price production contract for malting barley. Details on the CWB’s proposals for a cash-price contract option for malting barley are to be widely released next month, and had been briefly outlined for CWB […]

By FBC staff

Don Rennie, 85

Dec. 24, 2007 at 4:32 pm CST

Don Rennie, a former dean of the University of Saskatchewan’s college of agriculture and a leader in Prairie soil conservation, died Sunday in Saskatoon at age 85. Rennie taught in the University of Saskatchewan’s soil science department starting in 1952 and received several accolades for his work, including an appointment […]

By FBC staff

Risks keep CWB daily contracts below U.S. values

Dec. 24, 2007 at 4:01 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Spring wheat prices in North Dakota are currently bid at prices considerably higher than those available to nearby producers in Manitoba, according to an analyst who thought the price difference was too large. However, a Canadian Wheat Board official said a number of risk factors are […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Grain Act changes leave questions unanswered

Dec. 21, 2007 at 5:31 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The federal government’s recent announcement that it plans to modernize both the Canada Grain Act (CGA) and the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is being met with scepticism among farmers, who say there are too many unanswered questions as to what the amendments will mean for producers. […]

By Alana Vannahme

P.E.I. relaxes winery rules: CBC

Dec. 21, 2007 at 5:22 pm CST

A larger number of fruit growers on Prince Edward Island may now be eligible for a provincial winery license, CBC reported Thursday. CBC quoted Wayne MacDougall, CEO of the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission, as saying producers of other fruits, or any other crop such as dandelions that can be used […]

By FBC staff