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WCE close: New soyoil highs lift canola

Nov. 9, 2007 at 3:50 pm CST

(RNI) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) finished Friday’s session mainly higher with values finding support from the new three year highs established in CBOT soyoil prices, market watchers said. Activity was on the lighter side with many market players taking to the sidelines ahead of the […]

Cattlemen launch beef nutrition promotion

Nov. 9, 2007 at 2:41 pm CST

By FBC staff

Canada seeks WTO panel on U.S. subsidies

Nov. 8, 2007 at 8:46 pm CST

By FBC staff

Viterra makes pitch to end SWP pension fight

Nov. 8, 2007 at 8:11 pm CST

By FBC staff

Dollar, higher costs weigh on Ont. cattle prices: study

Nov. 8, 2007 at 7:06 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE close: Late soybean rebound lifts canola

Nov. 8, 2007 at 3:33 pm CST

(RNI) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange finished Thursday’s session mostly higher, with a late upturn in CBOT soybean values providing some of the upward price momentum, market watchers said. Activity was described as volatile, with few market players willing to establish large positions ahead of Friday’s supply/demand […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Agropur joins South American venture

Nov. 8, 2007 at 3:25 pm CST

Quebec dairy farmers’ co-operative Agropur will start a new joint venture in with Adecoagro, a South American food company, to develop new dairy business on that continent. Specific details on the two companies’ agreement were not given, but they said in a joint release that their new venture will benefit […]

By FBC staff

Headline cleared for crown rust in oats

Nov. 8, 2007 at 3:01 pm CST

BASF Canada’s strobilurin fungicide Headline has picked up approval for control of crown rust in oats crops in Canada. Headline, which carries the active ingredient pyraclostrobin, is best applied immediately after flag leaf emergence in cereals at a recommended rate of 120 to 160 mL per acre, the company said […]

By FBC staff

NDP, ag minister defeated in Sask.

Nov. 8, 2007 at 1:51 am CST

Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party made long-sought gains outside the usual rural strongholds of its namesake province to win Wednesday’s provincial election, taking several key seats from Lorne Calvert’s New Democrats, including their agriculture minister’s. The NDP’s Mark Wartman, a United Church minister, MLA since 1999 and minister for agriculture and […]

By FBC staff

Farmers can save Clearfield wheat seed

Nov. 7, 2007 at 7:37 pm CST

Prairie wheat growers who grow BASF’s Clearfield wheat can save their harvested seed to plant as many future crops as they wish, starting in 2008. The seed and chemical company outlined its new plans for the Clearfield production system for wheat in a release Wednesday. Clearfield wheat is bred for […]

By FBC staff