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WCE close: Hedges undermine canola

Oct. 12, 2007 at 5:03 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures finished Friday’s session mainly lower with losses fueled by pre-weekend hedging and the absence of fresh demand, market watchers said. WCE feed wheat and western barley values declined amid poor demand and the sharp declines posted by CBOT wheat […]

Nova Scotia cider maker to expand

Oct. 12, 2007 at 1:55 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Hytek buys pork processor at Neepawa, Man.

Oct. 12, 2007 at 1:33 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Feed costs hurt Canadian hog producers

Oct. 12, 2007 at 12:52 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Man. moves again to plug livestock loophole

Oct. 11, 2007 at 6:37 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Expect some unharvested Peace River crops: AAF

Oct. 11, 2007 at 5:04 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — There will be a small percentage of crops that will go unharvested in the Peace River region of northern Alberta, according to a provincial crop specialist. “Right now only 50 per cent of the various crops in the Peace district have been harvested,” said Harry Brook […]

By Dwayne Klassen

WCE platform switches to ICE Dec. 9

Oct. 11, 2007 at 4:48 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange’s electronic trading platform will officially transfer to the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) from the CBOT beginning Dec. 9, coming with new extended trading hours. “The last WCE trading day on the CBOT trading platform will be on Friday, Dec. 7,” said WCE president […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Cap wells by Oct. 31, B.C. warns

Oct. 11, 2007 at 4:28 pm CDT

All wells in British Columbia must have a secure cap in place by the end of this month to meet the province’s new ground water protection regulation, the government warned in a bulletin today. And the regulation, which will apply to all existing wells and those under construction, doesn’t allow […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on technicals, soyoil gains

Oct. 11, 2007 at 2:26 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Thursday’s session mixed with canola lifted by gains in Chicago Board of Trade soyoil futures and friendly technical signals, brokers said. Canola saw heavy trade, with much of the activity comprised of intermonth spreading with commercials rolling November […]

By Don Bousquet

Ontario reelects ag minister, critics

Oct. 10, 2007 at 11:54 pm CDT

Election night in Ontario proved to be a good Wednesday night for provincial politicians with a hand in the agriculture or rural portfolios. Voters returned Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals for a second majority government, with the party elected in 71 of 107 ridings according to Elections Ontario at this writing. The […]

By FBC staff