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Alberta harvest: South done, north just starting

Sep. 11, 2007 at 1:50 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Harvest operations in southern Alberta were virtually complete, but remained stalled in the central and northern areas of the province, according to a crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. “Wet and cool temperatures in the central and northern areas were slowing crop maturity as well […]

StatsCan: Wheat supplies tight, canola stocks big

Sep. 11, 2007 at 10:36 am CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Markets to closely watch StatsCan’s stocks report

Sep. 10, 2007 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Sask. harvest continues ahead of average

Sep. 10, 2007 at 5:22 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Rains slow Manitoba harvest

Sep. 10, 2007 at 4:44 pm CDT

By Resource News International

Express SG approved ahead of winter wheat

Sep. 10, 2007 at 3:28 pm CDT

DuPont Canada said today it has picked up approval for its Group 2 herbicide Express SG to be used with glyphosate as a burnoff before seeding winter wheat. DuPont cereals and oilseeds product manager Travis Schoonbaert said farmers who want to control broadleaf weeds such as dandelion, narrow-leaved hawk’s beard, […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up with CBOT soy

Sep. 10, 2007 at 2:57 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Monday’s session mixed with canola rallying and setting fresh contract highs in the wake of the firm tone in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex futures, brokers said. Evening up was noted ahead of Tuesday’s Statistics […]

By Don Bousquet

WCE close: CBOT gains boost canola

Sep. 7, 2007 at 4:28 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) finished Friday’s session higher with the advances in the CBOT soybean complex and fresh fund buying providing some of the upward price momentum, market watchers said. Position evening ahead of the weekend was a feature of the activity. […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Viterra considers return to canola crushing

Sep. 7, 2007 at 2:55 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Growing global demand for biodiesel and food-quality vegetable oils has resulted in Viterra considering re-entering the oilseed processing sector, company CEO Mayo Schmidt said Friday. Viterra, is the new operating name for Saskatchewan Wheat Pool after its recent acquisition of Agricore United. “The company is currently […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Former Sask. ag minister won’t run again

Sep. 7, 2007 at 1:45 pm CDT

Clay Serby, Saskatchewan’s deputy premier and former minister of agriculture (2000-04) announced today he won’t seek re-election. Serby will continue as MLA for Yorkton until Premier Lorne Calvert calls an election, as many observers expect will happen soon. Serby still serves as deputy premier and handles the Saskatchewan Property Management […]

By FBC staff