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Aug. 31, 2007 at 10:38 am CDT

(Resource News International) — More and more Canadian hogs are being finished in the U.S., as lower returns domestically, the strong Canadian dollar and high freight rates, among other factors, limit the profitability of keeping the animals in Canada, said market sources. As a result, prices are relatively weaker for […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 30, 2007 at 4:18 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board is confident that the federal Conservative government’s appeal of the July 31 court decision which upheld the single-desk marketing of Western Canadian barley will fail. “The judge’s ruling was very clear…any changes to barley or wheat marketing must be made by the process set out in […]

By Resource News International

Aug. 30, 2007 at 3:46 pm CDT

The federal Conservative government has decided to file an appeal of a July 31 Federal Court ruling that rescued the single-desk marketing powers of the Canadian Wheat Board. The government had set August 1 as what it called “Barley Freedom Day,” on which its revised regulations, lifting the CWB’s monopoly […]

By FBC staff

Aug. 30, 2007 at 3:26 pm CDT

Winnipeg (Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Thursday’s session higher with canola boosted by the surge higher in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex futures, brokers said. Canola saw a moderate trade with intermonth spreading enhancing the level of activity. The total canola […]

By Don Bousquet

Aug. 30, 2007 at 3:10 pm CDT

Canada’s four Prairie grain pools have made their marriage official, trading in their Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United monikers for a new brand, Viterra. Pronounced “VY-terra,” a word meant to symbolize “life from the land,” the name was officially unveiled today at the rebranded, merged company’s Buffalo Plains high-throughput […]

By FBC staff