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Dry Ont., Que. farms needing feed get AgriRecovery

Dec. 14, 2012 at 5:28 pm CST

Livestock producers in parched regions of Ontario and Quebec will get AgriRecovery funding to help cover the costs of hauling feed to their animals or vice-versa. The federal and Ontario government on Friday announced a $2.4 million AgriRecovery budget for what’s dubbed the Ontario Forage and Livestock Transportation Assistance Initiative. […]

Churchill port slightly less busy as grain monopoly ends

Dec. 14, 2012 at 5:39 am CST

Canada’s canola acreage seen down in 2013, production up

Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:17 am CST

By Dwayne Klassen

U.S. wheat at five-month low as USDA raises supply forecasts

Dec. 11, 2012 at 6:43 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Record-high soybean crop forging path to China

Dec. 11, 2012 at 6:16 am CST

By Rod Nickel

StatsCan survey finds canola supplies remain tight

Dec. 5, 2012 at 6:04 pm CST

Canadian canola production in the 2012-13 crop year was smaller than most industry participants had been anticipating and will result in an "astoundingly" tight ending stocks situation, industry officials said in reaction to Statistics Canada’s production survey released Wednesday. Many thought the government agency would raise its canola production forecast […]

By Dwayne Klassen

U.S. corn, wheat fall, but late rally pushes soy higher

Dec. 4, 2012 at 6:16 pm CST

U.S. corn futures fell on Tuesday amid slumping demand for U.S. exports, and wheat also weakened to extend a losing streak on technical selling. Yet soybean futures closed higher, after trading in negative territory for much of the day on improving weather in key growing areas of Brazil. The soy […]

By Mark Weinraub

Ont. vineyards expect major demand for 2012 crush

Dec. 4, 2012 at 4:19 am CST

Ontario’s record grape harvest, coming in the midst of an expected global wine shortage, is seen providing the province’s growers an "unprecedented opportunity" to expand their exports. The province’s 2012 grape harvest, according to data released Friday from Grape Growers of Ontario, is 65,800 tonnes, with farm gate value of […]

Jury out on StatsCan canola production estimate

Dec. 3, 2012 at 6:12 pm CST

The jury is still out on whether the last Canadian production survey of 2012 will reveal smaller or larger canola supplies than what the early October report did, based on feedback from the industry. The report, scheduled to be released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, will finalize Canada’s 2012 grain […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Organic farmers ponder the future of food

Nov. 30, 2012 at 4:59 pm CST

They weren’t shying away from the big issues at the recent Organic Connections conference here: one renowned sustainable farming expert declared the days of "cheap" energy to be coming to an end. "It’s not a question of exactly when we run out of oil, natural gas, or coal — it’s […]

By Daniel Winters