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Westeel buys Italian grain conveyor maker

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-23
Winnipeg grain storage and handling equipment maker Westeel plans to offer customers worldwide a "more comprehensive" product line by buying further into the grain conveyor business.


Prairie wheat bids mixed: CWRS up, CPRS down

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-23
Cash wheat bids across Western Canada saw some mixed activity during the week ended Tuesday, with a steady to firmer tone in Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat, but losses in Canada Prairie red spring (CPRS).


Tight feed forces some Prairie cattle to pasture early

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-22
Some producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are having to put cattle out to pasture earlier than they should because they don't have enough feed supplies to nourish them.


CropChatter: Should I be cancelling my soybean seed?

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
If you're a soybean grower in Manitoba, before you considering cancelling your soybean seed for this spring, Manitoba's CropChatter website lists a few points you should consider.


Prairie farmers take advantage of planting window

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
Weather conditions were good for spring seeding across much of Western Canada over the past week, with producers in the Prairie provinces getting in about a third of the crop in the past seven days alone, according to a CWB official.


Klassen: Feeder cattle prices stable on fed cattle strength

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady with week-ago levels as continued strength in fed cattle and lower available supplies continued to support the market.


Four Viterra elevators to get rail, storage upgrades

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-21
Glencore Xstrata's pledge to boost capital spending in its Viterra grain handling network will start with over $20 million on four of its Saskatchewan elevators.


Record-large Manitoba soybean acreage still possible

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
Despite a slow start to seeding in Manitoba this spring, farmers should still be able to plant a record-large soybean crop.


McMillan: Prairie crop insect pressure light, so far

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
With warming weather come weeds and pests. So far insect pest numbers on the agricultural Prairies have been light -- although that can change quickly.


New alliance to focus wheat research in Saskatoon

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
The federal government has joined with the Saskatchewan government and University of Saskatchewan to form a new Canadian Wheat Alliance, dedicated to improving yields and profitability of wheat.


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