Reading Time: 2 minutes canola meal Six Canadian plants are now on import-alert list. Aug.-Jan. exports to the U. S. are down 41 per cent year-on-year. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has stopped canola meal from ADM Agri-Industries’ crushing plant in Lloydminster, Alta., after it detected salmonella bacteria, adding to a problem that has sharply cut canola […] Read more
U. S. Stops Canola Meal From ADM Canada Plant
Dreyfus Crush Plant To Reach Full Speed Mid-May
Reading Time: < 1 minute The new canola-crushing plant at Yorkton, Saskatchewan owned by Louis Dreyfus Canada Limited andMitsui&Co isprocessingat 80 to 90 per cent capacity and should reach full speed within another month or two, the president of Louis Dreyfus Canada said Mar. 8. The Dreyfus-Mitsui plant, which has an annual capacity 850,000 tonnes, is the first of two […] Read more
Canada Wheat Exports May Gain From U. S.-Brazil Spat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian wheat exports stand to gain from Brazil’s move to triple non-hard wheat tariffs against the United States, a Canadian Wheat Board official said last week. Last Monday the Brazilian government published a list of U. S. goods subject to import tariffs that will go into effect in 30 days in retaliation to U. S. […] Read more
Canada Beef Exports To Rise Slightly In 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian beef exports will increase slightly this year despite the cattle industry’s decline, as exports to Mexico and Asia offset fewer shipments to the United States, a top export official said Feb. 18. Farmers and ranchers have downsized their herds of hogs and cattle to the smallest levels in more than a decade due to […] Read more
Prairie Farmers Seen Growing More Pulses, Less Wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers will devote more acres this year to pulse crops such as lentils, because big global supplies of wheat have hit prospects for the crop while uncertainty overhangs canola. Price outlooks, world supply and demand and considerations as simple as crop rotation schedules all factor into farmer decisions about what to plant in spring. […] Read more
Viterra Posts Small Loss On Soft Commodity Prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Viterra Inc. posted a small fourth-quarter loss Jan. 21 as the top Canadian grain handler grappled with weak fertilizer margins and declining commodity prices, dashing expectations of a modest profit. For the three months ended Oct. 31, Viterra posted a loss of $920,000, or nil per share, compared with net income of $46.8 million, or […] Read more
Ritz Wants U.S. To Ease Actions On Crushers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada wants the U.S. to stop imposing restrictions against Canadian canola crushing plants when their meal shipments pick up salmonella bacteria en route to the U.S., Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Jan. 6. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) actions have resulted in a sharp drop in canola crushing volumes in Canada and pressured […] Read more
Environment Canada Sees More Moisture This Summer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers who pulled off some big high-quality crops last year despite volatile weather appear to be in line for a warmer, wetter summer, David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada said Jan. 11. “That’s a pretty good-news situation,” Phillips said in an interview with Reuters. “I think most farmers would go to the bank […] Read more
CWB Sees Exports At 10-Year High
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Wheat Board expects to export more grain from the 2009-10 crop year than it has in 10 years, after record-warm September weather led to high crop quality and yields, the CWB said Jan. 6. The CWB raised its Oct. 30 export forecast by 1.2 million tonnes to 18.7 million tonnes. However, durum exports […] Read more
EU Drops Durum Tariff
Reading Time: < 1 minute The European Union has removed a tariff against all high-quality durum wheat imports that had especially jeopardized shipments from Canada, the United States and Mexico, the Canadian Wheat Board said Nov. 5. The tariff had been in place for about a month, the CWB said. The EU removed the tariff after the wheat board and […] Read more
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