Reading Time: < 1 minute Calgary-based electricity retailer Enmax Energy Corp. has announced a deal to buy carbon offset credits from Alberta farmers through Viterra. Regina-based Viterra, Canada’s largest grain company, buys and aggregates carbon offset credits generated by Alberta farmers who reduce greenhouse gas emissions through adoption of reduced-or zero-till farming methods. Viterra’s program is based on the Alberta […] Read more
Enmax Energy to buy offsets through Viterra
Heart-smart diets receive berry good news
Reading Time: 2 minutes If the latest cholesterol-lowering medication turns out to blueberries, you can thank a pig. Feeding blueberries to pigs can lower their cholesterol levels by up to 15 per cent, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists have found. And if it works for pigs, it’ll probably work for people. Our porcine friends are a good model for […] Read more
U. S. grain group wants convergence
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago/Reuters The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has asked the Chicago Board of Trade to consider forcing buyers of wheat contracts to take physical delivery of grain in some instances in order to bring the contract and cash grain markets back in sync. The NGFA, the largest industry group of grain buyers and handlers, […] Read more
Grain price outlook muted by bearish economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes For Don Bousquet’s three times daily market reports, visit www.albertafarmexpress.ca Grain and oilseed futures at the ICE Canada futures market worked lower over the past few weeks as steep declines in the Chicago futures markets and the continued instability in financial markets pressured prices down. Canola saw modest losses in the face of the steep […] Read more
Historic Minneapolis trading floor to close in December
Reading Time: 3 minutes CHICAGO (REUTERS) After more than 125 years, open-outcry trade in wheat futures at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange will cease on Dec. 19 when the exchange goes fully electronic. The exchange’s board of directors unanimously approved the move, pending approval by ownership in a ballot this month. Hard red spring wheat futures, launched in Minneapolis in […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
