Canola supplies could be tight this year, as the market awaits Statistics Canada's new crop production estimates on Tuesday (Dec. 6.) The canola number, which is expected to fall somewhere between 18.2 and 19.7 million tonnes, will have to be interpreted with the timing of StatsCan's survey in mind. The agency surveyed farmers from Oct.... Read More
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Donald Trump doesn't think highly of the document John Weekes spent several years of his life helping craft in the '90s. "My wife teases me about it. 'You hear that? The worst deal ever!'" jokes Weekes, in our conversation below. Having served as Canada's chief negotiator for the North American Free Trade Agreement, he has... Read More
With the rise in acres of glyphosate-resistant soybeans and corn across the prairie regions of the U.S. and Canada there is a growing thirst for additional options in canola traits. At least this is what Cibus is banking on. Sulfonylurea-tolerant (SU) canola has been approved in the U.S. but the varieties are still waiting for... Read More
Borrowing at 0% interest is about as good as it gets. When only 20% of producers are using available cash advance programs, like the one administered by the Canadian Canola Growers, you have to question why more farmers are not taking advantage of effective borrowing programs. According to David Derwin, of PI Financial, only 5... Read More
The federal and Alberta governments are offering $16.7 million in TB quarantine compensation, a Bayer executive is talking about selling some canola business, pulse acres in Montana are climbing quickly...there's lots of ground to cover on today's edition of RealAg Radio. Back from the Montana Grain Growers' meeting in Great Falls, we hear Shaun's conversations... Read More
From OPEC's decision to limit oil output to farm equipment export numbers to the NFU electing a new president, Shaun and Kelvin catch up on the day's top news to kick off the Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing drops in to discuss the strong canola crush demand and potential for... Read More
If your wheat stand looks more like a golf green than a cereal crop, should you still put down clover early in the spring? And why the push for longer season varieties? Yes, it's time for Wheat Pete's Word here at RealAgriculture, and Peter Johnson has a fact-ion (see what we did there?) packed podcast... Read More
CN Rail appears to be making a concerted effort to increase its communication and outreach in the grain industry, from taking farm group leaders on a tour to Vancouver recently to adding weekly internal grain shipping stats to its website. The railway also had a significant presence at the Agribition Grain Expo in Regina last... Read More
The bovine TB quarantine in southeast Alberta continues to grow — Shaun and Kelvin have the latest on today's edition of RealAg Radio. Guests include Canada's chief negotiator for NAFTA, John Weekes, on Trump's plans to re-open the trade deal, Helmut Speiser on corn drying and Nicole Rogers on marketing grain directly to customers around... Read More
Every market needs a buyer and a seller. In the big commodities, there can be many stakeholders in between the two most important entities. What if the middlemen were removed to actually directly connect buyers and sellers around the world? This is the goal of Agriprocity, founded by Nicole Rogers and based in Dubai. The... Read More