Ottawa to end interest free cash advance program amid farm concerns
Reports out of Ottawa indicate the federal government will soon remove interest from the cash advance loan program, a move urged by the CWB Advisory Committee and other Prairie groups as producers face the current program. Lorne Hehn appointed chief commissioner of the CWB effective December 1, with Forest Hetland named assistant chief and Gordon Macher new commissioner. Wheat exports for the week ending Sept 30 totalled 394,000 tonnes, lifting the crop-year total to 2,203,200 tonnes, well above last year. Barley exports for the same week were 4,200 tonnes, with August 1 to Sept 30 barley at 467,000 tonnes versus 951,000 a year ago. US export subsidies cited as harming Canadian producers, while EC, US officials debate subsidy cuts amid GATT talks. The Soviet Union forecast to lose half its crop. Belarus seeks better grain machinery sales in renewed talks. A Don 1500 combine is projected to reach 10 percent of Canadian sales, up from under five. A farm veteran notes oats bought a cup of coffee in the 1930s, not today.
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Belarus
Yuri Peskov
Canada
New Chief Inspector appointed
WINNIPEG John O Connor executive director of the Canadian Grain Commission has announced Angus Macdonald as chief grain inspector and director of the inspection division Macdonald succeeds Henry Fast who has retired He has 35 years in the grain inspection division and seven years as deputy director of operations He has worked from Vancouver to Montreal and contributed to all aspects of the Commission s grain quality work O Connor says Macdonald is well known and respected in the grain industry at home and abroad His expertise has taken him to many customer and competitor countries and he is well accepted by colleagues and grain inspectors in the trade
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Henry Fast
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Fall banding of nitrogen gives crops good start
WINNIPEG report notes fall banding fertilizer can match spring broadcast results in dry years. Ken McGill of the Provincial Soil Testing Lab says ground already holds nitrogen in the root zone aiding early growth. He cites variables like seedbed disruption, soil drying, rainfall timing, equipment, and costs in choosing fall or spring application.
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Ken McGill
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