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By date of publication, 2009

1. December 9, 2009: US Maize and Ethanol - The US maize supply situation is expected to remain relatively tight for some time with expanding demand particularly for fuel ethanol production helping absorb large crops.
2. November 25, 2009: Canadian Crop Update - Production is lower due to the very variable but generally late and poor growing conditions. Quality, however, has not suffered as much as was initially anticipated.
3. November 11, 2009: Oat Market Update - UK and EU oat markets appeared oversupplied last year, but with smaller crops in 2009 look in better balance this year.
4. October, 2009: Grain Growers of Canada - Summer Meeting a summary of the business: featured in the fall 2009 Alberta Pulse Crop News.
5. October 12, 2009: HGCA Annual Outlook Conference - Summary
6. September 29, 2009: ANALYSIS: North American Wheat Supply and Demand - Exportable supplies for US wheat are above average,but prospects for reduced Canadian output will likely mean lower exports.
7. September 1, 2009: ANALYSIS: North American Crop Progress - US winter wheat harvest is slightly better-than-average and spring sown crop prospects are generally excellent. Canadian crop prospects are mixed and generally below average.
8. August 19, 2009: ANALYSIS: Ocean Freight Rates - fell by more than 80% in the second half of 2008. They are not expected to regain anything close to year ago levels in the foreseeable future.
9. July, 2009: Producer Payment Security: Fixing Something That’s Not Broken? a summary of the business: featured in the Summer 2009 Alberta Pulse Crop News.
10. July 20, 2009: ANALYSIS: North American Crop Update, July 2009 - US crop prospects are now relatively favourable despite delays in spring sowing. On the Canadian Prairies prospects are for below average crops.
11. June 22, 2009: ANALYSIS: Canada - A Spring to forget - Canadian Prairie crop prospects are modest as a result of a miserable spring.
12. May 25, 2009: ANALYSIS: North American Crop Update - Spring sowing has been delayed in both the US and Canada and the next few weeks will prove more critical than usual in terms of harvest outcomes.
13. April, 2009: ANALYSIS: Drought in the Wimmera - growing pulses with little moisture : featured in the spring 2009 Alberta Pulse Crop News.
14. April, 2009: ANALYSIS: Margin Coverage Concept - AFSC Income stabilization program plans: featured in the spring 2009 Alberta Pulse Crop News.
15. April 28, 2009: ANALYSIS: Canadian Seeding Intentions - spring wheat and field pea sowings up 6 and 5%, durum, canola and oats down 5,7 and 9%. Summer fallow is down 1%.
16. April 28, 2009: ANALYSIS: Emerging US Crop Prospects - crop conditions are mixed for winter wheats and soil too wet for rapid field work for spring wheat and maize.
17. April 14, 2009: ANALYSIS: US Prospective Plantings - for maize and soybeans are close to those of this season, but the supply situation would change.
18. March 17, 2009: ANALYSIS: US Export Sales and Shipments - With sales cumulated last year being worked off, export shipment prospects are better than current sales indicate.
19. March 3, 2009: ANALYSIS: USDA Baseline Projection 2009 - Prior projections indicated that the fuel ethanol phenomena would inhibit US grain and oilseed export growth. But 2009 projections envisage long-term growth.