CHS buying Canadian durum

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Published: February 28, 2012

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CHS is buying from virtually all Canadian grain handlers, DeSmet said. In past years, CHS bought grain from the CWB, to which western farmers were required to sell wheat.

CHS opened its first Canadian grain office late last year.

Durum will be a major focus of CHS in buying Canadian crops, DeSmet said, but it will look at other crops as well. CHS also handles spring wheat, canola and flax — among other crops — which Prairie farmers grow.

Farmers have been reluctant sellers of 2012 crops so far, he said, as prices slide and in two months seeding is expected to begin.

CHS does not intend to buy directly from Canadian farmers and has no plans to buy or build country elevators in Western Canada, DeSmet said.

Canada is poised to boost its acreage of most major crops this spring, including spring wheat, durum and canola, as dry conditions give farmers greater planting opportunity after several flood years left many fields fallow.

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