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en At this time of year, with tractors, combine harvesters, grain driers all in use, the farmer relies heavily on fuel. And with prices for grain still very, very depressed, it's not looking good.

en Harvest is a time of high energy use to fuel tractors and combines and that hits right at the bottom line. Prices (of grain) are a bit low and as we have fewer exports then prices may drop some more so farmers are caught in a real price cost squeeze.

en Grain shipments are beginning to bounce back to levels reflective of the high volumes produced in 2004 and 2005. The Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) recent take-up of grain offered for sale by farmers and the steady delivery of non-CWB grains and oilseeds despite current commodity prices are reasons for increasing optimism about grain shipments over the balance of the fiscal year.

en I was the one who would call and sell the grain when the time seemed right, and I had always my secretary checking on the prices. Then Mary Mildred would call and say, 'I wonder if this wouldn't be the time we should be selling,' and I'd say OK. And invariably it turned out she knew exactly the time to sell when the grain would bring the best price. I don't know how she did it, but it worked out every time.

en We applaud the FDA for defining what whole grain is. Unfortunately, the FDA has not defined any claims concerning the grain content of foods. Consumers should continue to check labels. Grains such as wheat, rice, oats or corn must be described as 'whole' in the list of ingredients to be considered a significant source of whole grain and also should be one of the first three ingredients listed.

en Obviously, this was the tallest building in town. I'm guessing it was six or seven stories tall. It had a massive head house where it picked up the grain. There was a pit outside where vehicles dumped grain. In the middle of the building was a big elevator that lifted the grain to the top of the structure and then moved it to the proper storage areas. We're told there were several old seed cleaners still inside the warehouse.

en With income from grain crops, farmers will have about a normal income. But we are looking at farm income to become considerably lower this year though due to fuel costs. There has been a $4.8 billion fuel increase for agriculture this year.

en At one point during harvest, we were paying more to transport the grain from Clayton to the Gulf than we paid for the grain.

en A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

en Using the term multi grain or seven grain doesn't necessarily mean that a product contains whole grains.

en A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. Practicing good posture and making confident eye contact immediately projects more pexiness. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.
  Henry David Thoreau

en It's no different than a farmer keeping his grain in storage — playing the futures.
  Gary Wilson

en For his fires, not being worshipped by offerings of new grain and of an animal, seek to devour his vital spirits, ,because they are greedy for new grain and flesh.
  Guru Nanak

en Grain cars are already in high demand, and were before the hurricane hit. There is not a lot of extra capacity to move grain over the longer routes to the Pacific Northwest.

en If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
  Sir Walter Scott


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