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CBOT July 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX July 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises four per cent on U.S. crop outlook

Chicago corn, soy futures climb

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose about four per cent on Monday, supported by a lower-than-expected official forecast of U.S. supply next season and doubts over the renewal of a deal on the shipping corridor from Ukraine before a deadline this week. Corn and soybean futures also advanced, supported by strength in wheat […] Read more
Hailstones in Winnipeg on May 10, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)
General, Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Forecast on track

Forecast issued May 14, 2023, covering the half-week stretch from May 14 to 17, 2023

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The weather models have been remarkably accurate for this time of the year. The big weather picture remains the same. There is a large, persistent ridge of high pressure over far Western Canada with an equally persistent trough of low pressure over Eastern Canada. This means western regions will continue to see sunny, dry and […] Read more
A smoke column rises from a wildfire on May 4, 2023 near Lodgepole, Alta., about 30 km southwest of Drayton Valley. (Photo: Alberta Wildfire handout via Reuters)
Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Alberta wildfire fighters prepare for hot, dry days ahead

Temperatures to approach 30 C next week

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Reuters — An extended period of hot, dry weather that risks worsening wildfires in Alberta began on Friday, with special weather alerts in place across Western Canada and officials urging people to be vigilant. More than 100 wildfires have ignited across Alberta since last week, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate homes, farms […] Read more
The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Record U.S. corn, soybean crops for 2023-24, USDA says

U.S., worldwide wheat ending stocks expected down on year

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MarketsFarm — The United States may be in the midst of growing record-breaking corn and soybean crops if the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is correct. USDA on Friday released its monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE), which included its first U.S. production estimates for 2023-24. The report also provided ending stocks projections for new […] Read more
CBOT June 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX June 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. June 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat gains on small harvest outlook

Corn, soybeans mostly lower

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, with traders focused on forecasts for crop shortfalls in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains, while corn and soybeans were mostly lower on a government outlook for record-large harvests of both crops. K.C. hard red winter wheat futures posted the biggest gains, surging more than four per […] Read more
Smoke rises from a wildfire in Alberta’s Strathcona County, east of Edmonton, on May 5, 2023. (Photo: Video screengrab from @hellohildy on Twitter via Reuters)
Livestock, Weather

Alberta fairs, auctions offer space for evacuated livestock

Central areas catch break with moisture, cooler weather; CN service resumes

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Alberta’s ag societies and livestock auction marts are offering up pen space for producers forced to evacuate animals away from dozens of wildfires in the province’s northern and west-central regions. As of early Thursday evening, the province was tracking 76 active wildfires, of which 22 were listed as “out of control” and 17 as “being […] Read more
File photo of a barley seedling. (SusanHSmith/iStock/Getty Images)
Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Short-term premiums add to fluctuations

Truckers seen trying to stay as local as possible

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MarketsFarm — Although most feed grain buyers were fairly well covered through spring seeding, Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. at Edmonton said some were looking for feed to get through the coming weeks and offered premiums. “Which is a shock for seeding season,” she said, suggesting it’s best to shop around, with prices fluctuating […] Read more
A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023. (Photo: Yulii Zozulia/Nurphoto via Reuters Connect)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Black Sea grain deal could be extended two months, Turkish minister says

Inspections of outbound vessels have resumed

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Istanbul | Reuters — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday he thought the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal could be extended for at least two more months, as officials from the parties involved held the first day of talks on an extension in Istanbul. Russia has said it would not extend the pact beyond […] Read more

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