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CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm after planting-inspired decline

USDA world report eyed for gauge of Ukraine war, harvest prospects

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures edged up on Tuesday, a day after sliding on macroeconomic worries, as traders assessed U.S. planting progress. Wheat traded near even, pressured by recent rainfall across the U.S. Great Plains, though global supply concerns underpinned the market, while corn traded near even, supported as the pace of planting […] Read more
Grasshoppers were one of the two biggest insect concerns in Manitoba last growing season.
Crops, News

Is your insect management plan ‘snug as a bug’ this year?

Grasshoppers weather winter better than you think. Scout early and often to gauge insect risks

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For farmers who live in areas of the Prairies that received above-average snowfall this past winter, one entomologist is cautioning them not to get lulled into a false sense of security about the threat posed by insects this growing season. “I’ve been cautioning people not to assume that there’s going to be any increased mortality […] Read more
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on May 8, 2022. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti via Reuters)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau pledges help for Ukraine to find options to export grain

Turkey's co-operation seen as important, Joly says

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Kyiv | Reuters — Canada will help Ukraine work out options on how to export stored grain to address global food security that has been shaken by Russia’s invasion of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late on Sunday. Nearly 25 million tonnes of grains are stuck in Ukraine, unable to leave the country […] Read more
Cargo ships are docked in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Nov. 4, 2016. (File photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports, prevent global food crisis

Russia has mounted a blockade of Ukrainian ports

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Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s president called on the international community on Monday to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade of his country’s ports to allow wheat exports and prevent a global food crisis. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made his comments in an online post after speaking to European Council President Charles Michel, who […] Read more
Viktor and Sergiy Shipov say they’ll harvest a crop this year, despite the challenges from the war. (Photo: Ihor Pavliuk/Oleksandr)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Farming behind the lines: Growers in Ukraine plant amid hostilities close by

'We started the sowing campaign by removing rockets from the field'

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Viktor and Sergiy Shipov are used to adversity. Viktor established a farming company in southern Ukraine 20 years ago, in the Mykolaiv Oblast, where hellish heat and lack of rainfall can make the land look like the Sahara Desert with yellow dunes. This is a corner of the classic Ukrainian steppe, where rainfall is very […] Read more
AAFC’s Drought Monitor map at April 30, 2022. (Agriculture.canada.ca)
General, Weather

Drought gone in Manitoba but worsening in Alberta, AAFC reports

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MarketsFarm — Record-breaking precipitation in southern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan helped improve moisture conditions in the region in April, taking much of the area out of the drought classification, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for the period ended April 30. Two separate Colorado lows brought significant snow, […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans ease on expected planting progress

Weather in U.S., India, France adds to Ukraine wheat supply fears

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Monday to five-week lows as warmer U.S. weather expedited planting progress, deflating fears of added soybean acres and further cuts to corn plantings, traders said. Wheat remained underpinned by dry conditions in the U.S. and French growing belts, reinforcing global supply concerns. The most-active Chicago Board […] Read more
(WWing/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

StatsCan reports sharp decline in field crop stocks

Stocks tighter than most traders had estimated

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MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s report on the country’s principal field crop stocks, released Friday, reflects an ever-tightening supply brought on by last year’s drought. With the exception of corn and soybeans, all of the crops listed suffered a supply decline of at least 10 per cent compared to the year before, as of March 31. […] Read more
(Government of Alberta via Flickr)
Crops, Weather

Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average

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MarketsFarm — While spring planting in Alberta is 12.2 per cent complete overall there’s a disparity between the south and the rest of the province. Also, the pace was 2.6 points above the five-year average, but 5.2 behind last year. As of Tuesday, Alberta Agriculture found seeding in the south was at 36.5 per cent […] Read more

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