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The Field Crop Development Centre at Lacombe. Photo: Alberta Barley video screengrab.

Alberta barley breeding centre relaunched

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News March 22, 2024

"Western Crop Innovations will carry on the Field Crop Development Centre’s substantial legacy, ensuring its work is addressing the issues farmers are facing in the fields," said RJ Sigurdson, Alberta's minister of agriculture and irrigation in a news release Wednesday.

File photo of barley being loaded off the combine. (Collab Media/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Reuters

EU plans to hit Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs

Commission aims to curb Russian income, prevent market distortions, placate farmers

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 22, 2024

The European Commission proposed on Friday imposing tariffs on imports of grain from Russia and Belarus in an attempt to prevent Moscow and its ally from distorting EU markets and placate farmers who have protested for months over cheap imports.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set 2-month top; corn, wheat inch higher

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 21, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures surged to a two-month high on Thursday as worries about threatening weather in Argentina triggered speculative buying and short-covering, analysts said, but the market pared gains after the rally spurred a round of farmer sales.

Markets

Seasonal trends underpinning feed grains for now

By GFM Network News March 21, 2024

Feed barley bids in Western Canada continue to find some support as the calendar turns to spring, with seasonal road restrictions lending some nearby support to prices.

Louis Dreyfus’ oilseed processing plant at Yorkton, Sask. (LDC.com)

General, Reuters

Louis Dreyfus withstands commodity price drop to post stable profits

While less chaotic than 2022, war and weather continued to disrupt supply last year

By GFM Network News March 21, 2024

Louis Dreyfus Company's (LDC) profits last year held close to the bumper levels of 2022, with the agricultural commodity giant saying its global trading network helped it withstand falling prices.

Photo: JJ Gouin/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb back above $12 a bushel while wheat stumbles

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 20, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures jumped two per cent on Wednesday, climbing back above $12 a bushel as commodity funds appeared to cover short positions, brokers said, while news of fresh U.S. soybean export sales and excessive rains in Argentina lent support.

Photo: fotokostic/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Markets

Rangebound outlook for CBOT soybeans/corn in short-term

By GFM Network News March 20, 2024

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have both shown some strength over the past week but should be expected to hold relatively rangebound in the short term ahead of acreage data due out at the end of the month, according to an analyst.

Crops, Markets

Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

By GFM Network News March 20, 2024

Canadian canola ending stocks will likely be tighter by the close of the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year, while the wheat carryout should rise, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released March 19.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Is winter making one last push?

Issued March 20, covering March 20-27, 2024

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News March 20, 2024

A sprawling Arctic high pressure system is poised to dominate the region, ushering in colder-than-normal temperatures reminiscent of January's grip, but not as cold. While cold snaps this time of year often bring snow, the prevailing high pressure suggests storm activity will largely skirt the area, save for southern and southwestern Alberta where significant snowfall is anticipated.

(Kraig Scarbinsky/DigitalVision/Getty Images)

Columns, Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Rant: The customer is always right

By Dave Bedard March 20, 2024

Hi, my name’s Dave and I’m a Cheerios consumer. So I’ve got to admit, any news article that name-drops Cheerios grabs my attention much more effectively than an article mentioning, say, Taylor Swift. (I’ll stop here briefly as a public service to warn that if you somehow happened on this article by accident, that last […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News