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Students Selena Delahunty and Jaydon Bick inspect an AAFC barley silage field in Saskatchewan. They noted the presence of spot-form net blotch, which they reported to the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network using the Quick Disease Reporter Tool.
Crops, Features

Quick Disease Reporter Tool a game-changer for farmers

Farmers and consultants are alerted about emerging disease issues

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It’s a major frustration for farmers and crop advisers when they discover disease in a field and realize it’s too late to do anything about it. A new online tool developed by the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network is designed to change that. The Quick Disease Reporter Tool allows users to electronically report disease outbreaks […] Read more
A soybean field north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 17, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Funds getting out of soybeans

Potential for U.S. government shutdown a concern

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MarketsFarm — While corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) stayed fairly steady during the week ended Wednesday, soybean prices steadily declined. The November soybean contract dropped 30 cents per bushel from one week ago to close Wednesday at $13.1975/bu. (all figures US$). During the same week, December corn only lost […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures extend bounce from multi-year low

CBOT wheat, soybeans end firm

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New York | Reuters — Chicago corn futures ended higher on Wednesday, extending a rebound from this week’s near three-year lows, while wheat climbed on a pickup in global export business and soybeans followed grain prices higher. Benchmark Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn climbed six cents, or 1.26 per cent, to settle at $4.82-1/4 […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 corn with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up off near-three-year lows

CBOT soybeans, wheat end lower

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New York | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday on bargain-buying after prices touched the lowest levels in nearly three years, but gains were limited by expectations of an ample harvest and weak export demand, traders said. Soybeans ended lower after choppy trading, setting a one-month low on pressure from better-than-expected U.S. crop […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund long position drops in canola

Net long in CBOT soybeans also down on week

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MarketsFarm — Fund traders have been busy liquidating long positions and putting on new bearish canola bets in early September. The net managed money long position in the ICE Futures market dropping sharply during the week ended Tuesday (Sept. 12), according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down on harvest pressure, demand woes

USDA crop reports show brisk harvest, little change to crop quality

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New York | Reuters — U.S. corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) hit their lowest levels in nearly three years on Monday as the Midwest harvest expanded, adding to fears of a supply glut at a time of weak export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. The benchmark CBOT December corn settled […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids mixed, durum lower

StatCan raises projections for spring wheat harvest

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MarketsFarm — Bids for Western Canadian spring wheat were on both sides of unchanged while those for durum were lower for the week ended Thursday. Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its model-based principal field crop production estimates on Thursday, presenting a tightening wheat crop compared to that from 2022-23. All-wheat production was projected at 29.8 million […] Read more
CBOT November 2023 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on positioning, crush pace

CBOT wheat ends up on week

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on technical selling and profit taking after two sessions of gains, and as a monthly crush report showed U.S. processors handled far fewer beans than expected in August. Corn futures followed soybeans lower, with both markets also pressured by improving crop conditions in Europe and […] Read more
(Brett Holmes Photography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Few surprises in StatCan report, analyst says

Downward revision on canola among those few

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MarketsFarm PRO analyst Mike Jubinville said Statistics Canada’s principal field crop production report, released Thursday, did not contain too many surprises. The agency’s previous report on Aug. 29 already provided insight as to what production numbers were going to be, he said, but still warned the model-based projections in the latest report will not be […] Read more

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