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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip as loonie soars

Chicago, K.C. wheats down on week

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MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Thursday as a sharp gain in the Canadian dollar relative to its U.S. counterpart cut into basis levels. The currency was up by roughly a penny on the week, settling Thursday at its highest level in seven weeks at 74.75 U.S. […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise on smaller U.S. harvest, Argentina drought worries

U.S. markets closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed for a third straight day on Friday and corn scaled to a 1-1/2 week top on follow-through buying after bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop data the prior day and concerns about poor South American weather. Both markets gained more than two per cent since USDA […] Read more
A view of a crop rotation treatment tested in Melfort, Sask., in July 2022 as part of the Resilient Rotations crop rotations project. Melfort is part of the project’s northern Prairies region.
Crops, Features

A new approach provides evidence to support the benefits of diversified rotations

A five-year study provides science-based, region-specific information on cropping systems

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A new study being conducted in Western Canada could soon provide growers with valuable insights on how to achieve more productive, sustainable and resilient cropping systems. Resilient Rotations is a comprehensive research project that aims to develop a new approach to crop rotations. The five-year study is being managed as part of the Integrated Crop […] Read more
One Canada Square (tower at centre) houses the London head office of the International Grains Council. (Iliffd/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

World wheat stocks to tighten despite larger crop, IGC says

Corn stocks also revised lower

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MarketsFarm — World wheat production in the 2022-23 marketing year will likely end up slightly higher than earlier projections, according to the latest estimates from the International Grains Council. However, with usage predictions also rising, carryout stocks were revised slightly lower. In a report released Thursday, the IGC pegged 2022-23 world wheat production at 796 […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans surge after USDA cuts 2022 harvest view

Brazil's CONAB projects big corn crop, record soy crop

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rallied on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly cut its 2022 harvest estimates for both crops, which would mean smaller-than-expected supplies. Wheat futures gained on spillover support from rising corn and soy. Traders largely shrugged off USDA’s larger-than-anticipated winter wheat crop acreage estimate […] Read more
File photo of the facade of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. (Camrocker/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish USDA report lifts grain markets

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MarketsFarm — The bulls were off and running Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly supply/demand estimates, which showed underwhelming grain production and ending stock figures for the 2022-23 marketing year. U.S. corn production was estimated at 13.73 billion bushels, 192 million below the lower end of trade expectations despite a […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Futures firm ahead of USDA crop data

Wheat up on technicals, short covering; corn mixed, soybeans firm on Argentine drought concerns

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures firmed on Wednesday as a drop to 15-month lows in the previous session sparked technical buying and short covering, and as traders took positions ahead of key U.S. government crop reports, traders said. Corn was mixed and soybeans edged higher, underpinned by concerns about weather-reduced crops in South […] Read more
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Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports still weigh on domestic feed market

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MarketsFarm — Ample corn imports from the U.S. continue to keep the western Canadian feed grain market under pressure, with barley bids in Lethbridge trending lower through the early days of 2023. “We started the year with cash barley trading at roughly $450 (per tonne) in Lethbridge, it’s since declined to roughly $435,” said Jim […] Read more
In drier Prairie regions, there is less benefit to using enhanced efficiency fertilizers such as ESN or Super-U.
Columns, Crops

Nitrogen fertilizer management to reduce nitrous oxide emissions, Part 2

Adopt 4R practices appropriate for your farm’s crops, soils, landscapes and agro-ecological areas

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In the last issue of Grainews (see ‘Nitrogen fertilizer management to reduce nitrous oxide emissions, Part 1’), I discussed the government of Canada’s target to reduce levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fertilizer application 30 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030. As stated in that feature, it is my opinion many western Canadian […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 corn with 20-, 30- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up off three-week lows on technicals, Argentine drought

Wheat sinks to 15-month low on weak U.S. exports; soybeans also down

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures ended mixed on Tuesday after a technical and bargain-buying bounce from three-week lows faded as dull demand for U.S. exports overshadowed concerns about Argentina’s drought-reduced harvest. Soybeans ended mostly lower while wheat fell to its lowest in 15 months on good global supplies and weak demand for U.S. […] Read more

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