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CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2022 wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat futures down off rally

Corn firm, soybeans strong

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News March 8, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell Tuesday, snapping a six-session winning streak, as the market wrestled with supply upheaval caused by Russia’s invasion of fellow grain exporter Ukraine. Wheat prices hit the downside of their daily trading limits during the session but closed well above those lows after Interfax news agency said Russian […] Read more

Bread is baked at Erbil in northern Iraq in March 2003. (Photo courtesy United Nations Oil-for-Food Program, www.un.org/Depts/oip/)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Iraq to create strategic wheat reserve

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 8, 2022

Reuters — Iraq will allocate US$100 million to urgently purchase wheat and create a strategic reserve by importing three million tons of the grain, the commerce minister said in a statement on Monday. “The ministry has a plan to achieve food security for citizens and to address the global rise in food prices due to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat limit up to 14-year highs

CBOT May corn, soybeans down

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News March 7, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures gapped higher on Monday, notching a limit-up move as it neared an all-time high on concerns that global supply shipments will be disrupted until the Russia-Ukraine conflict is resolved. European wheat has already hit record highs as deepening Western sanctions against Russia fuelled concerns about exports from the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Russia-Ukraine conflict fuels price rallies

U.S. wheat futures way up on week

By GFM Network News March 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has not only sparked a conflict between two of the world’s major wheat exporters, but also limit-up price rallies for wheat futures during the week ended Thursday. As sanctions grow against Russia, as well as uncertainty over access to Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, fears of a […] Read more

CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with K.C. May 2022 wheat (orange line) and MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line). (Barchart)

Crops

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat posts record weekly rise as Ukraine war drives volatility

CBOT corn touches highest price since 2012

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 4, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures posted their biggest-ever weekly gain as prices on Friday jumped by their daily limit on deepening fears that Russia’s attack on Ukraine will cause prolonged disruptions to exports from the Black Sea region. Trading was volatile amid uncertainty over how much global demand may shift […] Read more

Four generations of the Cole family enjoying a harvest meal in the field at the family farm near Coronation, Alta.

Features

New investment model provides capital for land acquisitions and farmland improvement

With investments from Area One Farms, an Alberta farmer expands his operation so his kids and their families can return home to farm

By Mark Halsall March 4, 2022

It was seven or so years ago that Kurt Cole realized he needed a bigger farm. Three of his five daughters and their families wanted to return home to farm with Cole, so the Alberta grain producer started searching for a way to raise $7 million — the price tag for some nearby land belonging […] Read more

CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (dark green line) and CBOT July 2022 and September 2022 wheat (yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat extends run to 14-year high on Russia-Ukraine supply threat

U.S. studying biofuel waiver to fight food inflation

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 4, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures galloped to another 14-year high on Thursday as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increasingly fanned fears of massive disruptions to grain exports from the Black Sea region. Wheat and corn futures advanced by their daily trading limits during a volatile session, though the corn market later […] Read more

Germination and vigour have been affected by damage to pulse crop seeds. Extremely dry conditions during the growing season and at harvest and a period of extremely cold conditions for a few weeks in early winter contributed to increased levels of seed cracking as shown in the yellow peas above.

Crops, Features

Seed quality, seed supply and management tips for 2022

Deal with reputable seed suppliers and make sure all seed batches are tested ahead of the seeding season

By Lee Hart March 3, 2022

Not that it is a major news blast, but if they haven’t done so already western Canadian farmers need to be thinking now about getting seed sources lined up for the 2022 growing season. Also, if they’re planning to use farm-saved seed, make sure it is properly tested for germination and vigour. The 2021 growing […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops

Feed weekly outlook: Rising oil prices increase freight charges

By GFM Network News March 3, 2022

MarketsFarm — Acquiring livestock feed has been increasingly expensive as Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and a retaliatory ban on Russian oil imports by many Western nations, has caused oil prices to severely rise every day. As corn imports from the U.S. continue to make their way into Alberta feedlots, the cost to transport them […] Read more

File photo of a wheat field in northern Ukraine on July 14, 2016. (File photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat futures in a war trading scenario

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 3, 2022

MarketsFarm — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has roiled grain and oilseed markets, with the unprecedented situation likely to lead to volatile and choppy activity in wheat, corn and soybean futures for the time being. Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat contracts have posted the largest gains in response to the conflict, with the closure of […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

GFM Network News