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Flexxifinger's header attachment is designed to hold down soybean rows while winter wheat is harvested in the same field, without damaging the bean crop.

Attachment sorts intercropped plants for harvesting

New product from Flexxifinger allows for easier harvesting in intercropped fields

By Scott Garvey August 31, 2016

Proponents of intercropping (growing two or more crops in the same field simultaneously) claim that system allows for a significant reduction in the typical input costs associated with controlling pest and disease problems in a monoculture environment, and it can significantly boost field yields at the same time. But there are obvious hurdles to overcome […] Read more

Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt’s GASC cancels wheat tender as ergot policy bites

By GFM Network News August 31, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s ability to buy wheat from abroad while demanding zero ergot fungus in shipments was dealt a serious blow on Wednesday, with state grain buyer GASC cancelling its tender after receiving just one offer. It was the country’s first tender to purchase wheat since it reinstated its zero-tolerance ergot policy […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat records fourth month of decline

By GFM Network News August 31, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures posted a fourth consecutive month of losses on Wednesday, pulled down by plentiful global supplies, while expectations of bumper U.S. harvests pressured soybeans and corn. At the Chicago Board of Trade, most-active December wheat settled down four cents at $3.88-1/4 per bushel (all figures US$). December corn ended […] Read more

Harvest equipment stands ready in the Livelong, Sask. area, about 100 km north of North Battleford. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat slide on prospects for rising stockpiles

By GFM Network News August 30, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures fell to multi-year lows on Tuesday and soybeans hit a four-week low on expectations for big crops and rising grain supplies, traders and analysts said. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November soybeans settled down 13-1/2 cents at $9.50-3/4 per bushel and December corn ended down […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt bans ergot in wheat, again

By GFM Network News August 29, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt reinstated on Sunday a controversial ban on wheat shipments containing even the slightest amount of a common grain fungus, baffling traders who had returned to the Egyptian market just last month when the ban was lifted. The world’s largest wheat importer said on Sunday it was re-introducing its zero […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

By GFM Network News August 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a sixth consecutive session to hit a new 10-year low on Monday, as ample global stocks and a regulatory clamp-down from the world’s largest buyer of the grain dragged on prices. Corn set a seven-year low and soybeans also declined, pressured by prospects for large U.S. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 26, 2016

Reuters — Wheat futures dropped to their lowest price in Chicago in nearly a decade on Friday, pressured by ample supplies and technical selling. Corn dropped for the fifth straight session and soybeans lost ground for the fourth straight day, as a U.S. tour of mostly robust crops wrapped up. The Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more

A Russian grain terminal at the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. (NMTP.info)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

By GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — Russia is muscling in on the markets of its European and North American competitors as it overtakes the European Union to become the world’s biggest wheat exporter for the first time. Russia is expecting a record crop in the 2016-17 marketing season, which began on July 1, while EU harvests are […] Read more

A wheat crop stands at the ready in NW Sask., taken Aug. 22.

Crops, News, Weather

Saskatchewan harvest ahead of five-year average, despite wet weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 22

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 25, 2016

Despite rain delays in some areas, Saskatchewan producers now have nine per cent of the 2016 crop combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. This is slightly ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of eight per cent for this time of year. Twenty-one per cent of the crop is swathed or ready to straight-cut. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, giving up three per cent to their lowest since mid-August, as a widely watched crop tour reported bumper prospects across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat lost ground for a fourth session in a row, amid expectations for huge global grain supplies. […] 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

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

Winter wheat

Attachment sorts intercropped plants for harvesting

Egypt’s GASC cancels wheat tender as ergot policy bites

U.S. grains: Wheat records fourth month of decline

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat slide on prospects for rising stockpiles

Egypt bans ergot in wheat, again

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

Saskatchewan harvest ahead of five-year average, despite wet weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

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