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Egyptian prosecutor says millions in local wheat falsely claimed

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 8, 2016

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt’s general prosecutor said on Sunday that local wheat suppliers worked with government employees to falsely claim 621 million Egyptian pounds (C$92.5 million) worth of grain that does not exist. Egypt has been embroiled in a controversy over its local wheat supplies, with grains industry officials claiming that over two million […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Quarantined Washington wheat negative for GMO

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 5, 2016

Reuters — No genetically modified (GMO) wheat has been found in a Washington state farm’s crop tested after an unapproved biotech variety was discovered growing there in June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday. The quarantined grain will be allowed to enter the marketplace, USDA said. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Korea reports no GMO in U.S. wheat imports

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 5, 2016

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has not detected any genetically modified wheat in tests on imports of wheat and flour from Washington state, after the discovery of unapproved GM wheat in the U.S. state prompted Japan and South Korea to suspend certain U.S. imports. South Korea, the fifth largest market for U.S. wheat, had […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rebound on robust export demand

By GFM Network News August 5, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped on Friday, extending a rebound from 3-1/2-month lows hit earlier this week, as strong export demand offset supply pressure linked to bumper harvest prospects. Wheat futures also climbed while corn crept higher as the grain markets consolidated after falling to 10-year and near two-year lows, respectively, this […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn pressured by rising stockpiles

By GFM Network News August 4, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures fell on Thursday on disappointing export sales and prospects for rising global inventories, traders said. Soybean futures closed steady to modestly higher as a pick-up in export demand helped a cautious market rebound from multi-month lows this week. At the Chicago Board of Trade, September wheat […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Harvest operations begin, hay progress seen good

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 1

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 4, 2016

Harvest operations have just begun in parts of the province with some farmers combining peas, lentils and winter cereals, or swathing canola, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. It was another good week for hay progress, as producers now have 70 per cent of the hay crop baled or put into silage and another […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy end higher on bargain hunting

By GFM Network News August 3, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures rose on Wednesday, rallying on bargain hunting after all three key commodities fell to multimonth or multiyear lows a day earlier, traders said. But expectations of bumper U.S. crops limited further gains. At the Chicago Board of Trade, September wheat settled up nine cents at […] Read more

An aerial photo shows 25 to 30 of the antique threshing machines at the July 31 Harvesting Hope world record attempt at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. (Shaylyn McMahon photo courtesy Harvesting Hope)

Crops, Machinery, Winter Wheat

Manitoba threshing bee yields new world record

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 2, 2016

Owners and operators of antique threshing machines unofficially cracked the world record for a threshing bee at a fundraising event Sunday for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Manitoba Agricultural Museum. The Harvesting Hope event, held at the museum site at Austin, about 45 km west of Portage la Prairie, saw 139 threshing machines run simultaneously […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on weather, prospects for big crop

By GFM Network News August 2, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined on Tuesday as favorable weather in the Midwest bolstered expectations of a large crop, analysts said. Front-month corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell to the lowest in nearly two years and wheat dipped below $4 a bushel for the first time in a decade, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie wheat bids tick downward

By GFM Network News August 2, 2016

CNS Canada –– Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada recorded minor losses during the week ended Friday. The declines were traced to weakness in U.S. futures and some minor strengthening in the Canadian dollar. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down $3 per tonne, according to price […] 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

Egyptian prosecutor says millions in local wheat falsely claimed

Quarantined Washington wheat negative for GMO

Korea reports no GMO in U.S. wheat imports

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rebound on robust export demand

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn pressured by rising stockpiles

Harvest operations begin, hay progress seen good

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy end higher on bargain hunting

Manitoba threshing bee yields new world record

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on weather, prospects for big crop

Prairie wheat bids tick downward

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