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Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the province’s south. Stripe rust and leaf rust appear to have blown in from the United States. Pam de Rocquigny of Manitoba’s agriculture department said the […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets

Late start expected for Manitoba’s Port of Churchill

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill will start its shipping season later this year, as its operator hopes to lower the cost of maintenance on the railway serving the port. Merv Tweed, president of port and railway operator OmniTrax Canada, said the company expects the first grain vessel will go out sometime in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Uncertainty over Russia’s wheat export tax seen slowing trade

By GFM Network News June 18, 2015

Moscow/Abu Dhabi | Reuters –– Uncertainty over Russia’s new wheat export tax is slowing trade activity as traders who have signed forward contracts say they are unsure about how the formula will be implemented. The floating tax formula, to be launched from July 1, is intended to stop exports surging if the rouble drops steeply, […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Pulses

Canada may have already passed peak gluten-free

By GFM Network News June 17, 2015

CNS Canada –– Increased demand by Canadians for gluten-free products had an impact on the wheat industry, leading reduced sales and experiments with new ways to feed the market. Now, industry specialists have mixed opinions on the future of gluten-free. Almost a third of Canadians, 10 million people, are seeking out gluten-free products, according to […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Columns

Manage water to optimize wheat, canola production

Use your irrigation system to its full potential by asking these four question about water needs

By Ross H. McKenzie June 15, 2015

Often the most limiting nutrient in irrigated crop production is water! Many irrigation farmers tend to under-irrigate their crops, which limits yield potential. Often the main reasons for under-irrigation are simply not checking soil moisture frequently and starting the irrigation system too late. Knowing the answers to these four questions can help. 1. How much water does […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids down with U.S. futures, rising loonie

By GFM Network News June 15, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat dropped during the week ended Friday, as the combination of a rising Canadian dollar and dropping U.S. futures weighed on prices across the Prairies. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were C$12-$16 per tonne lower, with bids ranging from about $204 per tonne in north-central […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prices to rise as yield prospects drop for durum

By GFM Network News June 12, 2015

CNS Canada — Mounting dryness concerns in some of the prime durum-growing regions of Western Canada have likely already cut into yield prospects, which should support prices going forward. Canadian farmers intended to plant 5.5 million acres of durum this year, well above the 4.75 million seeded the previous year and the largest crop since […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Iraq recaptures some grain silos seized by Islamic State

By GFM Network News June 10, 2015

London | Reuters — Iraq has re-taken control of some grain silos previously seized by Islamic State, but most of the grain held cannot be used as militants aim to destroy sites when retreating, a senior grain official said Tuesday. Islamic State, the breakaway al Qaeda group, which declared an Islamic caliphate across parts of […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat

ESN helps keep single shoot drill out in the field longer

Fertilizer technology allows farmers to make one pass, putting all the  nitrogen in the seed row at once, and also realizing higher protein values

By Lee Hart June 10, 2015

Dale Wyatt hasn’t become a wholesale convert to ESN fertilizer on his southern Alberta farm, but so far it has allowed him to continue a one-pass direct seeding operation with cereals with his existing single shoot drill, and the controlled release fertilizer has definitely bumped up the protein level in spring wheat. Wyatt, who along […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Nearby spring wheat charts looking bullish

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Nearby technical signals for MGEX spring wheat futures in Minneapolis have turned bullish, as prices rallied during the first part of June. However, the market remains rangebound from a longer-term perspective. The July wheat contact in Minneapolis has climbed by 50 cents per bushel since June 1, and settled Tuesday at US$5.8275. […] Read more

GFM Network News

Canadian trade data delayed by U.S. government shutdown

Sigurdson applauds Alberta farmers

U.S. grains: Soy, corn dip on farmer selling; U.S.-China trade talks in focus

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