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Monsanto settles U.S. farmers’ suits over experimental wheat

By GFM Network News November 12, 2014

Reuters — Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it reached a settlement with U.S. wheat farmers who sued the seed company over market disruption after unapproved genetically engineered wheat was discovered growing without oversight in Oregon. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready wheat, which was never approved by U.S. regulators and which the company said it stopped testing a decade […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Australian farmers hold back wheat sales as dryness curbs yields

By GFM Network News November 12, 2014

Reuters — Australian farmers are holding back wheat crop sales as dryness in parts of the country’s eastern grain belt cuts yields, raising the likelihood for a boost to global prices that have dropped 13 per cent this year. Farmers in the world’s fourth biggest wheat exporter have sold only about a quarter of this […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

U.S. Midwest cold spell may hinder wheat growth, meteorologist says

By GFM Network News November 11, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — A cold spell arriving in the U.S. Midwest this week will probably stall the emergence and growth of late-seeded soft red winter wheat, a meteorologist said Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to fall to 15 to 20 F (-9 to -7 C) this week in Missouri and Illinois, the two states where […] Read more

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Canola, Cereals, Crops, Features

Farming was the right choice

After 40 years of farming, Blair Rempel knows he made the right choice when he chose to come back to the farm

By Shirley Byers November 10, 2014

Blair Rempel has been farming for almost 40 years. The Nipawin area producer and seed grower earned his diploma in agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1976. He considered other careers but always came back to agriculture. “The things I found attractive was a certain degree of independence and the satisfaction of building your […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie spring wheat bids soften

By GFM Network News November 10, 2014

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved lower during the week ended Friday, as basis levels held reasonably steady and prices drifted down with the U.S. futures. In Manitoba, the average CWRS price declined to $223 per tonne, from $234 the previous week. Similar declines were noted across […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairies’ winter wheat looks good heading into dormancy

By GFM Network News November 7, 2014

CNS Canada — There weren’t a lot of acres planted to winter wheat in Western Canada this fall due to the late harvest of many other crops — but what was seeded looks good as it heads into dormancy. “The fields that are there look good, just we have no clue how much there is,” […] Read more

By May 27, there was even germination and emergence.

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Diary of a wheat crop

After a successful 2014 grain harvest at  his Dundurn farm, Les Henry is grateful

By Les Henry November 6, 2014

This is the story of my 2014 wheat crop at my farm near Dundurn. August 25, 2013 Combined a 55 bushel per acre pea crop. No rain for over a month, so soil dry. September 24, 25, 2013 Mother Nature declares. There was 2.25 inches of nice gentle rain, all soaked in. Soil is now moist […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

Strong durum market starting to show signs of faltering

By GFM Network News November 6, 2014

Commodity News Service Canada — It’s a well known sentiment in the grain markets that ‘the best cure for high prices is high prices,’ and that is starting to show signs of proving true in the Western Canadian durum market. Durum bids in the $10 to $11 per bushel range can currently be found in […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Winter Wheat

Russia’s winter grains still at risk despite warm weather – analyst

By GFM Network News November 6, 2014

* Warm November to help Russia’s winter grains – SovEcon * Says some farmers hold crops due to the falling rouble * SovEcon sees Nov. grain exports at 3.0-3.2 mln T Paris/Moscow / Reuters – Warm weather last week did not eliminate risks for Russia’s fragile winter grain plantings, said a Moscow-based agriculture consultancy SovEcon, warning […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

CWB Expects Higher Returns For Canola, Wheat And Durum

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News November 6, 2014

CNS – CWB, formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board, has raised Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for durum, wheat and canola in its latest report. They noted it is a special mid-term outlook, due to market changes since the previous report released on October 23. PROs were higher for all three crops due to the weaker […] Read more

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