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Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: Wheat futures fall a day after Ukraine crash price spike

By GFM Network News July 18, 2014

Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 3.4 per cent on Friday, erasing gains posted a day earlier following the downing of a Malaysian commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, while Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also declined and soybeans were mostly lower. Investors were worried an escalation of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, both […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Whether to spray for fusarium: flowering period is key

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News July 18, 2014

Wet weather in eastern Saskatchewan and much of Manitoba means farmers likely have fusarium head blight risk on their minds. But cereal grades are only at stake risk if environmental risks match up with flowering, a crop pathologist says. Vikram Bisht, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, says two or three […] Read more

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Guenther: Cereal crops hit with ergot needed for livestock project

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News July 17, 2014

Saskatchewan Agriculture wants to hear from farmers who find ergot in their cereals this summer. The ministry is asking producers to start scouting for the disease a week after crops start flowering and report ergot to their regional offices as soon as it’s detected. It’s all part of a new project designed to help livestock […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie wheat bids steady overall

By GFM Network News July 15, 2014

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat showed some improvement at many delivery points across Western Canada during the week ended Monday, and held steady overall despite sharp declines in U.S. futures. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in Monday at […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Extent of flood damage to winter wheat not yet known

By GFM Network News July 11, 2014

CNS Canada — While many crops in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are considered a write-off this year due to excessive precipitation and flooding, winter wheat is sitting in an area of uncertainty. “We’re not doing worse than anybody else, let’s put it that way,” said Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada at Minnedosa, […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ukraine questions legal basis of Crimea’s grain exports

By GFM Network News July 10, 2014

Moscow | Reuters — Ukraine protested over recent grain exports from Crimea on Thursday, questioning their legal basis following Russia’s annexation of the region and fuelling tensions between the two countries. Russia and Ukraine are the region’s main global grain exporters and rivals to supply customers in North Africa and the Middle East. Russia announced […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

More room to downside for falling wheat futures

By GFM Network News July 8, 2014

CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures have posted large losses over the past two months, but could be headed lower still as the winter wheat harvest moves northward and the country’s spring wheat crop is reported to be in good shape for the time being, said an analyst. CBOT soft wheat futures are currently trading […] Read more

Features, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Three ways to sample

If you don’t want any nasty surprises later, make sure your  sample is a good representative of the grain you plan to sell 

By Andrea Hilderman July 7, 2014

Taking representative samples is a critical step to understanding the quality or other characteristics of anything that is tested in some way. Rarely, if ever, is an entire organism, crop or object tested for quality, consistency, disease, protein, etc. A sample is generally taken and the results of the tests on the sample are presumed to […] Read more

Barley, Cereals, Crops, Markets

Barley acres down, but not expected to keep declining

By GFM Network News July 7, 2014

CNS Canada — Canada’s farmers have seeded their smallest barley crop in 50 years, according to Statistics Canada, but an industry official says he doesn’t think it will remain so low in the long-term. StatsCan’s seeded acreage report on June 27 had pegged barley acreage at 6,089,000 acres, down from 7,082,500 acres in 2013. This […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Spring wheat bids decline for fourth straight week

By GFM Network News July 7, 2014

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPRS) continued their downward slide during the week ended Monday, as losses in the U.S. wheat futures weighed on values for the fourth straight week. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures end up but notch weekly loss after China buys Argentina crops

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

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