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Plan ahead to grow silage corn

Planting, chopping and weed control require planning, but can help you turn a profit

By Angela Lovell December 28, 2017

Growing silage corn needs some advanced planning and can involve a change of mindset for producers who are used to doing everything themselves. “Corn is different from most silage products that can be made in Western Canada,” says Ray Bittner, livestock specialist with Manitoba Agriculture. “Corn needs to be chopped or combined, but haybines knock […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy trade watching South America

By GFM Network News December 21, 2017

CNS Canada –– Seasonal holiday trade could lead to some choppiness in the Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn markets over the next week, although the general bias will likely remain pointed lower in the New Year, barring a weather scare out of South America. “There’s a reluctance to take on new positions ahead […] Read more

MacDon opened a new parts distribution centre in Winnipeg in 2016. (Macdon.com)

Corn, Crops, Forages, Machinery

Harvestec owner Linamar set to buy MacDon

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 14, 2017

Canadian harvesting equipment company MacDon is set to join the ag arm of industrial equipment and parts manufacturer Linamar. Guelph-based Linamar Corp., which markets the Harvestec brand of corn harvesting headers in North America, on Thursday announced a “definitive” agreement to buy 100 per cent of Winnipeg-based MacDon and its group of companies for $1.2 […] Read more

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

U.S. Midwest lawmakers will consider biofuel changes

By GFM Network News December 14, 2017

New York | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers from states that produce corn for ethanol plants said on Wednesday they would consider proposals from Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to help the oil refining industry cope with the nation’s biofuels regulation, but would never agree on anything that diminishes the program. The price of U.S. renewable […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy look vulnerable to downside

By GFM Network News December 13, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures both suffered losses over the past week as improving weather patterns in South America have pushed the commodities below their recent support levels. CBOT March corn dipped below the psychologically-important $3.50 a bushel level on Tuesday (all figures US$). The market was pressured by the U.S. Department of […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed barley in sync with Manitoba corn

By GFM Network News December 12, 2017

CNS Canada — This year’s bumper harvest of Manitoba corn is making an impact at Alberta feedlots. According to Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge, feed barley prices are near the $215 per tonne mark, down $5 from a few weeks ago. “Corn is filling some of the volume demand, so it is keeping the price […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean markets excite while corn settles

By GFM Network News December 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are finding support from Argentina weather while corn markets remain stuck in sideways trading, according to a Chicago trader. “The corn markets have kind of been left out of the Argentina weather equation with heavy fund selling here and there… and then might […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Rangebound corn, soy watch South America, exports

By GFM Network News November 29, 2017

CNS Canada — Weak exports and improving growing conditions in South America are casting a bearish tint over near-future prospects for corn and soybeans. One market analyst in Illinois noted the corn market was also extremely oversold. “A good technical close for December corn this week would be over $3.36” a bushel, said Scott Capinegro, […] Read more

Catedral Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Maria, Mexico City. (CIA.gov)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Mexico court rejects appeal to lift GM corn ban

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 27, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters –– A Mexican court has rejected a company’s appeal to lift a ban on commercial planting of transgenic corn in Mexico, passing the matter to the Supreme Court, a lawyer for the firm said Friday. A federal court in Mexico City rejected the suit by PHI Mexico, a unit of U.S. […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans excite ahead of holiday

By GFM Network News November 22, 2017

CNS Canada — While corn futures sat quietly this week on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), soybean futures were another story ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend. On Tuesday, “there was a lot of talk that Argentina was going to have some very good rains; the (soybean) market was understanding of that,” said Steve […] Read more

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Plan ahead to grow silage corn

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy trade watching South America

Harvestec owner Linamar set to buy MacDon

U.S. Midwest lawmakers will consider biofuel changes

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy look vulnerable to downside

Feed barley in sync with Manitoba corn

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean markets excite while corn settles

CBOT weekly outlook: Rangebound corn, soy watch South America, exports

Mexico court rejects appeal to lift GM corn ban

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans excite ahead of holiday

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