Crops & Production Tips

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy to weaken as harvest nears

By GFM Network News August 5, 2015

CNS Canada –– Short-term corn and soybean futures have been bouncing due to dryness in the eastern U.S. corn belt, but as crops move into harvest, prices will likely fall, according to Brian Rydlund, market analyst at CHS Hedging Inc. The corn market is primarily being moved by ethanol bidders and buyers, Rydlund said. “Export-wise, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Prices advance on crop, weather worries

By GFM Network News August 5, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Wednesday as concerns about poor weather hurting autumn harvests fuelled a recovery from recent losses in the markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a crop report on Aug. 12, may trim its U.S. soybean acreage and ending stocks estimates because of excessive rains […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. farm, consumer groups aim to block Monsanto bid for Syngenta

By GFM Network News August 4, 2015

Reuters — Several U.S. farm and consumer groups are working on strategies to derail a proposed tie-up of Monsanto and agricultural seeds and chemicals rival Syngenta, saying a combination of the market leaders would spell fewer and higher-priced products. Coalitions of opponents are being formed and market analyses being done, moves that underscore the hurdles […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie CWRS cash bids soften, durum drops sharply

By GFM Network News August 4, 2015

CNS Canada — Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cash bids across Western Canada were weaker during the week ended Friday, as U.S. futures markets plunged once again. Average CWRS wheat prices were down by C$7 to $26 per tonne over the week, with bids ranging from about $203 per tonne in the Peace region […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn bounces off six-week low prior to crop forecasts

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 4, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Corn futures edged higher on Tuesday, recovering from a six-week low as bargain-buying and an outlook for drier U.S. weather offset pressure from comfortable global supply. Chicago wheat and nearby soybeans failed to hold earlier gains. Grains were supported by dry conditions in parts of the eastern corn belt, and as […] Read more

Cereals, Columns

How to haul your grain to the U.S.

Many farmers are looking at State-side selling opportunities. Sarah Weigum digs into the details

By Sarah Weigum July 31, 2015

Here in the brave new post-single desk world I hear a lot of curious chatter from farmers thinking about hauling their own wheat and barley to the United States. Of course, Canadian pulse and oilseed producers have always been allowed to sell their production to the U.S. so this is not entirely uncharted territory. Other […] Read more

Uneven ripening was occurring throughout the field. Jim wasn’t sure when to swath.

Canola, Crops

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Uneven canola ripening

A Crop Advisor's Solution provided from Grainews' June 10, 2014 issue

By Amy Heather July 31, 2015

It was mid-August when I got a call from Jim, a grain and cattle producer near Warner, Alta. Jim, who rotates cereal, oilseeds and pulse crops on his 3,000 acres of farmland, was having trouble with his canola crop. Swathing in canola needs to occur at the optimum stage of ripening in order to reduce […] Read more

Crops, Markets

G3 Global closes CWB deal and retires name

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 31, 2015

Commodity News Service Canada – G3 Global Grain Group, a newly established agribusiness joint venture based in Winnipeg, has officially closed its investment in a majority interest in CWB, the former Canadian Wheat Board. CWB will be combined with the grain assets of Bunge Canada to form a new Canadian agribusiness, G3 Canada Limited, a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall; wheat mixed

By GFM Network News July 31, 2015

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, pressured by profit-taking and the cancellation of an export deal with China, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with CBOT soft red winter wheat and K.C. hard red winter wheat edging higher on some end-of-month short-covering. MGEX wheat fell on forecasts for a bumper crop […] Read more

Reuters, Spring Wheat

U.S. spring wheat yield projections highest ever

By GFM Network News July 31, 2015

Fargo, N.D. (Reuters) — Yield potential for spring wheat grown in the northern U.S. Plains was projected as the highest on record, with the crop benefiting from timely planting and cool weather, according to results from an annual crop tour. Scouts on the Wheat Quality Council’s three-day tour of North Dakota, the top spring wheat […] Read more

Daily Network News

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Crops

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy to weaken as harvest nears

U.S. grains: Prices advance on crop, weather worries

U.S. farm, consumer groups aim to block Monsanto bid for Syngenta

Prairie CWRS cash bids soften, durum drops sharply

U.S. grains: Corn bounces off six-week low prior to crop forecasts

How to haul your grain to the U.S.

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Uneven canola ripening

G3 Global closes CWB deal and retires name

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall; wheat mixed

U.S. spring wheat yield projections highest ever

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