Crops & Production Tips

Sunflowers look good in field, flat in market

By GFM Network News July 6, 2015

CNS Canada — While many Canadian crops are wishing for more rain right now, one expert sees sunflowers, primarily grown in Manitoba, doing relatively fine for moisture. “There’s no weather worries on sunflowers right now. A lot of the acres went in because it was forecasted to be a very dry summer, but it hasn’t […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids mostly higher with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News July 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for western Canadian wheat were mostly higher during the week ended Friday, with gains in U.S. futures providing some support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were anywhere from C$2 per tonne lower to as much as $10 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $231 per […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

By GFM Network News July 6, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped on Monday as lighter-than-expected U.S. rainfall eased fears about soggy Midwest crops while worries over Greece and China led investors to shun many commodity markets. Corn prices pulled back from 2015 highs notched last week after heavy Midwest rains raised crop concerns and following a […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Canterra, Limagrain plan cereal breeding j.v.

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 3, 2015

Canada’s recent moves to tighten protections of plant breeders’ rights are getting the credit for encouraging a new private-sector joint venture in cereal seed development for the Prairie market. Canterra Seeds and French farmer co-operative Limagrain on Thursday announced they would further tie up their wheat variety commercialization work through a new joint seed breeding […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

PotashCorp says can address K+S concerns about tie-up

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 3, 2015

Frankfurt | Reuters — Canada’s PotashCorp said it was confident of addressing concerns raised by K+S over its 7.9 billion euro (C$11 billion) takeover proposal for the German potash miner, giving K+S’s stock a boost. K+S rejected PotashCorp’s proposed bid as too low on Thursday, saying its suitor could be planning to dismantle and shrink […] Read more

Not much late-afternoon sun was penetrating the smoke in the skies Thursday in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Smoke provides cover to dry Sask. fields, real clouds preferred

By GFM Network News July 3, 2015

CNS Canada –– Over 100 forest fires burning in northern Saskatchewan — and the resulting smoke cover — may be bringing a little relief from dryness to growers further south. But silver linings are tarnished at best, as a dry outlook for July means the province won’t move past its drought concerns anytime soon. Forest […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

By GFM Network News July 3, 2015

Paris | Reuters — A heatwave in Western Europe is adding to stress on wheat crops after a dry end to spring and reducing what had been very high yield potential only a month ago. Record temperatures for early July at around 40 C in parts of France unnerved traders in the European Union’s top […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

U.S. wheat futures seen stalling

By GFM Network News July 2, 2015

CNS Canada –– U.S. wheat futures posted solid gains over the month of June but appear to be stalling out in the early days of July as the market looks for more fresh supportive news. “The bull needs to be fed every day, and right now it’s not getting anything to keep it going,” said […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

By GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Brussels | Reuters — European food safety officials found there was no need to widen buffer zones around genetically modified (GM) crops even though research shows pollen from GM maize can travel kilometres further than previously thought. The buffer zones to protect vulnerable species, such as butterflies, have been part of heated debate in Europe […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

By GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, followed demands by […] Read more

Daily Network News

Canadian drought conditions improve in March

PMRA renamed as Pesticides Regulatory Directorate

U.S. deputy farm secretary to meet with Mosaic amid high fertilizer prices

Crops

Sunflowers look good in field, flat in market

Prairie wheat bids mostly higher with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

Canterra, Limagrain plan cereal breeding j.v.

PotashCorp says can address K+S concerns about tie-up

Smoke provides cover to dry Sask. fields, real clouds preferred

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

U.S. wheat futures seen stalling

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

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