Crops & Production Tips

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Prairie canola reseeding done ‘in a hurry’

By GFM Network News June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Farmers are reported to have mainly finished reseeding canola fields that were damaged by a frost event in the eastern Prairies in late May. “It happened in a hurry. A lot of producers, retail agronomists and seed companies were working overtime to get it all done. It’s pretty impressive, a lot of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Nearby spring wheat charts looking bullish

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Nearby technical signals for MGEX spring wheat futures in Minneapolis have turned bullish, as prices rallied during the first part of June. However, the market remains rangebound from a longer-term perspective. The July wheat contact in Minneapolis has climbed by 50 cents per bushel since June 1, and settled Tuesday at US$5.8275. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pasture, Weather

Dry areas of Prairies still waiting for rain

By GFM Network News June 10, 2015

CNS Canada –– The continued lack of moisture across a large portion of Alberta and Saskatchewan is becoming more of a concern for farmers in the region, but there is a chance of rain in some nearby forecasts. Shannon Friesen, a cropping management specialist for Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw, said some livestock producers are […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

Ontario’s corn and soybean growers and seed dealers will have slightly more time to manage some of their new duties as the province’s limits on neonicotinoid pesticides become legally binding. Ontario’s environment ministry on Tuesday announced its new provincial regulations — with a handful of changes from the draft legislation first published in March — […] Read more

Crops

Herbicide-resistant weeds changing farm practices

Resistant weeds are driving U.S. farmers to actions like manual weeding

By Lisa Guenther June 9, 2015

Arkansas has been ground zero for herbicide-resistant weeds. For instance, the state is second only to Australia in the amount of herbicide-resistant ryegrass in wheat. “We’re actually running out of herbicides, making it difficult for us to even grow wheat in Arkansas, because of the levels of resistance that we have,” said Dr. Bob Scott. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped as much as one per cent on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session to a two-month high as investors bet that heavy rains would hit yields of the winter wheat crop in the southern U.S. Plains. Soybeans also rose, reaching a three-week peak as a broad-based […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

Monsanto’s offer of a US$2 billion break fee if it can’t get regulatory approval for a merger with crop biotech and ag chem rival Syngenta has been rejected. The offer, made in a letter from St. Louis-based Monsanto on Saturday, “represents the same inadequate price, same inadequate regulatory undertakings to close, same regulatory risks and same […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Cereal Cyst Nematode confirmed in Montana

By Mike Harding June 8, 2015

The effects of Cereal Cycst Nematode (CCN) can be confused with Rhizoctonia root rot. Now is the time to watch for signs/symptoms of this pest in cereals. For more information on what symptoms and signs look like, see the Montana AgAlert for CCN. To learn more, or to see more MSU alerts, visit the Montana […] Read more

(Giuseppe Carotenuto photo courtesy FAO)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Threat of food crisis seen fading as grain stocks climb

By GFM Network News June 8, 2015

London | Reuters — A sudden change in the weather no longer raises the spectre of a food price crisis, with grain stocks rebuilt and governments now paying much closer attention to agriculture, a senior United Nations economist said in an interview Monday. “The buffer is big and unexpected shortfalls can be met by (grain) […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Rain poses biggest threat to Man. edible beans

By GFM Network News June 8, 2015

CNS Canada — Most of Manitoba’s edible bean crops are progressing with no complications — the only imminent threat being too much rain and moisture. Dennis Lange, farm production advisor for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Altona, said most of the beans were planted at the end of May. “One of the biggest […] Read more

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