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Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Expansion in the U.S. ethanol industry, stuck in neutral for more than a year as the government debated biofuel blending requirements, is now likely to come to a screeching halt. With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week essentially maintaining the so-called blend wall that mandates nearly every gallon of gasoline […] Read more

Flea beetle feeding (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Cutworm, flea beetle pressure piling on Prairie crops

By GFM Network News June 2, 2015

CNS Canada — High levels of cutworms and flea beetles are damaging crops in Western Canada this spring, according to Manitoba’s crop entomologist. Manitoba growers started noticing damage from cutworms this week, said John Gavloski, extension entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development in Carman. “They were there in the fields, but they were […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Prairie canola basis levels soften as futures rally

By GFM Network News June 2, 2015

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market has moved sharply higher recently, but the cash market hasn’t followed along, as basis levels have generally seen a softening trend. “Generally we’ve been seeing companies widen their basis levels out a bit. Some have held them steady, some have just crept them out a little […] Read more

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Canada preparing shorter list of tariff targets in COOL fight

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 2, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is whittling down its list of U.S. products that it may hit with steep tariffs in retaliation against contentious meat-labeling laws, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Tuesday. The Canadian government is likely to target beef, pork, California wines, mattresses, cherries and office furniture, possibly along with other goods, from […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Lower greenback sparks rally in wheat, corn, soy

By GFM Network News June 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Tuesday, supported by a steep decline in the U.S. dollar that made all three commodities more attractive to investors looking for a hedge against inflation, traders said. Wheat notched the biggest gain, with the front-month Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) contract surging 3.8 […] Read more

Western Stevedoring’s Lynnterm Terminal, shown here, is now the subject of a feasibility study as the possible site of a new export terminal for Prairie grain. (Colin Jewell photo courtesy Port Metro Vancouver)

Crops, Markets

CWB’s chosen suitor weighs West Coast terminal idea

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 2, 2015

The new Prairie grain player tapped to take a majority stake in the former Canadian Wheat Board is now considering the possibility of its own port terminal. Bunge Canada and Saudi-owned crown corporation SALIC Canada, in their joint venture G3 Global Holdings, have agreed to a separate joint venture with West Coast port logistics firm […] Read more

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

Frost damage to Prairie mustard still to be determined

By GFM Network News June 2, 2015

CNS Canada –– The president of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission says he’s optimistic this year’s mustard crop will be OK after temperatures dipped below freezing over the weekend. In an interview Monday, Richard Marleau said it will take another four to five days before anyone knows for sure. In southwestern Saskatchewan, “it was 0 […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Who’s handling your farm data? Keep an eye on this U.S. model

Data is becoming an industry. Whether you like it or not, you’re part of it 

By Lisa Guenther June 1, 2015

We talk about environmental stewardship, land stewardship and animal stewardship in agriculture, but there’s not a lot of discussion about data stewardship. And that’s too bad because there are some good reasons to have control over who accesses our data. I’m really talking about Big Data here — the move by businesses to collect mountains of data […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

By GFM Network News June 1, 2015

CNS Canada — Frosty late-May weather in parts of Western Canada means some farmers will need to reseed canola crops — but due to a seed shortage, some may have to wait. Temperatures dropped below freezing for a number of hours Saturday morning across a large area of Manitoba and into eastern Saskatchewan, according to […] Read more

Grain Farmers of Ontario chair Mark Brock speaks with media Friday on the front lawn of MPP Deb Matthews’ riding office in London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News June 1, 2015

It’s not that farmers in Ontario aren’t frustrated and angry concerning legislation aimed at curbing the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. They are. However, during a protest Friday in front of Ontario Deputy Premier Deb Matthews’ riding office in London, executives with the Grain Farmers of Ontario and roughly 35 farmers took a more proactive […] Read more

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Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed

Cutworm, flea beetle pressure piling on Prairie crops

Prairie canola basis levels soften as futures rally

Canada preparing shorter list of tariff targets in COOL fight

U.S. grains: Lower greenback sparks rally in wheat, corn, soy

CWB’s chosen suitor weighs West Coast terminal idea

Frost damage to Prairie mustard still to be determined

Who’s handling your farm data? Keep an eye on this U.S. model

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory

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