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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy under pressure amid abundant supplies

By GFM Network News May 27, 2015

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean markets drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday and are expected to remain under pressure in coming weeks. The softness in both markets is likely because of large domestic and global supplies for corn and soybeans, said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. “Buyers […] Read more

New growth Kochia emerging from the soil

Crops

Fighting herbicide resistant weeds with change

Multiple modes of action and stacked seed traits help farmers manage resistance

By Lisa Guenther May 27, 2015

When it comes to herbicide resistance, chemical companies are focusing on multiple modes of action. More varieties with stacked herbicide-tolerant traits are also on the horizon. But as western Canadian farmers sail towards that new future, they should keep in mind management goes hand-in-hand with technology. Stacked herbicide-tolerant traits are a new tool, giving farmers […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. grains: Wheat sinks to two-week low on winter crop rating

By GFM Network News May 27, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell for the third straight session on Wednesday, hitting a two-week low on big global supplies and a government report that pegged U.S. winter wheat crop ratings above market expectations. Corn also slumped to a seven-month low on spillover pressure from sinking wheat and positive U.S. crop ratings, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets

Canada to check India’s feed corn for aflatoxin

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 26, 2015

All feed corn coming to Canada from India is now going to be held and tested for aflatoxin, as high levels of the toxins have recently turned up in organic corn from the country. Importers of corn — organic or otherwise — from India, starting immediately, first must sample the corn, upon arrival in Canada […] Read more

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Lack of crop growth may be due to an insect, not a seeder miss

When you’re checking for pests, this insect’s wily ways could give you the slip

By Kari Belanger May 26, 2015

For Scott Hartley, an insect pest management specialist at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, it’s an all-too-familiar story. A producer notices areas in the field where growth is slow, plants are dying back or missing altogether. The damage is often put down to a seeder miss or poor germination, poor nutrition or environmental conditions, or […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Weather

Warmth seen as welcome relief for Manitoba forages

By GFM Network News May 26, 2015

CNS Canada –– A recent wave of warm temperatures is just what’s needed to boost the development of forage crops in Manitoba, which have been slowed due to recent weather, according to two industry experts. “Just within the past week plants are starting to develop, we’re hoping that with the heat they’re forecasting, the crops […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the El Nino region of the Pacific, for the week centred May 20. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Beef Cattle, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

El Nino seen bringing drought to Brazil’s north, heavy rains to south

By GFM Network News May 26, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil will likely experience a moderate El Nino by the end of the year, bringing steady rain to the country’s main grain-producing regions and sustained drought in the arid north, the national meteorological institute, Inmet, said. Inmet meteorologist Fabricio Daniel dos Santos Silva said six consecutive quarters of warming sea […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russian ag ministry proposes new wheat export duty formula

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 26, 2015

Donskoy | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it had finalized the methodology for the calculation of a wheat export duty that will be introduced from July 1. It has proposed exporters pay a duty of one rouble per tonne on wheat priced up to 11,000 roubles (C$268) per tonne on a free-on-board […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

By GFM Network News May 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Tuesday as pressure from a strong dollar and technical selling outweighed concerns about crop damage due to heavy rain in the southern U.S. Plains. Corn prices slid about 1.5 per cent on spillover weakness from tumbling wheat and generally favourable crop […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Mother Nature, as usual, holds all the cards for farmers

Farmers are optimistic about the growing season, as long as  the weather doesn’t tip too far either way

By Lee Hart May 25, 2015

While the spring seeding outlook was generally good as of late April, farmers in different parts of the Prairies described being close to feast-or-famine conditions as they planned to get the 2015 crop in the ground. Producers from mid-Saskatchewan and east were hopeful about getting the crop in as long as it didn’t rain, while […] Read more

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Crops

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy under pressure amid abundant supplies

Fighting herbicide resistant weeds with change

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks to two-week low on winter crop rating

Canada to check India’s feed corn for aflatoxin

Lack of crop growth may be due to an insect, not a seeder miss

Warmth seen as welcome relief for Manitoba forages

El Nino seen bringing drought to Brazil’s north, heavy rains to south

Russian ag ministry proposes new wheat export duty formula

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

Mother Nature, as usual, holds all the cards for farmers

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