Crops & Production Tips

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bias points higher

By GFM Network News May 20, 2015

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts stayed mostly rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, before finishing $4 per tonne higher. “Funds are putting a long position on,” said Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing in Winnipeg. The most-frequently-traded July contract tested the $460 per tonne mark before backing off at the end of the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn grind lower, watching weather

By GFM Network News May 20, 2015

CNS Canada –– Great spring seeding conditions across much of the U.S. Midwest have weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade — and the nearby bias remains pointed lower, barring a weather scare, according to an analyst. “The good growing conditions will keep (soybeans and corn) grinding lower,” said Terry […] Read more

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy at seven-month low, corn weak on favourable weather

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to seven-month lows and corn to one-week lows on Wednesday, pressured by forecasts for nearly ideal growing conditions for the crops next week. Temperatures were seen warming up by next week after a chill that supported prices earlier this week. Coupled with recent rainfall in the U.S. Midwestern […] Read more

Crops

When it comes to crop insects, what’s the latest buzz on the Prairies?

The right treatment and spray strategies will give you the best line of defence

By Shannon Mcarton May 20, 2015

Every new production season arrives with its own set of profit-munching insect challenges. Grasshoppers, wheat midge and sawfly can wreak havoc in cereal crops while flea beetles and bertha armyworm take their toll on the canola. The list keeps growing, and the ability of these pests to adapt to changing conditions is nothing short of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Diesel prices seen staying low until July

By GFM Network News May 20, 2015

CNS Canada –– The price of diesel has fallen to the same level as gasoline across Western Canada, but a Chicago-based analyst doesn’t expect it to stay that way for too long. “Probably after the Fourth of July, late July and August the prices may start to edge up,” said Phil Flynn, energy market analyst […] Read more

Alan McIsaac, shown here last month visiting Charlottetown’s St. Jean Elementary School in his role as minister of education and early childhood development, now leads a reorganized ministry of agriculture and fisheries. (Brian Simpson photo courtesy Government of P.E.I.)

Crops

P.E.I. farms and fisheries ministries merge

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 20, 2015

A reorganization of Prince Edward Island’s government departments will see agriculture split from forestry and instead paired with fisheries. Having returned to office in the May 4 election, Premier Wade MacLauchlan on Wednesday announced his new cabinet, appointing former education and transportation minister Alan McIsaac as minister of agriculture and fisheries. As the agriculture and […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairie winter wheat set back by cold

By GFM Network News May 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Recent cold temperatures in parts of Western Canada should cause some setbacks for winter wheat, but most of the crop is likely still in decent shape, according to an analyst. Farmers in the three Prairie provinces seeded 665,000 acres of winter wheat in the fall of 2014, with about 565,000 acres surviving […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Proper nitrogen application for your crop

Researchers and farmers have worried about the 4Rs of fertilizer for decades. The answers are not the same for everyone

By Les Henry May 19, 2015

In recent years there has been a great deal of hype about the 4Rs when planning fertilizer use: right source, right rate, right time and right placement. The first Grainews column I penned was in October 1976: “Nitrogen — when, what kind and how much to apply.” Back then, phosphorus was seed placed and nitrogen […] Read more

Crops, Features

Detecting wireworms on your farm

By Kari Belanger May 19, 2015

Using bait can help you get a better estimate of the scope of your wireworm problem. Making a bait ball For one ball: Mix one to 1-1/2 cups of oatmeal or wheat flour with two tablespoons of honey and up to 1/2 cup of water to form a ball Tie up ball in a mesh […] Read more

Greek olives on display in a market in Athens. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia may allow around 20 firms from Hungary, Cyprus and Greece to return to its market after it orders the lifting of an embargo on food imports from the European Union, Interfax news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Tuesday. Russia banned foods from the 28-nation EU last year […] Read more

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Crops

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bias points higher

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn grind lower, watching weather

U.S. grains: Soy at seven-month low, corn weak on favourable weather

When it comes to crop insects, what’s the latest buzz on the Prairies?

Diesel prices seen staying low until July

P.E.I. farms and fisheries ministries merge

Prairie winter wheat set back by cold

Proper nitrogen application for your crop

Detecting wireworms on your farm

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

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