Crops & Production Tips

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to contract lows while corn eased 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, pressured by faster-than-normal spring plantings and overall favourable crop conditions in the U.S. Wheat futures tumbled two per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three markets reversing from gains in the previous session as […] Read more

A flowering apple tree Tuesday morning in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Jury still out on Prairie crop damage from Victoria Day weekend

By GFM Network News May 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Cold temperatures across much of Western Canada over the May long weekend may have caused damage to early-emerging crops — but it will take a few more days to determine how many acres will need reseeding. “We have to wait and see, because freeze damage is always sporadic in nature,” said CWB […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

GrainCorp to boost U.S. malt output, target craft beer boom

By GFM Network News May 18, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– Australian agribusiness GrainCorp plans to nearly double output capacity at one its U.S. malt plants, to capitalize on soaring North American demand for craft beer. Typically produced by small, local brewers, the popularity of craft beers has grown rapidly in recent years in the U.S. as drinkers seek new tastes, with […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on more U.S. rains, frost fears

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat surged more than two per cent to the highest level in a month on Monday as forecasts for rains in the U.S. Plains revived concerns about crop damage and encouraged buying among investors with large short positions. Worries that frost and cold temperatures could reduce yields in the northern […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 16, 2015

The federal government’s new target, to cut the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels in the next 15 years, will involve new regulations on fertilizer and chemical companies’ output. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the government’s new target and general plans on Friday in Winnipeg, but hasn’t yet specified […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 16, 2015

The rise of soybeans as a cash crop in and around Manitoba, and the availability of hogs to dine on soy meal, could support Western Canada’s first-ever soybean crushing plant, a new study finds. The feasibility study, run by Winnipeg-based Mercantile Venture Consulting and backed by the federal and Manitoba governments, shows a Manitoba crushing […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Alta. beet growers, Rogers Sugar reach four-year deal

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 16, 2015

Sugar beet growers in Alberta will have a growing season in 2015 after all, having reached a last-minute deal with Canada’s lone sugar beet processor. Montreal-based Rogers Sugar on Wednesday announced its Lantic subsidiary has reached a new four-year agreement with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Association to supply the company’s beet sugar plant at […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Drought prompts cuts to farm irrigation in California, Oregon

By GFM Network News May 15, 2015

Portland | Reuters –– The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will cut the amount of federal irrigation water available to farmers along the Oregon-California border to half the annual norm as it grapples with a fourth year of regional drought, the agency said on Friday. Though the roughly 1,200 affected farms in the Klamath Basin had […] Read more

Cereals, Columns

Farmers need a simpler grain pricing system

Building U.S. currency conversions into the basis complicates price comparisons. There may be a simpler way  

By Brian Wittal May 15, 2015

Since my last two articles on wheat basis calculations I have had some interesting conversations with producers and industry people alike. One call in particular from a gentleman who works in the grain industry in Eastern Canada was very enlightening. Apparently my article was forwarded to him by one of his co-workers at a facility […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Colombia calls off aerial coca spraying

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 15, 2015

Bogota | Reuters –– Colombia will suspend aerial fumigation of illegal coca plants in light of a number of studies linking the herbicide involved to cancer, a move that marks the end of a decades-long strategy in the country’s fight against drug trafficking. Spraying coca leaves, which are used to make cocaine, has been a […] Read more

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Crops

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

Jury still out on Prairie crop damage from Victoria Day weekend

GrainCorp to boost U.S. malt output, target craft beer boom

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on more U.S. rains, frost fears

Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

Alta. beet growers, Rogers Sugar reach four-year deal

Drought prompts cuts to farm irrigation in California, Oregon

Farmers need a simpler grain pricing system

Colombia calls off aerial coca spraying

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