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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids firm amid widening basis levels

By GFM Network News April 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat were mostly firmer during the week ended Friday. Strengthening U.S. futures were supportive, though basis levels widened in many regions. Prices are as of April 2, due to market closures on Good Friday. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down 50 cents to up […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Weather

Pea growers weigh demand opportunities against root rot

By GFM Network News April 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Pea acreage in Western Canada could rise by five to 10 per cent this year, according to one industry expert, who notes root rot threatens to curtail that projection. Demand from India, China and Bangladesh is strong and that means total pea area could hit four million acres, said Carl Potts, executive […] Read more

Columns, Pulses

Fabas: residues and don’ts

Check your herbicide history before seeding those sensitive fabas this spring 

By Sarah Weigum April 6, 2015

Judging from the tweets I read and the phone calls I received during and after Saskatoon’s Crop Production Week in January, fababean fever has hit Saskatchewan much like it hit Alberta about a year ago. It’s not very often that Albertans get to give their eastern neighbours tips on producing pulses, but it seems that […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Technical sales, rain outlook pressure wheat

By GFM Network News April 6, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell on Monday on a round of technical selling after posting their biggest weekly gain in 3-1/2 months, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also were weaker, pressured by robust global supplies and profit taking after posting modest gains during the overnight trading session. Wheat futures, which had […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Russia may extend tax on wheat exports, deputy PM says

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 4, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — Russia may extend a tax on wheat exports beyond July 1, but is yet to make a final decision, Russian news agencies cited Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, who is in charge of the sector, as saying on Friday. Russia has imposed the duty on wheat exports since Feb. 1 in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Manitoba sunflower acres set to rise

By GFM Network News April 2, 2015

CNS Canada –– An early spring and drier conditions in western Manitoba, together with relatively favourable prices, should lead to an increase in sunflower plantings in the province this year. “Assuming that the southwest won’t be wet this year, we’re expecting that acres will be over 100,000,” said Darcelle Graham, executive director of the National […] Read more

The CWB Marquis — one of two new laker vessels the former Canadian Wheat Board ordered in 2011 — arrived at St. Lambert on April 2 for the reopening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The federal Transportation Safety Board reported the Marquis ran aground the next day at Beauharnois, Que., about 45 km southwest of St. Lambert, but refloated later that evening and continued en route to Hamilton. (CWB.ca)

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Weather

CWB’s new laker boat opens St. Lawrence Seaway

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 2, 2015

The first of CWB’s new laker vessels marked the official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway for 2015 on Thursday, passing through the South Shore Canal’s St. Lambert Lock near Montreal. The seaway navigation season’s official opening had previously been set for March 27, but officials opted in early March to put off the opening […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits six-week high on dry weather worries

By GFM Network News April 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped to their highest level in six weeks on Thursday on worries that rains in the U.S. Plains next week will be insufficient to relieve intensifying drought conditions. Traders kept their eyes on weather forecasts after dryness in key parts of the Plains, including Nebraska and Oklahoma, sparked […] Read more

phosphate fertilizer spilling out from a hand

Cereals, Crops

New wrinkles to adding phosphorous

If you own the land, adding phosphorus fertilizer will pay off in the long run 

By Les Henry April 1, 2015

On February 8, 2010, my column looked at the economics of large single applications of phosphorus fertilizer. The economics are good, but the practice is still rare. Most graphs showing fertilizer use in Western Canada start in 1960. Before that, fertilizer use was sporadic and included only a few acres with a modest application of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California orders 25 per cent reduction in water usage

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 1, 2015

Reuters — California Governor Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating multiyear drought, ordered the first statewide mandatory water restrictions on Wednesday, directing cities and communities to reduce usage by 25 per cent. The cutbacks, to be implemented by state and local water agencies, will affect consumers and businesses throughout the most populous […] Read more

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Prairie wheat bids firm amid widening basis levels

Pea growers weigh demand opportunities against root rot

Fabas: residues and don’ts

U.S. grains: Technical sales, rain outlook pressure wheat

Russia may extend tax on wheat exports, deputy PM says

Manitoba sunflower acres set to rise

CWB’s new laker boat opens St. Lawrence Seaway

U.S. grains: Wheat hits six-week high on dry weather worries

New wrinkles to adding phosphorous

California orders 25 per cent reduction in water usage

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