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Gary Millershaski, a farmer and scout on the Wheat Quality Council’s Kansas wheat tour, inspects winter wheat stunted by drought near Syracuse, about 170 km west of Dodge City, on May 18, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Julie Ingwersen)
Crops, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

U.S. winter wheat growers seed into dust as Plains drought persists

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Chicago | Reuters — With seeding roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said. Seeding plans may be scaled back in the U.S. breadbasket despite historically high prices for this time of year, reflecting rising global […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (black line), MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures end firm

Chicago December corn weakens

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures ended slightly higher on Monday but closed well off their session peaks as traders monitored developments in efforts to keep a Black Sea shipping lane open for Ukraine grain exports. Corn futures sank on seasonal harvest pressure while soybeans firmed on bullish export data, traders said. Wheat surged […] Read more
During the growing season, the pathogen produces fruiting bodies called pycnidia that appear as pepper-like spots within lesions on young leaves. Once the leaves are infected, the fungus can spread into the stem, eventually leading to the most damaging phase of the disease — stem cankering — usually at ground level.
Crops, Features

New products, genetic tools aimed at key crop diseases

It takes a multi-pronged approach to control diseases that constantly change

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Western Canadian canola, corn and soybean growers will have valuable new crop protection tools for the 2023 growing season, as Corteva Agriscience introduces new packages of seed treatment products that control a range of crop pests. Known as the LumiGEN seed treatment packages — each tailored for canola, corn and soybeans — the idea is […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Prices swing higher on U.S. gains

Canadian dollar down on week

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MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were higher for the week ended Thursday. As Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats had modest upticks, Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) incurred double-digit increases. Gains in the U.S. wheat complex provided support, with a weaker Canadian dollar also underpinning values. […] Read more
File photo of a sunrise over an Alberta barley crop. (MNphotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Weather

Alberta issues final crop report for year

Harvest over 98 per cent done by region and crop type

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MarketsFarm –– For the second year in a row the Alberta harvest wrapped up well ahead of the five-year average. With a gain of three points for the week ended Tuesday, Alberta Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development (AFRED) pegged the combining of major crops at 99.2 per cent complete. That’s 22 and a half […] Read more
A combine unloads wheat on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in western India on March 16, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

India allows exports of wheat flour processed from imported grain

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New Delhi | Reuters — India has allowed export-oriented units and the firms set up in special economic zones to export flour made from imported wheat, a government order said on Friday, conceding to the demands of food processors to allow shipments of value-added products. India will allow food processors to import duty-free wheat against […] Read more
A man looks through piles of trash on a stream in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo)
Crops, Reuters

Haiti gang blockade causing catastrophic hunger, U.N. says

Situation "close to breaking point," WFP rep says

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Miami | Reuters — Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, U.N. officials said on Friday, with more than four million facing acute food insecurity. A coalition of gangs has prevented the distribution of diesel and gasoline for over a month to protest a plan to cut fuel subsidies. […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2), MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on firm dollar, hopes for Black Sea talks

Lower wheat, dull demand weigh on corn, soybeans

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, surrendering all the prior session’s gains on a stronger dollar and hopes of progress in negotiations to maintain a Ukrainian Black Sea grain export corridor. Corn and soybeans followed wheat lower, weighed down by lacklustre demand and pressured by lower energy and equities markets. On […] Read more
The Earliana heritage tomato was introduced in 1900. Large, red, blemish-free fruits ripen mid-season, weigh eight to 12 ounces each and are perfect for slicing or canning.
Farm Life, Fruit/Vegetables

Hippocratic medicine — much still applies today

Plus, a recipe for fried green tomatoes

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The green medicine movement continues to advance. Have you ever given consideration to starting your own home green pharmacy medicine chest? “Your food shall be your medicine and your medicine shall be your food” is a time-honoured statement from the Greek founder of Western medicine, Hippocrates, which is as valid today as it was way […] Read more

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