Crops & Production Tips

Five questions to ask your soil sampler

Q & A with an expert

By Stacie Yaremko January 10, 2023

Q: What should I ask my custom soil sampler?A. If you missed out on fall soil sampling, you might be looking at hiring a soil sampler this spring. Soil sampling may be offered by retailers, independent agronomists or dedicated soil sampling companies. The process seems straightforward — go to the field, collect soil in a […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund traders back on the long side in canola

Net long also extended in CBOT corn, soy

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 10, 2023

MarketsFarm — Speculators in ICE canola moved back to a net long position in the futures to start the New Year, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money long position in ICE Futures canola came in at 6,805 contracts on Jan. […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end lower as market awaits USDA reports

Grain trade also monitoring Brazil

By GFM Network News January 10, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Monday for the sixth time in seven sessions and wheat and soybeans finished mostly lower, as investors weighed weather-reduced production in some areas of South America against tepid demand for U.S. supplies. Wheat futures also retreated as late-session technical selling eroded earlier support from a weaker […] Read more

A look at last year's map shows the red has mostly given way to yellow.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Soil moisture map for 2023

This year’s map won’t be a surprise for most farmers

By Les Henry January 9, 2023

Before we talk about the 2023 map, perhaps we should take readers back to the very first Stubble Soil Moisture Map, which was for the province of Saskatchewan only. It appears on page 109 of Henry’s Handbook of Soil and Water if anyone wants to check it out. As far as I know, it was […] Read more

Local UAW union members arrive at Starbuck Middle School at Racine, Wis. to vote on CNH Industrial’s latest contract offer on Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Bianca Flowers)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CNH workers at two U.S. plants reject proposed contract

Plants' workers on strike since May

By GFM Network News January 9, 2023

Racine | Reuters — Members of two local unions that have been on strike since May at CNH Industrial factories in Wisconsin and Iowa on Saturday voted down a tentative labour contract, the United Auto Workers union said. The union did not disclose how many workers at the two plants rejected the four-year deal, which […] Read more

File photo of a John Deere X9 combine. (Deere.ca)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

American Farm Bureau, Deere sign ‘right to repair’ memo

MOU to seek private-sector solutions

By GFM Network News January 9, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — The American Farm Bureau Federation and machinery manufacturer Deere and Co. signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday that ensures farmers have the right to repair their own farm equipment or go to an independent technician. As the agriculture sector accelerates its adoption of technology, the reliance on high-tech machinery such […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids lower as futures take a hit

CWRS values mixed; CPSR and durum down

By GFM Network News January 7, 2023

MarketsFarm — Coming out of the holiday season, most western Canadian wheat bids were slightly lower for the week ended Thursday, as wheat futures in the U.S. continued to be bearish. U.S. wheat exports continue to fall behind last year’s pace, as cheaper Russian wheat floods the market due to a potential record crop and […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat posts biggest weekly loss in six months

Soybeans, soymeal rally on Argentina drought

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 7, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures weakened on Friday and posted their biggest weekly decline in six months as ample supplies from the Black Sea region weighed on prices, analysts said. Soybean and soymeal futures rallied amid increasing concerns about drought hurting crops in Argentina, the world’s leading exporter of processed […] Read more

Crops

SaskCanola, SaskFlax merge offices, management

Groups will maintain separate governing boards, levies

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 6, 2023

Sasskatchewan’s canola and flax development commissions are consolidating their management, staff and office space under one roof. SaskCanola and SaskFlax said Wednesday their new “management collaboration” will translate to efficiencies for both commissions with “a full staff complement to support both boards.” Both organizations will now operate out of the current SaskCanola office at Innovation […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Little price movement for feed grains

By GFM Network News January 6, 2023

MarketsFarm — With the holiday season come and gone, feed grain buyers were getting back into the swing of things at the start of 2023, according to one trader. “I think January will probably fill up pretty quickly as we’re in the first week of January and we’ve been booked into January for a bit,” […] Read more

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola