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CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn firms for sixth session in a row

Soybeans weak, wheat strong

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News August 24, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures steadied after hitting their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday, underpinned by concerns that hot and dry weather in the Midwest during key crop development periods limited how big the fall harvest will be, traders said. Wheat futures were strong, notching their fourth straight day of gains, […] Read more

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and 100-day moving average (green line). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Time gap too large in StatCan report

Canola's potential yields shrank in meantime

By GFM Network News August 24, 2022

MarketsFarm — There has been about a one-month gap in between Statistics Canada having gathered its data for next week’s principal crops report and actually releasing the report. That’s something trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg finds irksome. “They’re using computer models of some kind. You would think they could get this out […] Read more

A soybean crop at Headingley, Man. on Sept. 2, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop tour raises concerns for corn, soy

By GFM Network News August 24, 2022

MarketsFarm — Reduced corn yields and a lower amount of soybean pods compared to the last few years were two major findings by the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour, which started on Tuesday and ends Friday. In turn, prices for both crops on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have sharply risen over the past […] Read more

Photo: MaksymTopchyi/iStock/Getty Images

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as crop concerns rise; wheat follows higher

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News August 23, 2022

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures surged 4.2 percent to a 7-1/2-week high on Tuesday as a report on crop conditions and a tour of key growing areas in the Midwest raised concerns that the size of the U.S. harvest will fall below expectations. The potential for reduced yields in the fall also sparked […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Alberta shaping up for better harvest

By GFM Network News August 23, 2022

MarketsFarm – While some areas of Alberta continued to struggle with a lack of precipitation and higher temperatures, Alberta Pulse Growers (APG) executive director Leanne Fischbuch said pulse crops in the province are faring much better overall than in drought-stricken 2021. “Harvest is underway in many parts of the province already, thanks to the heat […] Read more

Maintaining and improving soil organic matter is vital to crop production and soil health. I consider the soil micro-organisms much like a feedlot — I have to think about feeding the soil biology.” – Tim Nerbas.

Crops

Sask. farmer’s soil health approach results in ‘soil armour’

Farmer Tim Nerbas protects his soil with a layer of organic material he calls “soil armour.” He says that and other conservation farming practices to improve soil health on his farm may take time — but it’s worth the wait

By Lee Hart August 23, 2022

Northwest Saskatchewan farmer Tim Nerbas knows if he does the best job of managing crop production above ground, it is probably providing the most benefit to all activity going on below ground. He doesn’t test to measure the amount of organic matter in the soil on his 4,000-acre grain, oilseed and pulse crop operation near […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ukraine restores Moldova rail link

Rail line could carry 10 million tonnes of freight per year

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 22, 2022

Reuters — Ukraine has restored a rail link to neighbouring Moldova after a 23-year hiatus and the connection could carry 10 million tonnes of freight a year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address on Monday. Although he did not specify what kinds of goods, Ukraine is keen to find new ways to export […] Read more

CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent

Chicago corn futures firm

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News August 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 2.2 per cent on Monday, supported by hopes for a pick-up in the pace of exports as farmers in top global consumer China struggle with hot and dry weather that is expected to reduce the size of the crop there. “It appears that exporters […] Read more

File photo of fresh cherries purchased from an orchard’s roadside stand at Penticton, B.C. (Amy Mitchell/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Canada-Korea free trade pact a step ahead on lower tariffs

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 22, 2022

Canada’s seven-year-old free trade pact with South Korea already provides for reduced tariffs on cherries from British Columbia — a commodity that’s just been approved for export to Korea for the first time starting this month. Canadian agriculture and food safety officials announced Aug. 10 that talks with Seoul on import rules and certifications had […] Read more

An aerial view of parched terrace fields at Chongqing’s Fuyuan village in east-central China on Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

By GFM Network News August 19, 2022

Chongqing | Reuters — As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago. “This year is drier than 1960,” said Chen, 68, from his plot of […] Read more

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

Under Trump, U.S. cedes its share of China’s beef market to Australia

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

GFM Network News

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

Under Trump, U.S. cedes its share of China’s beef market to Australia

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Crops

U.S. grains: Corn firms for sixth session in a row

ICE weekly outlook: Time gap too large in StatCan report

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop tour raises concerns for corn, soy

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as crop concerns rise; wheat follows higher

Pulse weekly outlook: Alberta shaping up for better harvest

Sask. farmer’s soil health approach results in ‘soil armour’

Ukraine restores Moldova rail link

U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

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