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File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

By GFM Network News April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — As the snow melts on the Prairies, pulse growers are making their final preparations before seeding, while at the same time hoping not to see a repeat of last year’s historic drought. In Saskatchewan, snow cover has varied in pulse-growing areas, making some growers nervous. “There’s still a lot of concern about dryness […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Australian canola production heading downward, but still sizeable

New second-biggest harvest expected, USDA predicts

By GFM Network News April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite canola production in Australia being set to drop 26 per cent in 2022-23, the country’s farmers are still projected to harvest the second largest crop, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Canberra. In the attaché’s report, released Monday, canola production for the coming crop year was projected to be […] Read more

Grain storage at a Russian seaport. (Pridannikov/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

London marine insurers label all Russian waters high risk

By GFM Network News April 5, 2022

London | Reuters — London’s marine insurance market on Monday added all of Russia’s waters to its list of areas deemed high risk, an advisory showed, which is likely to raise the cost of shipping and adds to the logistical pressures on Moscow. Guidance from the Joint War Committee, which comprises syndicate members from the […] Read more

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola exports turn tiny as Canada running out

By GFM Network News April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — There was a tremendous drop in canola exports from Canada during week 34 of the 2021-22 marketing year, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. The commission’s report issued Thursday showed a mere 800 tonnes of canola were shipped overseas. The week before, 128,300 tonnes were outbound. “We’re really getting close to running out,” […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

U.S. winter wheat 30 per cent good-excellent

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News April 5, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn climbed on Monday, underpinned by disrupted supplies of Black Sea grains as the conflict in Ukraine continues, while attention shifts to U.S. production. Chicago Board of Trade most-active wheat ended 25-3/4 cents higher at $10.10-1/4 a bushel (all figures US$). Soybeans added 19-1/2 cents to $16.02-1/4 […] Read more

File photo of a P.E.I. potato field against the backdrop of the Confederation Bridge. (Onepony/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Potatoes

P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

New U.S. order replaces previous requirements; seed potatoes still blocked

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 2, 2022

Exports of Prince Edward Island table stock potatoes are again officially allowed to enter the mainland United States, after new U.S. entry rules regarding potato wart were published Friday. Canada’s federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Twitter that officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are now preparing to certify exports of eligible […] Read more

Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow’s Red Square on June 24, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Putin ally warns agriculture supplies could be limited to ‘friends’

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 2, 2022

Reuters — One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies warned on Friday that Russia, a major global wheat exporter, could limit supplies of agriculture products to “friendly” countries only, amid Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Peace talks, USDA report pull on wheat futures

By GFM Network News April 2, 2022

MarketsFarm — While peace prospects in Ukraine brought pressure onto wheat futures early on, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report caused the prices for two major western Canadian wheat varieties to close at different levels for the week ended Thursday. On the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), wheat futures declined when talks between Russia and […] Read more

CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy extends slide, corn mixed

CBOT wheat continues lower

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News April 2, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a second session on Friday, with the spot May contract dropping below US$16 a bushel for the first time in a month after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast record soy acreage in that country. Corn futures ended mixed. The front May contract on the Chicago […] Read more

The Bell Farm. Oil on canvas painted in 1985 by Fran Henry (1942-1988).

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Big farms are not a new idea

There have been winners and losers over the years

By Les Henry April 1, 2022

There has been much ink spilled this winter talking about big farms and the problem of too few medium-sized farms to pick up the equipment trade-ins from big farms. Part of the problem is the electronic bells and whistles that dust out when the mechanical parts have much useful service left. Bells start ringing and […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on profit-taking

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Crops

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

Australian canola production heading downward, but still sizeable

London marine insurers label all Russian waters high risk

Canola exports turn tiny as Canada running out

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

Putin ally warns agriculture supplies could be limited to ‘friends’

Prairie cash wheat: Peace talks, USDA report pull on wheat futures

U.S. grains: Soy extends slide, corn mixed

Les Henry: Big farms are not a new idea

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