Crops & Production Tips

How to minimize grain spoilage risk in the bin

Q & A with an expert

By Derek Flad August 17, 2021

Q: What can I do at harvest to minimize winter storage stress? A: Heading into the fall season, conversations about harvest management and grain storage inevitably arise. Although every harvest brings unique challenges, it is important to do what we can agronomically and logistically to help minimize risk of spoilage, no matter what Mother Nature […] Read more

CBOT September 2021 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat ends mixed, near 8-1/2-year high

Pro Farmer corn, soy tour begins in U.S.

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News August 17, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures took a breather on Monday after setting 8-1/2-year highs last week on concerns about tightening supplies in exporting countries hit by harsh weather. Russian agriculture consultancy Sovecon trimmed its forecast for Russia’s crop by 0.3 per cent from last week in the latest estimated reduction […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Machinery

Richardson buys up veg oil-based drilling lubricant maker

Grain firm supplies canola oil to Control Chemical

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 16, 2021

The Calgary maker of Matex drilling fluids is under new ownership from one of its minority owners and its biggest supplier of crude canola oil. Winnipeg grain firm Richardson International announced last Tuesday it has bought full ownership of Control Chemical Corp. for an undisclosed amount. Control Chemical is billed as a specialized manufacturer of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Brandt to buy Deere dealership chain Cervus

Regina firm to pay $302 million in all-cash deal

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 16, 2021

The world’s biggest privately-owned chain of Deere construction and forestry equipment dealerships is set to expand its reach into Deere farm equipment in a major way. Brandt Tractor, the equipment sales arm of the Regina-based Brandt Group, on Monday announced an agreement to buy all of publicly-traded Cervus Equipment Corp. for $19.50 a share, valuing […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 16, 2021

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the German group’s glyphosate-based herbicides. Bayer last week lost a third appeal against verdicts that sided with […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Alberta reckons with poor quality, low crop yields

By GFM Network News August 13, 2021

MarketsFarm – Crops in Alberta will not only have much lower yields than in previous years, but good quality crops will be harder to find. Provincial crop condition ratings declined over the past two weeks, according to the Province of Alberta’s biweekly crop report as of Aug. 10, which was released three days later. Only […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises to 8-1/2-year highs on world supply worries

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News August 13, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures climbed to 8-1/2-year highs on Friday and European wheat futures extended gains, led by fresh contract highs in Paris, after steep cuts to world stockpiles in a U.S. government report fuelled supply worries, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on fears of tightening global vegetable oil supplies, but corn […] Read more

Heat and drought conditions this growing season have forced canola to develop early.
Photo: Greg Berg

Canola, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Something of a tough week for canola

By GFM Network News August 13, 2021

MarketsFarm – It was a bit of a tough week for canola on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), although there was something of a bright spot after the release of the August supply and demand estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). As one trader put it, canola did its job by increasing in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits three-month high as U.S. cuts global crop

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News August 12, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed to a three-month high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed production estimates in exporting countries. Corn futures set a one-month high on a smaller-than-expected U.S. yield forecast in a USDA crop report that fueled concerns about tightening global grain supplies due to harsh […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Sask. Crop Report: Half of winter wheat, fall rye crops harvested

By GFM Network News August 12, 2021

MarketsFarm – While a few scattered showers across Saskatchewan delayed some of the harvest, the hot and dry weather has allowed farmers to make more progress than last year. Seven per cent of the province’s crop has been combined and six per cent is ready to straight combine, according to the Province of Saskatchewan’s weekly […] Read more

GFM Network News

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola poised to slip below C$600/tonne

Crops