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Western Canada’s shorter growing season, soil type and temperature are all potential clues as to why soybean protein levels are lower than their neighbours in Eastern Canada.

Soybean protein levels on the decline

What’s causing lower protein levels in soybeans grown in Western Canada?

By Melanie Epp April 3, 2019

Soybean protein levels in Western Canada are on the decline and lower than those found in Eastern Canada and parts of the United States. Although researchers aren’t certain of the cause, they suspect that selection for yield at the breeding and genetic levels may have something to do with it. Cassandra Tkachuk, production specialist at Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, is one of […] Read more

File photo of a soybean crop south of Winnipeg. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Soybean acreage remains a question mark for 2019

By GFM Network News April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Experts expect soybean acreage to decrease across Canada this year, though the jury is still out as to how much it will drop. In its principal crop acreage report published March 21, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada predicted that area planted to soybeans would decrease by three per cent across the country based on […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn (candlesticks) compared with May 2019 soybeans (green line). (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

By GFM Network News April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — This spring’s weather and flooding in the United States have become the main focus for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said an analyst. “What kind of planting conditions, how much rain, how much flooding, and how cold things are,” listed Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. The […] Read more

The injured soybean plants were more prevalent on the headlands, low-lying areas and in the sprayer tracks.

Crops, Features, Soybeans

Crop advisor casebook: Soybeans wilt and die off after emergence

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 26, 2019 issue of Grainews

By Sam Ross March 27, 2019

Adrian called me in early July 2017 about the poor plant stand in his soybean field. The soybean plants were wilting and dying off after emergence. “I’ve got plants turning brown and dying off in my soybean field,” he said. That afternoon I set off for Adrian’s 3,500-acre grain farm located just outside of Dauphin, […] Read more

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

By GFM Network News March 27, 2019

MarketsFarm — Traders are bracing for more inclement weather to hit the U.S. Midwest, which in turn could rock commodities. Springtime floods and adverse weather have impacted the majority of the U.S. Plains and Midwest, and those regions expect another snow system before the end of March. Flooding may delay planting dates, causing farmers to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

China’s battle against Canadian canola looms over soy

By GFM Network News March 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — As headlines are transfixed with China’s ongoing dispute with Canada, some are concerned soybeans will receive the same treatment as canola. “We’ll still use quite a few soybeans in this country as it is,” said Dale McManus, a grain broker with Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. However, he clarified, “everything you’re watching about […] Read more

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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop report due out March 29, market experts are looking to headlines for direction in the Chicago futures. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin return to China next week, with the goal of hammering out a trade deal in weeks to […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn, with May 2019 soybeans in yellow. (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Time running out for trade talks

By GFM Network News March 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — As trade talks between the U.S. and China continue, many are watching headlines closely for hints of what’s to come. The crop commodity market “has been in a downslide for a long time which is mainly due to U.S. and China trade uncertainties,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. “It always sounds […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Soybeans

Pulse and soybean diseases to watch

Dry conditions in 2018 gave pulse growers a break, but there’s lots to watch for in 2019

By Angela Lovell March 11, 2019

While dry conditions during the 2018 growing season didn’t stop all instances of foliar, stem and root rot diseases across Western Canada, pulse growers didn’t see the high levels of pulse or soybean diseases associated with warm, moist conditions. But that doesn’t mean scouting won’t be necessary in 2019. The main diseases in pulse and […] Read more

Soybeans at market. (Lnzyx/iStock/Getty Images)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

China forecasts rising soy imports to make up for less canola

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 8, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday raised its forecast for soybean imports during the 2018-19 crop year to 85 million tonnes, up from 83.65 million in last month’s outlook, after the country’s customs agency suspended some imports of rival oilseed canola. China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said in its monthly forecast on […] Read more

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Soybeans

Soybean protein levels on the decline

Soybean acreage remains a question mark for 2019

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

Crop advisor casebook: Soybeans wilt and die off after emergence

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

China’s battle against Canadian canola looms over soy

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Time running out for trade talks

Pulse and soybean diseases to watch

China forecasts rising soy imports to make up for less canola

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