Soybeans & Production Tips

Get set for soybean harvest

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Doug Fotheringham September 27, 2017

Now’s the time to make sure you’re completely set for a successful soybean harvest. Generally speaking, this year’s crop will be at about the same stage in maturity as last year. The main difference is going to come from the overall plant structure. Last year’s moist, warmer conditions gave us more growth and pod height, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Several U.S. scientists to skip Monsanto’s dicamba summit

By GFM Network News September 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto invited dozens of weed scientists to a summit this week to win backing for a controversial herbicide but many have declined, threatening the company’s efforts to convince regulators the product is safe to use. Monsanto faces a barrage of lawsuits over its dicamba herbicide and risks of tighter restrictions on […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy look for export demand

By GFM Network News September 20, 2017

CNS Canada — The ongoing U.S. harvest is keeping a lid on rallies in both the corn and soybean markets. Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade chopped above and below the psychologically-important US$3.50 per bushel mark during the week ended Wednesday. Soybeans felt some pressure from fund selling and generally seemed to be […] Read more

Waterhemp is a concern not only because it’s a new weed for Manitoba, but because in places in Ontario and the U.S., it’s often resistant to glyphosate, Group 2 herbicides or both. (Tone Ag Consulting photo)

Crops, Soybeans

Second incidence of waterhemp found in Manitoba

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News September 20, 2017

A second case of waterhemp — a noxious weed which, in many places in Ontario and the U.S., is resistant to glyphosate, Group 2 herbicides or both — has been found in Manitoba. Waterhemp (amaranthus tuberculatus), which resembles redroot pigweed and is in the same family, was first found in a soybean field southeast of […] Read more

Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Soybeans

Manitoba’s soybean harvest well underway

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News September 14, 2017

Soybeans are being harvested in the heart of Manitoba’s traditional soybean belt, but as of Thursday, there were still fields a week or more away from the combine depending on the weather. The variability underscores differences in maturity among varieties and seeding dates. Dry, warm weather until now has helped ripen soybean crops across agricultural […] Read more

Ceresco’s research operation at St-Urbain-Premier, southwest of Montreal. (SGCeresco.com)

Crops, Soybeans

Prograin head buys into soy processor Ceresco

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 13, 2017

CORRECTED, Sept. 15, 2017 — A major Quebec processor and exporter of identity-preserved (IP) soybeans for food markets is set to be sold to an investor group including the head of soybean firm Semences Prograin. SG Ceresco, based southwest of Montreal at St-Urbain-Premier, will be sold to a joint venture between Prograin president Alain Letourneau’s […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Strong demand to underpin soy, corn

By GFM Network News September 13, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade will soon face seasonal harvest pressure, but good demand may limit the downside this year. Slight upward revisions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s yield estimates in the latest supply/demand report weighed on soybeans and corn on Tuesday, but the soybean losses […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto presses against Arkansas’ dicamba limits

By GFM Network News September 7, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto Co. pushed Arkansas authorities on Thursday to reject a proposed April 15 cutoff date next year for sprayings of the agricultural herbicide dicamba, which has been linked to crop damage across the U.S. farm belt. The company further said that Arkansas’ plant board should allow farmers in the state to […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook; Corn, soybeans holding above support

By GFM Network News September 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean markets appear to be holding firm above major support levels as harvest approaches for much of the U.S. Futures have actually risen in recent days as large funds cover shorts ahead of next week’s supply and demand report, due out Tuesday next week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Frost damage to soybeans depends on crop stage

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News September 5, 2017

Frost damage to soybeans depends on the stage of the soybeans and how cold it gets and for how long, according to a pulse crops extension specialist. Frost is possible Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in parts of Manitoba. Soybean growth stage is determined by examining the pods, Terry Buss of Manitoba Agriculture at Beausejour […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

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Get set for soybean harvest

Several U.S. scientists to skip Monsanto’s dicamba summit

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy look for export demand

Second incidence of waterhemp found in Manitoba

Manitoba’s soybean harvest well underway

Prograin head buys into soy processor Ceresco

CBOT weekly outlook: Strong demand to underpin soy, corn

Monsanto presses against Arkansas’ dicamba limits

CBOT weekly outlook; Corn, soybeans holding above support

Frost damage to soybeans depends on crop stage

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