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Many soybean fields are showing signs of injury, including patches of premature yellowing, says Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen. In many cases the cause could be a combination of stressors. (Photo courtesy Holly Derksen, Manitoba Agriculture)

Stressors pile up for Manitoba soybeans

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News September 1, 2017

Damaged patches of soybeans around Manitoba this year could be due to a combination of stresses, says Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen. “It’s a tricky year for diagnosing these problems,” Derksen said Wednesday during the Crop Talk Westman webinar. “When multiple stressors are present often the soybean plants may respond differently. Not all plants, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy rally as focus moves to new crop

By GFM Network News August 31, 2017

CNS Canada — Traders in corn and soybean futures might well have been hoping for a repeat of history at the start of Thursday’s trading session. On Aug. 31 last year, corn prices scraped bottom and then rallied, moving from harvest lows. If they were hoping, they got it. A similar rally dominated Chicago Board […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Soybeans

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 24, 2017

The Canadian crop protection arm of Germany’s BASF plans to step up its game in the crop inoculant business with a $10 million expansion at its Saskatoon plant. The facility, set up in 1988, handles production and research and development for BASF’s seed- and soil-applied rhizobium/bacillus inoculants, exported and sold worldwide under the Nodulator brand […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans eye Tropical Storm Harvey

By GFM Network News August 23, 2017

CNS Canada — The potential for a storm in the Gulf of Mexico to bring rain to parts of the U.S. Midwest has caught the attention of the grain and oilseed markets. “If it turns farther north and hits some of the dry spots in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois that would be a little bit […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

U.S. farmers confused by Monsanto’s Xtendimax instructions

By GFM Network News August 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — With Monsanto’s latest flagship weed killer, dicamba, banned in Arkansas and under review by U.S. regulators over concerns it can drift in the wind, farmers and weed scientists are also complaining that confusing directions on the label make the product hard to use safely. Dicamba, sold under different brand names by […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy struggle under heavy supplies

By GFM Network News August 16, 2017

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean traders continue to assess the fallout from last week’s world supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The monthly report stunned analysts with predictions for U.S. corn yields at 169.5 bushels per acre, and soybean yields of 49.4 bu./ac. “That just destroyed the market,” said Scott […] Read more

Corn, Markets, Soybeans

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

By GFM Network News August 2, 2017

CNS Canada – Improving Midwestern weather forecasts weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended August 2, with all eyes now turning to upcoming USDA data. The USDA is set to release a number of key reports on August 10, including updated world supply/demand numbers and US […] Read more

Soybean aphids in a field near Portage la Prairie photographed July 26, 2017. Photo: Taralea Simpson, Munro Farm Supplies

Crops, Soybeans

Some soybean aphids showing up so scout your fields

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News July 27, 2017

Soybean aphids are being found in some soybean fields near Portage la Prairie and some fields have been sprayed, while others are being monitored, Red Beard Farms aerial applicator Chris McCallister said in an interview July 27. The threshold for applying an insecticide to control soybean aphids is 250 and rising. The “rising” part is […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Prairie soybeans growing well ahead of key pod-filling time

By GFM Network News July 19, 2017

CNS Canada — The way things stand now, soybeans look to continue their strong push into Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The key pod-filling time in late July and early August will ultimately decide, but soybean fields in both provinces are doing well so far. In Manitoba, which planted almost 2.23 million acres of soybeans — a […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy seen rising

By GFM Network News July 19, 2017

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are moving in turbulent trade with each U.S. weather forecast. “It’s all on raindrops right now,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. Recent forecasts for rain have pressured corn and soybean markets, though declining crop conditions could provide support moving forward. […] 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

Soybeans

Stressors pile up for Manitoba soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy rally as focus moves to new crop

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans eye Tropical Storm Harvey

U.S. farmers confused by Monsanto’s Xtendimax instructions

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy struggle under heavy supplies

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

Some soybean aphids showing up so scout your fields

Prairie soybeans growing well ahead of key pod-filling time

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy seen rising

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