Soybeans & Production Tips

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn dips under $3.50 as harvest pushes on

By GFM Network News October 4, 2017

CNS Canada — The corn market dropped below a major support level during the week ended Wednesday and could be poised to hit further market lows, according to one analyst. “I think we’re within a dime or something of it,” said Jack Scoville of Price Futures Group in Chicago. The December contract fell 5.75 cents […] Read more

Dicamba drift injury on non-dicamba tolerant soybeans causes leaf cupping, says Lionel Kaskiw, Manitoba Agriculture’s Farm Production Advisor based in Souris, Man.

Crops, Features, Soybeans

Dicamba drift debacle decoded

Tom Wolfe blames inversions for much of the 2017 U.S. soybean damage

By Leeann Minogue September 28, 2017

Saskatchewan Agriculture’s annual Crop Diagnostic School was held near Indian Head, Sask., this July. Tom Wolfe, owner of Agrimetrix Research & Training and sprayer specialist, was on hand to talk about sprayer technology and the dicamba problems that took place in the U.S. this summer. “This year was a defining year for spray technology,” Wolfe told Crop Diagnostic […] Read more

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

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba soybean yields disappoint

By GFM Network News September 27, 2017

CNS Canada — With Manitoba farmers starting to bring in their early-maturing soybeans between intermittent rains, they may start to see the toll from the dry summer. Many crop analysts see soybean yields below what farmers have enjoyed for the past couple of years, but they stress that fields are variable and that longer-season varieties […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

By GFM Network News September 27, 2017

CNS Canada — U.S. harvest operations are just getting started, which should keep soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade under pressure over the next few weeks. Both commodities are expected to “grind a little lower” over the next few weeks, according to Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago. The U.S. […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Wheat & Chaff

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

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

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn dips under $3.50 as harvest pushes on

Dicamba drift debacle decoded

Manitoba soybean yields disappoint

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

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

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