Soybeans & Production Tips

Corn, soy chop around waiting for harvest to conclude

By GFM Network News November 26, 2014

CNS Canada — ICE soybeans finished higher for the week ended Wednesday on volatile trade as demand for supplies outweighed concerns over the growing potential of the crop in South America. Traders will likely square positions and look for bargains during the next week of trading on the corn and soybean market, according to a […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Ontario’s curbs on neonics may protect bees but diminish crops

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 26, 2014

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ontario’s move to protect bees by reducing use of a pesticide seed treatment may diminish corn and soybean production, seed companies said on Wednesday. Beekeepers welcomed the move by Ontario, the first North American government to curb use of seed treated with neonicotinoids, which are used to kill insects that harm […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ontario proposes deep cuts to farmers’ neonic use by 2017

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 25, 2014

Ontario’s new goal to ban most use of neonicotinoid pesticides in corn and soybean crops by 2017 has yielded bouquets from the province’s beekeepers — but left crop growers feeling stung. Following up on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s orders to her agriculture and environment ministers in their mandate letters in September, the province on Tuesday announced it will consult on […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Wheat & Chaff

Selecting your soybeans

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Richard Marsh November 18, 2014

With a step-by-step approach to soybean variety selection, you can make a decision that improves yields and also manages risk and makes for an easier harvest. The first step is to list the varieties suited to your maturity zone. Rather than relying only on varieties for your zone, consider planting an additional variety with a […] Read more

Crops, Features, Soybeans

High oleic soybeans look for market share

U.S. farmers planting high-oleic soybeans have their sights set on the canola market

By Leeann Minogue November 12, 2014

The brochure for this type of soybeans would catch any Prairie farmer’s eye: “With high oleic soybeans, you can take back the market share you lost to canola and other crops.” It’s not meant for us — it’s for U.S. soybean growers. Jay Myers, United Soybean Board director from Colfax, North Dakota said, “I don’t […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Dow limits sales of GM soy, corn on China worries

By GFM Network News November 12, 2014

Reuters — Dow AgroSciences said Wednesday it will restrict sales of its new genetically modified corn and soybeans to prevent them from entering U.S. domestic or international grain marketing channels as it awaits import approval from China. The move by the agricultural unit of Dow Chemical is aimed at avoiding the type of market turmoil […] Read more

Corn, Soybeans

Grain ‘trade’ at risk of low-balling U.S. soybean yields: Maguire

By GFM Network News November 6, 2014

Chicago / Reuters – At 47.1 bushels an acre, last month’s soybean yield estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was a new all-time high. And the average trader estimate for the USDA’s November projection is higher still, at 47.608 bushels. Even so, the long-term relationship between corn and soybeans suggests current soybean yields remain relatively […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

New nitrogen stabilizer and herbicide system for crops

Dow AgroSciences is bringing products to market this fall that are more than just “new and improved”

By Lee Hart November 3, 2014

Dow AgroSciences does have improved chemistry for weed control in wheat and barley, but along with that it is also introducing a whole new weed control system that includes ramped up genetics in corn and soybeans to improve weed control options in those crops. Along with that, DAS is introducing new-to-Canada nitrogen stabilizers that will […] Read more

Crops, Features, Soybeans

New soybean varieties for 2015

Seed companies shortening maturity in a bid to see varieties where no soybeans have gone before

By Lisa Guenther November 3, 2014

Farmers will have their pick of new soybean varieties to seed next spring, and seed companies are offering more and more early-maturing varieties. BrettYoung’s Akras R2 is “early enough to be suited to production in Saskatchewan and western and northern areas of Manitoba,” Rene Mabon, agronomic and regulatory services manager wrote in an email. And […] Read more

Cereals, Markets, Soybeans

U.S. grains: soymeal makes biggest monthly gain since 1976

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 31, 2014

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soymeal climbed 2 per cent on Friday, capping the commodity’s best monthly performance since 1976, as short-term supply strains in the United States continued to fuel buying. Soybeans also rose sharply and corn turned higher late, following gains in soymeal, while wheat declined on pressure from multiyear highs in the dollar that made the crops less competitive […] Read more

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