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GRAINS: U.S. corn slides to 4-yr lows on bright harvest prospects

By GFM Network News July 22, 2014

U.S. corn futures drifted to fresh four-year lows on Tuesday, erasing early gains as favorable weather forecasts bolstered expectations for a bumper harvest, traders said. Wheat followed corn down. Soybeans closed mostly lower, led by new-crop months, but the spot August contract rose on export demand for U.S. soybeans and soymeal. At the Chicago Board […] Read more

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Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections

By GFM Network News July 22, 2014

CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the latest acreage estimates released by […] Read more

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GRAINS: U.S. corn drops to four-year low as weather stays favourable

By GFM Network News July 21, 2014

U.S. corn futures fell 2 per cent to a four-year low on Monday with all months notching contract lows as ideal weather in the heart of the Midwest signaled a bumper harvest, traders said. Soybeans were also sharply lower, with wheat following suit. At the Chicago Board of Trade at 12:05 p.m. CDT (1705 GMT), […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Corn, soybean price drop may be premature

By GFM Network News July 17, 2014

"I do think the market may have gone a little bit too far to the downside for the moment." Ted Seifried, vice-president of brokerage Zaner Group

CBOT soybean meal monthly nearby, as of June 24. (Barchart.com)

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Drozd: Livestock producers look ahead to lower meal costs

By GFM Network News July 9, 2014

To the relief of livestock producers, soybean meal prices have started to soften. At the end of May, a harami alerted producers to a downturn in the meal market. A harami is a reversal pattern often seen on a candlestick chart. This particular harami materialized at the height of the rally on the CBOT soybean […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. ag minister seeks ‘move away’ from wide neonic use

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 8, 2014

Ontario’s corn and soybean growers’ group says it’s insulted and disappointed to find out the provincial ag ministry plans to put new limits on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman Henry van Ankum said Monday the association is “extremely disappointed” to learn through the media — specifically, an article Sunday on […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba soybeans hang tough despite flooding

By GFM Network News July 4, 2014

CNS Canada — Despite widespread flooding in a region known to carry significant soybean acres, a Manitoba industry watcher predicts this year’s crop will be fine. Shawn Rempel, product manager for Quarry Seed at Stonewall, Man., acknowledges wet conditions in southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba have been a problem for producers. However, he said, the […] Read more

Cutworms. (Canola Council of Canada photo)

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Guenther: Cutworms eye new Prairie soybean acres

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News June 28, 2014

Some soybean growers in Saskatchewan’s southeastern corner are dealing with unwelcome dinner guests. Brad Eggum, of Eggum Seed Sales, was scouting a soybean field when he came across cutworms by chance. “The beans were struggling to get through and we were just checking the emergence and started finding (cutworms),” says Eggum, who farms near Halbrite, […] Read more

Barbara Aguiar (l) of BASF moderates a panel including Aurelio Pavinato of SLC Agricola; Brian Nunemaker of Oak Prairie Farms; and Charles Hall of the North Carolina Soybean Producers Association. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Crops, Soybeans

Minogue: Available acres may make Brazil top soy player

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News June 16, 2014

Raleigh, N.C. — Whatever major boosts may soon come in world soybean production are seen coming from countries with the acres to spare, not necessarily from breeders building better beans. That’s how one major player in Brazil’s soybean sector sees the near future, as growers meeting here Thursday discussed the road ahead for the crop […] Read more

Brendan Uruski snapped this photo of his seeding work at Arborg, Man. on May 24. Many farmers in the province are rethinking some cropping plans as crop insurance deadlines approach. (Photo courtesy Brendan Uruski)

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Late spring to reduce Man. soybean acres

By GFM Network News May 30, 2014

CNS Canada — Manitoba farmers won’t likely seed as many soybean acres as they originally intended this year, as the late spring and wet fields will force some to switch to another crop. Most of the soybean acres will likely be planted in the main growing regions of the province, such as the Red River […] Read more

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