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Crops, Features, Soybeans

New soybean varieties for 2015

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

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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
grain bins in a wheat field
Cereals, Features, Markets

Relief on delayed delivery grain contracts

But the regulations 
do not state 
the penalty amounts

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Delayed acceptance of grain contracted for delivery by farmers to grain buyers has become increasingly common. Sometimes the delays beyond the delivery period stated in the contract have been justified. Grain movement delays caused by weather are understandable, but delays of several weeks or months are hard to justify. Grain companies often blame the railways […] Read more
durum wheat crop research plots
Crops, Features

Choosing the right seed variety for your crop

There’s page after page of data about new seed varieties. Here’s how to find the ones that are right for you

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You’ve read the markets, checked the seasonal forecast, considered your crop rotation and decided what you want to put in the ground come spring. Now it’s a matter of choosing the right variety. Opening up the seed guide, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of choices and the huge array of data on each […] Read more
ICE barley futures contracts
Barley, Features

ICE barley futures contracts

ICE Futures Canada’s president is confident barley buyers and sellers will benefit from new contracts

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Something that has been around for over 100 years can hardly be called new, however, the ICE Futures Canada barley contract might be seen that way. Since the first barley contact was established on what was originally the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, it has seen several changes to reflect prevailing market conditions, domestic legislation and global […] Read more
truck dumping its load of grain
Features

Choose a buyer carefully when selling your grain

You’ve kept your crop safe from insects and disease. Now keep it safe from the risk of not payment default

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There is plenty of risk to producing a crop, particularly one of high yield and quality. However, production risk is only one of the risks of grain farming. There are also legal, personal, storage and marketing risks. In marketing your crop, you may follow all the steps — know your costs per unit of production, […] Read more
corn cob and soybean pod
Corn, Crops, Features, Soybeans

Corn and soybean farmers in U.S. Midwest, prepare for losses

At the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, there was a gloomy message coming from the Rabobank tent

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Farmers in the Rabo AgriFinance tent at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in late August looked uncomfortable when Curt Hudnutt, Rabo AgriFinance’s chief credit officer, delivered the heart of his message: “We expect that corn and soybean farmers will lose money in 2015 and 2016.” It was a hard message to take […] Read more
bag of grain
Crops, Features

Four tips to help get grain marketing advice you can trust

Before you hire a marketing consultant, make sure to choose the right one for your farm

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Whenever a business is as filled with uncertainty as grain farming there will always be lots of advice out there about how to minimize risk and maximize rewards. Government agencies, universities and magazines like Grainews all offer advice to help make your life that little bit easier. They all share a common disadvantage though: their […] Read more
extracting a soil sample from a field
Features

Add soil sampling to the fall “to do” list

Testing soil in the fall gives you time over the winter to plan your spring nutrient needs

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As if there wasn’t already enough on the fall “to do NOW” list, experts advise adding soil sampling to the fall work load, if it’s not already part of the farm management plan. “The reality of the situation is if you don’t know what you have to start with, you won’t know how much or […] Read more
Wheat gluten strength concerns buyers
Crops, Features, Spring Wheat

Wheat gluten strength concerns buyers

International buyers still concerned after Canadian wheat showed poor gluten strength in 2012

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In 2012, international buyers of Canadian wheat registered complaints about the crop’s poor gluten strength, according to Dave Hatcher, a research scientist with the Canadian Grain Commission. 2013 presented less of a problem, but even into 2014, buyers are still concerned about the overall crop quality. Several factors impact gluten strength. Weather, variety and growing conditions […] Read more
Barley, Crops, Features

Markets for barley in 2014

Logistic troubles and a declining domestic feed market spell trouble for barley growers

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What a difference a year can make! Big yields in many of the key grain-and oilseed-producing countries have pressured prices for several months. Total world grain and oilseed production is up about eight per cent while barley production will actually be down 10 million tonnes to 135 MT. However, two big U.S. corn crops in […] Read more

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