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Ebbing beef prices pare early U.S. cattle futures gains

By GFM Network News July 22, 2013

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Monday sagged with lower wholesale beef prices, said analysts and traders. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday afternoon quoted the wholesale price of choice beef at $188.98 per hundredweight (cwt), which was down 24 cents from Friday. Select cuts fell 97 cents to $183.20 cents. Recent hot weather […] Read more

Crops, General, Markets

GRAINS-Soymeal climbs daily limit on tight supply; corn sags

By GFM Network News July 22, 2013

U.S. soybean meal futures rose by the daily trading limit to a new contract high on Monday as processors scrambled to obtain scarce supplies of the oilseed. But new-crop U.S. corn futures fell for the fifth time in seven sessions as much of the Midwest benefited from weekend showers and more rain is expected at […] Read more

Crops, General

Weed resistance – Palmer amaranth marches north

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News July 22, 2013

Three years ago, Dr. Ford Baldwin stood in a field near Widener, Arkansas, and spoke of the many challenges facing growers in the Mid-South of the U.S. He talked about the advance of resistant weed species and how, five years prior to that, he’d written about the looming “train wreck” represented by glyphosate resistance. He […] Read more

Crops, General, Markets

W. Cdn CWRS wheat bids down for fourth straight week

By GFM Network News July 22, 2013

Cash bids for CWRS across western Canada moved lower for the fourth straight week during the period ended July 22, as weather conditions have been generally favourable for wheat development in North America, analysts noted. On July 22, average spot bids for 13.5% CWRS acrossManitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta came in at around C$255 per tonne, or […] Read more

Crops, General

Crop rotation – it works; scientists now say why

By GFM Network News July 22, 2013

Crop rotation has been used since Roman times to improve plant nutrition and to control the spread of disease. A new study to be published in Nature’s ‘The ISME Journal’ reveals the profound effect it has on enriching soil with bacteria, fungi and protozoa. “Changing the crop species massively changes the content of microbes in […] Read more

General, Livestock

Klassen: U.S. feeder markets lead Canadian values higher

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News July 22, 2013

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices jumped $3/cwt to $5/cwt last week following the previous advances of U.S. markets. Overall sale numbers were slightly higher at certain locations but most auction barns remain in holiday mode in Western Canada. Weakness in new-crop barley prices and stronger fed cattle values in the final quarter has set a […] Read more

Crops, General, Markets

Big crops seen in Europe

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 22, 2013

Favourable growing conditions in the past month led the European Union’s crop monitoring unit to raise its 2013 yield forecasts on Monday for the bloc’s main cereal harvests. The move was in keeping with upward revisions made by other forecasters this month after EU crops recovered from a damp, chilly spring that had hampered plant […] Read more

General, Livestock

Maple Leaf unloads turkeys

By GFM Network News July 22, 2013

Maple Leaf Foods says it has sold its commercial turkey farms to Ernald Enterprises Limited and its breeder farms and hatchery operation to Cuddy Farms Limited. Maple Leaf’s southern Ontario turkey operations include six breeder farms that supply turkey eggs and poults (day-old turkeys) to domestic and international markets and six commercial farms that supply […] Read more

Crops, General, Weather

Ontario crops: not just wet, but very wet

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News July 19, 2013

Call it a lot of bad news contrasting against the potential for some upside. Yes, early July — particularly in the southwest corner of Ontario — was not only wet, it was very wet — a deluge that has damaged some crops and probably lowered yield. But the bright spot to this wet first half […] Read more

Crops, General

Saskatchewan insects – hoppers aren’t only around during drought

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News July 19, 2013

Despite wet weather, grasshoppers are plaguing Saskatchewan farmers this summer. Saskatchewan Agriculture’s most recent crop report notes grasshopper problems in every region except the east-central and west-central parts of the province. Dr. Julie Soroka, entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, said the economic threshold for grasshoppers is eight to 12 hoppers per square metre, but […] Read more

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest advances despite rains

GFM Network News

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest advances despite rains

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Ebbing beef prices pare early U.S. cattle futures gains

GRAINS-Soymeal climbs daily limit on tight supply; corn sags

Weed resistance – Palmer amaranth marches north

W. Cdn CWRS wheat bids down for fourth straight week

Crop rotation – it works; scientists now say why

Klassen: U.S. feeder markets lead Canadian values higher

Big crops seen in Europe

Maple Leaf unloads turkeys

Ontario crops: not just wet, but very wet

Saskatchewan insects – hoppers aren’t only around during drought

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