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Saskatchewan lentil crop projections raise skepticism

By GFM Network News September 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — There’s a little skepticism towards Statistics Canada’s projections for this fall’s lentil crop in Saskatchewan. The federal agency on Monday pegged the province’s 2020 lentil crop to come in at around 2.61 million tonnes on about 3.73 million acres. That’s almost a 26 per cent jump in production on a 13.2 per cent […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababeans staying on field

By GFM Network News September 10, 2020

MarketsFarm — As other crops make their way into the bin, fababeans across the Prairies are lagging behind. “They’re further behind this year because they were later going in,” said Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. Saskatchewan grows over half of Canada’s fababeans, and most are grown around the Yorkton area, […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Large Canadian crops expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 2, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canada will have grown a record-large pea crop in 2020 and possibly the second-largest lentil crop ever, according to preliminary estimates from Statistics Canada, released Monday. Using satellite imagery and model-based yield estimates, the government agency pegged the 2020-21 Canadian field pea crop at 4.996 million tonnes. That would be a new record […] Read more

A corn crop west of Grunthal, Man. on Aug. 17, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

StatsCan predicts more corn, less soy in 2020 harvest

Fewer acres but higher yields predicted

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 1, 2020

Statistics Canada’s latest round of expectations for the 2020 harvest calls for more corn and less soy than in 2019, with higher yields offsetting lower planted acres for both crops. In its Production of principal field crops report, using information from July — based on models created using satellite technology — StatsCan on Monday called […] Read more

Subject: Storage grain bin silos in a field of matured corn crop in harvest time.

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Minnesota fields thrive, Iowa storm damage continues on crop tour

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News August 20, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Scouts on an annual U.S. Midwest crop tour continued to see fields battered by an Aug. 10 derecho storm in central Iowa on Thursday, with corn stalks snapped and ears littering the ground due to the hurricane-like winds. In Iowa, crop prospects swung wildly from field to field, according to scouts […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a disaster recovery briefing following last week’s severe windstorm, at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids on Aug. 18, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner)

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Trump visits Iowa as officials warn storm destroyed corn crops

By GFM Network News August 19, 2020

Cedar Rapids | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers and state officials from Iowa said on Tuesday that much of the state’s corn crop will not be harvested following a fierce windstorm last week, as President Donald Trump visited to review the damage. The destruction from the Aug. 10 derecho storm compounded troubles for a U.S. agricultural […] Read more

CBOT December 2020 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn eases on profit-taking

Traders question USDA numbers, raising uncertainty

By GFM Network News August 14, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn inched slightly lower on Friday, as traders questioned federal acreage data and assessed the extent of storm damage in the U.S. Midwest. Prices slipped early in the day, after a rally in the previous session pushed corn futures to a four-week high. Soybeans also fell after jumping to a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pea crops strong, but prices falter

By GFM Network News August 12, 2020

MarketsFarm — Pea crops across the Prairies are expected to be in good condition ahead of the harvest. “As we go along with the sunshine and heat, the pulses are coming in fairly quickly,” said Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities in Winnipeg. “Without any excess moisture, the quality should be good this year.” Pea prices […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices steady into harvest

By GFM Network News August 11, 2020

MarketsFarm — The chickpea harvest is underway in some areas of the Prairies, including southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, where pulse crops were planted earlier due to drier spring weather. So far, the chickpea crop has seen co-operative weather conditions. “As we go along with this sunshine and heat, the pulses are coming in very […] Read more

The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Yield, production increases expected from USDA

By GFM Network News August 10, 2020

MarketsFarm — Market expectations ahead of a crop production report due out Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are for increases in U.S. soybean and corn yields. “I get the sense the trade is looking for the USDA to up corn yields by 1.9 bushels per acre, to 180.4 bu./ac., while soy yields are […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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