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CXN360 is a marketing app from Ag Exchange Network designed to help farmers get the best prices for their grain. Recently, a new tool called PXN360 was added to the app that helps farmers find the best prices on fuel.

Find the best prices on petroleum, diesel and propane

A new tool from CXN360 offers easy access to the best fuel prices

By Mark Halsall April 7, 2022

Across the Prairies, producers continue to grapple with escalating fuel prices that make it harder to farm profitably — but there could be some relief in sight. PXN360 is a new offering from the company behind the popular online grain marketplace CXN360. PXN360 (the PXN stands for Petroleum Exchange Network) is a new tool from […] Read more

Germination and vigour have been affected by damage to pulse crop seeds. Extremely dry conditions during the growing season and at harvest and a period of extremely cold conditions for a few weeks in early winter contributed to increased levels of seed cracking as shown in the yellow peas above.

Crops, Features

Seed quality, seed supply and management tips for 2022

Deal with reputable seed suppliers and make sure all seed batches are tested ahead of the seeding season

By Lee Hart March 3, 2022

Not that it is a major news blast, but if they haven’t done so already western Canadian farmers need to be thinking now about getting seed sources lined up for the 2022 growing season. Also, if they’re planning to use farm-saved seed, make sure it is properly tested for germination and vigour. The 2021 growing […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

Gasoline, diesel prices set to continue rising

By GFM Network News February 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — The steady rise in crude oil prices is based on three factors, according to Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service at Lakewood, N.J. One of those factors is the amount of crude oil produced by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), along with some […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Vaccine mandate to lead to inflation, empty shelves, trucking executives say

Parallel mandate for U.S. entry starts Saturday

By GFM Network News January 20, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian consumers should soon see higher prices and some empty shelves in supermarkets and other retail outlets because of disruptions stemming from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers, top trucking executives warned this week. The mandate, imposed by Ottawa to help curb the spread of the virus, has cost six […] Read more

Photo: daoleduc/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Markets, Reuters

Canada economy seen weaker than expected as supply chain woes weigh

By GFM Network News October 29, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters – The Canadian economy most likely underperformed expectations in the third quarter amid ongoing supply chain woes and a brutal drought, official data suggested on Friday, prompting analysts to forecast the Bank of Canada could move slower on rate hikes. The economy expanded by 0.4 percent in August, missing estimates, and looked […] Read more

File photo of a Conagra production facility at Oakdale, Calif., about 150 km east of San Francisco, on Dec, 18, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Fred Greaves)

General, Markets, Reuters

Conagra flags price increases to cushion inflation impact

Prepared foods firm raises sales forecast

By GFM Network News October 7, 2021

Reuters — Conagra Brands said on Thursday it would increase prices again on its frozen meals and snacks to help cushion the blow of higher inflation, after the diversified food maker raised its annual sales forecast and topped quarterly results. Packaged food companies are grappling with inflation as the U.S. economy rebounds, while spending heavily […] Read more

File photo of a steak sandwich with chimichurri sauce at a street food market in Buenos Aires. (Aleksandr_Vorobev/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Argentina extends beef export cap, stoking farm tensions

Move seen as 'giving markets to other countries'

By GFM Network News August 31, 2021

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina extended beef export restrictions until the end of October on Tuesday, stoking tensions with the powerful farm sector as the government seeks to bolster domestic meat supply to help contain rising food prices. The move comes months before key mid-term elections, with centre-left President Alberto Fernandez keen to avoid […] Read more

CBOT December 2021 corn (blue line) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and MGEX, CBOT and K.C. September 2021 wheats (green, orange and yellow lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Inflation another major concern for traders

By GFM Network News July 14, 2021

MarketsFarm — While weather has become a primary factor in rising commodity prices over the past week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade are also paying close attention on inflation. Earlier Wednesday morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the producer price index (PPI) increased by one per cent, more than expected, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban

Rural associations pledge pause in livestock trading

By GFM Network News May 19, 2021

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups will halt trading of livestock in protest against a 30-day government ban on beef exports aimed at bringing down domestic prices, the country’s main producer groups said in a joint statement Tuesday. The South American country’s centre-left Peronist government unveiled the ’emergency measure’ to tamp down high […] Read more

Onions are sold at a market at Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, in Mumbai, India on April 7, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

High food prices hurting India’s poor

Inflation pain expected to persist for months yet

By GFM Network News November 15, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s retail inflation may stay elevated for at least three more months after hitting a six-year high in October, as excess rain has damaged standing crops and seedlings, while edible oils that the country imports have become expensive. The high prices are a particular cause of concern for India’s hundreds […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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