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ICE July 2019 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola markets remain sensitive to weather

By GFM Network News June 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola markets were following trends set by soybean prices, as worries of late planting weighed on the minds of traders and farmers alike. As corn planting comes to an end, prolonged wet weather has continued to delay soybean planting to the point where the growing season may be shortened. “I think the market […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding in Sask. 99 per cent complete, topsoil moisture continues to decline

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending June 3

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 6, 2019

Seeding operations are mostly complete across the province, but there are a few fields still being seeded for green feed and silage. All six crop districts in the province are reporting that 99 per cent of the crop is in the ground. Compared to 92 per cent last week and the five-year average (2014-18) of […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Weather buoys grain prices

By GFM Network News May 30, 2019

MarketsFarm –– A dry spring on the Prairies, coupled with intensely wet weather south of the border, has frustrated producers and supported higher feed grain prices. Barley prices have rallied “quite strongly” due to dry weather observed across most of the Prairies, combined with tight supplies from previous years, said Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures extend rally

By GFM Network News May 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.6 per cent on Wednesday, hitting their highest since mid-April on support from concerns that planting delays in the U.S. Midwest will lead to a sharp cutback in acreage as well as harvest yields, traders said. The jump followed a U.S. Agriculture Department report after the market […] Read more

Farmer in tractor preparing farmland with seedbed for the next year

Columns

Toban Dyck: Preparing for a new crop season

All grain farmers know that early spring antsy, “ready to seed” feeling

By Toban Dyck May 28, 2019

It’s as though a switch was flicked. It happens every year. The winter meeting season is busy and consuming. Then it ends, the snow begins to melt and you find yourself looking over your farmyard with a zeal for the upcoming growing season that you may not have had the day before. I woke up […] Read more

Precipitation percentiles on the Prairies for the period of April 1 to May 23, 2019. (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Drought Watch)

Crops, Pasture, Weather

Prairie dryness concerns to persist

By GFM Network News May 24, 2019

MarketsFarm — Large areas of Western Canada remain on the dry side, with little moisture in the immediate forecasts. And while it’s still early in the growing season, the interplay of conflicting patterns from the south and north will determine whether the dry areas receive timely precipitation during the growing season. “We are looking at […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding advances quickly, ahead of five-year average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 13

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 16, 2019

Significant seeding progress was made this past week as 38 per cent of the crop is now in the ground, ahead of the five-year average (2014-2018) of 31 per cent for this time of year. Crops are slow to emerge due to cool conditions. Seeding is furthest advanced in the southeastern region, where 53 per […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking for more support

By GFM Network News May 15, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE canola futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday as a rally in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex provided support. Whether there’s more room to the upside remains to be seen. “It looks like we’ve maybe turned a corner,” said Wayne Palmer, senior market analyst with Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

By GFM Network News May 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — Green and yellow pea seeding is well underway across the Prairies, causing new-crop prices to slide marginally while spot prices hold firm. As Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grain at Welwyn, Sask., explained, seeded acres and new crop prices have an inverse relationship: as seeded acres rise, new crop prices fall. Producers […] Read more

The One-Pass Cover Crop Seeder attachment is available on Unverferth’s new Rolling Harrow 1245 and 1245D models.

Machinery

New cover crop seeder attachment

Unverferth introduces the One-Pass Cover Crop Seeder option

By Scott Garvey May 10, 2019

Unverferth Manufacturing used the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February as the venue to introduce its new mounted One-Pass Cover Crop Seeder attachment. It can be fitted the brand’s new Rolling Harrow 1245 and 1245D models that have working widths up to 37 feet. The attachment allows for one-pass planting of cover crops, an agronomic practice […] Read more

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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