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New 2021 soybean varieties

Seven companies release 22 offerings with improved disease resistance, solid yields and more

By Madeleine Baerg December 10, 2020

Soybean growers will, once again, have lots of choice for new varieties in 2021. Seven companies are releasing a total of 22 new soybean options for western Canadian producers for the coming growing season. Features include improved disease resistance, strong standability and solid yield across a range of crop heat units (CHU). Please note, the […] Read more

In this photo from Mike Cowbrough’s October 2019 Pest Patrol column in Country Guide, light-green waterhemp plants approach the top of a soybean canopy after two ineffective applications of glyphosate. (Supplied photo)

Crops

Group 27 herbicide resistance arrives in Canada

Mesotrione-resistant waterhemp confirmed in Quebec

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 10, 2020

A persistent and fiercely competitive weed that has developed resistance to several herbicide groups since its arrival in Canada is now the first in the country to fight off a Group 27 product. Quebec’s Reseau d’avertissement phytosanitaire (RAP) last Friday reported a patch of waterhemp with resistance to mesotrione herbicide in the Haut-Richelieu municipality, in […] Read more

ICE January 2021 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Two reports likely to increase canola values

By GFM Network News December 2, 2020

MarketsFarm — Although canola has seen some backpedalling this week, the markets should get two good shots in the arm from a pair of reports, according to Wayne Palmer, analyst with Exceed Grains in Winnipeg. The first will very likely come from the principal field crops report , to be released Thursday by Statistics Canada. […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish USDA report sends soy, corn up sharply

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News November 10, 2020

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn yields in the United States ended up much smaller than early expectations, according to updated supply and demand estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The resulting drop in production and ending stocks has sent futures rallying to new contract highs, with more gains likely. Average U.S. soybean […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Bunge lifts outlook as quarterly profit nearly doubles

By GFM Network News October 29, 2020

Reuters — Agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd. raised its 2020 outlook after reporting a 91 per cent jump in adjusted third-quarter profit on Wednesday, as strong soy processing margins and robust demand for soy products boosted its core agribusiness segment. Bunge shares rose almost seven per cent to their highest level in more than a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. EPA approves XtendiMax use for five years

Court ruling had blocked dicamba sales

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 28, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow farmers for the next five years to spray crops with a Bayer herbicide whose sales were blocked by a U.S. appeals court in June, EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler said Tuesday. XtendiMax, a dicamba-based herbicide that is sprayed on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to […] Read more

(Martin Farming photo courtesy Scoular Co.)

Crops

Southwestern Ontario elevator to handle Scoular grain

Martin Farming to take grain at new elevator

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 23, 2020

Scoular Co. has set up a new delivery point for southwestern Ontario growers from whom it buys grain. The Omaha-based, privately-held grain firm announced Thursday it has made a deal with Martin Farming — which operates at Paris, just northwest of Brantford — that will direct grain to Martin’s new 22,000-tonne-capacity elevator. The agreement “allows […] Read more

ICE November 2020 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola firm at midweek

By GFM Network News October 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts have steadied after slipping slightly following Canada’s Thanksgiving long weekend, with nearby attention on speculations rolling positions out of the front month. The nearby November contract closed Wednesday at $526.10 per tonne, gaining slightly after incurring losses the day prior. Market participants adjusting positions ahead of the November contract’s […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets

USDA’s WASDE bullish for soy, corn, wheat

By GFM Network News October 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — The October world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows lower U.S. ending stocks for soybeans, corn and wheat. Projected U.S. soybean ending stocks for 2020-21 were lowered to 290 million bushels from last month’s projection of 460 million. Last year, carryout stocks were at 523 […] Read more

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

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Watch for USDA’s corn, soy stocks numbers to decline

By GFM Network News October 7, 2020

MarketsFarm — Expect ending stocks for U.S. corn and soybeans to be lower in the upcoming supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. USDA is scheduled to release its next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) on Friday at 11 a.m. […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News