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Brazil cuts into U.S. soybean market share in China

By GFM Network News November 3, 2017

Reuters – Brazil is expected to win a larger share of China’s soybean imports in coming months, hitting U.S. exporters during the peak marketing season for their most valuable farm product as the world grapples with a fifth consecutive bumper crop. China is expected to buy about five million tonnes of soybeans from Brazil for […] Read more

BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto, BASF herbicides strain states with damage complaints

By GFM Network News November 1, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of herbicides, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto and BASF. Monsanto is banking on herbicides using dicamba — and seeds engineered to resist it — to dominate soybean production in the U.S., the world’s […] Read more

Features, News, Soybeans

Group seeking soybean processor

This group is getting Manitoba ready to attract a soybean processing plant to the province

By Angela Lovell October 24, 2017

It’s been an active year for a leadership group in Manitoba that is trying to attract a soybean processing facility. Westman Opportunities Leadership Group (WOLG) is a strategic leadership and advisory group comprised of Manitoba farm, business and civic leaders. The group is not working to build a soybean processing facility, but is trying to […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Help your fields by adding soybeans

Adding soybeans to your rotation as good options for expanding your crop rotation

By Michael Weir October 17, 2017

Traditionally, western Canadian rotations have been primarily made up of wheat and canola. However, new corn hybrids and soybean varieties present great alternatives for western Canadian growers — opening up more options for management and marketing. The ideal crop rotation has at least a two-year gap between the same crop. Benefits of including a minimum […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks to USDA for direction

By GFM Network News October 12, 2017

CNS Canada — The canola market continues to chop around in its recently-established range of $490-$500 per tonne, but a looming U.S. Department of Agriculture report could change that, according to an industry analyst. “That (USDA supply and demand report) is going to be the driver,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. […] Read more

Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba soybean yields disappoint

By GFM Network News September 27, 2017

CNS Canada — With Manitoba farmers starting to bring in their early-maturing soybeans between intermittent rains, they may start to see the toll from the dry summer. Many crop analysts see soybean yields below what farmers have enjoyed for the past couple of years, but they stress that fields are variable and that longer-season varieties […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Wheat & Chaff

Get set for soybean harvest

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Doug Fotheringham September 27, 2017

Now’s the time to make sure you’re completely set for a successful soybean harvest. Generally speaking, this year’s crop will be at about the same stage in maturity as last year. The main difference is going to come from the overall plant structure. Last year’s moist, warmer conditions gave us more growth and pod height, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Prairie canola, soy now in Cargill ProPricing portfolio

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 22, 2017

Canola and soybean growers in Western Canada are now able to get in on Cargill’s ProPricing grain marketing program for the 2017-18 season. The U.S. agrifood company’s Winnipeg-based Canadian arm announced Sept. 14 it would offer its first-ever canola contract in its ProPricing portfolio, allowing eligible growers to hand off a portion of their canola […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. EPA aims to allow dicamba use, with safeguards

By GFM Network News September 19, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to allow farmers to spray the controversial herbicide dicamba next year, but with additional rules for its use, an official with the agency said on Tuesday. Reuben Baris, acting chief of the herbicide branch of the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs, said the agency […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Manitoba’s soybean harvest well underway

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News September 14, 2017

Soybeans are being harvested in the heart of Manitoba’s traditional soybean belt, but as of Thursday, there were still fields a week or more away from the combine depending on the weather. The variability underscores differences in maturity among varieties and seeding dates. Dry, warm weather until now has helped ripen soybean crops across agricultural […] Read more

Daily Network News

Farmers see fertilizer price surge as Iran war blocks exports, threatening losses

OPINION: How the Iran war could create a ‘fertilizer shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming

Farmers expected to boost canola area beyond Statistics Canada intentions report

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