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(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. grains: Wheat up more than one per cent

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed more than one per cent on Wednesday while corn was higher for the sixth straight session as technical buying and end-of-year positioning buoyed grain prices, traders and analysts said. Soybean futures turned lower on the Chicago Board of Trade after an earlier 1-1/2-week high on profit-taking and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on frigid weather

By GFM Network News December 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Wednesday to notch a 1-1/2-week high on worries about frigid weather across the Wheat Belt that threatens to damage crops lacking protective snow cover. Corn also rose on spillover support from wheat and as traders covered short positions following recent contract lows. Soybeans fell to three-month […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on technical selling

By GFM Network News October 31, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell to contract lows on Tuesday as technical selling pressure dragged prices lower for a fifth straight session. Chart-based selling accelerated as prices slipped below the prior day’s two-month low, more than offsetting supportive news of a large export sale to Iraq and a government report showing the […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Outlook improves for Prairies’ winter cereals

By GFM Network News October 19, 2017

CNS Canada — Following concerns in September about seeding winter cereals in dry conditions, acres are down but crops seeded in Western Canada are doing good heading into the winter. “Very little moisture is required in the fall to get that seed to germinate and start growing, especially if it’s been seeded shallow,” said Amanda […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat nears four-week low on weak export demand

By GFM Network News October 9, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell to a near four-week low on Monday on plentiful global inventories and weak demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said. Soybeans turned down after touching a two-week high and corn drifted lower on a day when U.S. government offices, including the Department of Agriculture, were closed for the […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Winter cereal growers in holding pattern as clouds loom

By GFM Network News September 14, 2017

CNS Canada — Dry conditions in southern areas of Saskatchewan and Alberta are limiting winter cereal seeding so far, as farmers wait for rain. But that’s not the best strategy, according to Cordon Geisam, the southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta territorial manager for FP Genetics, a Regina-based seed company that deals in fall rye hybrids. […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Features

Wheat midge 101: the basics of scouting

Growing soft white wheat or a non-midge-tolerant variety? Get ready to scout

By Julienne Isaacs June 29, 2017

It’s smaller than a mosquito, but more of a headache for Prairie farmers — wheat midge might look innocuous, but it can cause significant crop damage in Western Canada. Since midge-tolerant spring wheat varieties have become widely available, midge scouting has become a thing of the past for many Prairie farmers. However, with only one […] Read more

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Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Early U.S. winter wheat harvest supports low-protein fears

By GFM Network News May 30, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The earliest reports from the start of the U.S. hard red winter wheat harvest underscored industry fears of a second straight year of low protein, a factor that shifts the market’s focus to prospects for the North American spring wheat crop, a higher-protein variety. “It’s probably a foregone conclusion at this […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Features

Add a refuge to your soft white wheat

SeCan asks Prairie soft white wheat growers to protect midge-tolerant technology

By Leeann Minogue May 2, 2017

It was a great day for wheat growers when breeders first transferred the Sm1 gene from varieties of soft red winter wheat into spring wheat. Commercial midge-tolerant spring wheat varieties launched in 2010. But, as they state on the Midge Tolerant Wheat website (midgetolerantwheat.ca), “there is no Plan B.” To keep wheat midge populations from […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Mixed conditions loom over Manitoba winter cereals

By GFM Network News April 12, 2017

CNS Canada — A mix of freezing and warming conditions put Manitoba’s winter cereals in uncertain condition, following months of promising weather, according to the head of an industry group. Manitoba’s winter wheat and fall rye crops had ample snow cover throughout the winter, which supported crops, but more recently, conditions turned slushy, then froze […] Read more

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Tag Archives winter wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat up more than one per cent

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on frigid weather

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on technical selling

Outlook improves for Prairies’ winter cereals

U.S. grains: Wheat nears four-week low on weak export demand

Winter cereal growers in holding pattern as clouds loom

Wheat midge 101: the basics of scouting

Early U.S. winter wheat harvest supports low-protein fears

Add a refuge to your soft white wheat

Mixed conditions loom over Manitoba winter cereals

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