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Africanized bees found in Colorado, farthest north migration

By GFM Network News May 15, 2014

Denver | Reuters –– Africanized honey bees have turned up in Colorado, officials said Tuesday, surprising scientists who previously doubted they could survive winters at northern latitudes. The Mesa County Health Department said in a statement that a peach grower contacted authorities last month to report abnormally aggressive behaviour at a beehive on his orchard […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

EU cereal crop outlook seen as good despite dry spell

By GFM Network News May 15, 2014

Paris | Reuters — Cereal crops in the European Union remain generally in good condition, despite a recent dry spell, and on course to post better-than-average yields in this year’s harvest, the EU’s crop monitoring unit said on Monday. It cut sharply its outlook for this year’s grain maize yield in Ukraine, however, citing the […] Read more

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Cold, soggy spring delaying seeding on Prairies

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News May 14, 2014

Winnipeg | Reuters — Crop planting in Western Canada has fallen well behind the usual pace as cool, wet weather idles farmers. Just six per cent of the overall crop was planted as of Monday, down from last year’s 10 per cent and well off the norm of around one-quarter seeded by this time of […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairies expected to stay cool in May

By GFM Network News May 14, 2014

CNS Canada –– Over the next month, Prairie producers can expect to see more of the cool, wet weather that has afflicted much of Western Canada so far this spring, according to a weather expert. “We’ll keep a cooler bias relative to normal over these next few weeks. So the drying rates will be a […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairie winter wheat in good shape, analyst says

By GFM Network News May 13, 2014

CNS Canada — Winter wheat crops across Western Canada are generally in good shape, according to a CWB analyst, although the lateness of the spring thaw will also push back the harvest in many areas. “The winter wheat is in reasonably good shape,” said Bruce Burnett, a CWB weather and crops specialist. Emergence and moisture […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. farmers notch best planting week of 2014, USDA says

By GFM Network News May 12, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers seeded 30 per cent of their corn acreage during the past week, putting them ahead of the typical pace, as a window of dry weather allowed farmers in major production states such as Iowa, Illinois and Indiana to make huge advances in the field. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s weekly […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S., world soybean supplies on the rise, USDA reports

By GFM Network News May 9, 2014

Washington | Reuters — The United States and the world will be awash in soybeans in 2014-15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, in a report that also gave its first survey-based readout of the struggling winter wheat crop. Following the report, Chicago wheat futures fell about 1.5 per cent despite a lower-than-expected […] Read more

A field awaits action near Livelong, Sask., about 110 km east of Lloydminster. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Weather

Guenther: How cold is too cold for soil at seeding?

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News May 7, 2014

Spring snow may have unleashed a litany of complaints among Saskatchewan residents — but has also brought relief to parched soils in the province’s northwest. Errin Tollefson, an agronomist with Cavalier Agrow at Medstead, Sask., about 170 km west of Prince Albert, said last fall was the driest she’s seen in her 10 years of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops: study

By Will Dunham, GFM Network News May 7, 2014

Washington | Reuters — Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere may cut the nutritional quality of some of the world’s most important food crops, researchers reported Wednesday after conducting experiments simulating conditions expected by mid-century. The amounts of two important nutrients, zinc and iron, were found to be lower in wheat, rice, […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Spring wheat seeding still delayed in N.D.

By GFM Network News May 7, 2014

CNS Canada — Seeding of spring wheat in North Dakota and Montana continued to be very slow during the week ended May 4, due to ongoing cool, wet conditions, a report from the North Dakota Wheat Commission said. As of Sunday, only about five per cent of the spring wheat crop was seeded in North […] 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

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

Weather

Africanized bees found in Colorado, farthest north migration

EU cereal crop outlook seen as good despite dry spell

Cold, soggy spring delaying seeding on Prairies

Prairies expected to stay cool in May

Prairie winter wheat in good shape, analyst says

U.S. farmers notch best planting week of 2014, USDA says

U.S., world soybean supplies on the rise, USDA reports

Guenther: How cold is too cold for soil at seeding?

Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops: study

Spring wheat seeding still delayed in N.D.

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