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Dry conditions continue across Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 7

By Manitoba Agriculture August 7, 2018

Southwest Region Little to no rain over the past week. Hot and dry weather is turning crops quickly. Major thunderstorms with hail activity around the north and south of Hamiota, causing crop damage. Grasshoppers are becoming prevalent in field margins. Click here for the Crop Weather Report for the week ending August 6 Winter wheat

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle fall on technical selling; hogs mostly lower

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer August 7, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with feeder cattle easing about 2 percent on pressure from technical selling and abundant supplies, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures also were mostly lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, weighed down by declining prices for hogs in cash markets and lower wholesale pork

News

AAFC funds Crop Agronomy Cluster

The cluster consists of eight research activities ranging from soil health to herbicide resistance and climate change adaptation

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 7, 2018

Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay recently announced $6.3 million for the Western Grains Research Foundation for a five-year ‘Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster.’ The WGRF said the cluster has been established because Canadian farmers face agronomic challenges that cut across multiple crops, and there are gaps in multi-crop and systems approaches to agronomic research. The

A diplomatic dispute between Canada and Saudi Arabia has halted wheat and barley shipments to the middle eastern country. Photo: Thinkstock

Cereals, Crops

Saudi Arabian agency stops buying Canadian wheat, barley

By GFM Network News, Michael Hogan August 7, 2018

Hamburg | Reuters – Saudi Arabia’s main state wheat buying agency has told grains exporters it will no longer buy Canadian wheat and barley in its international tenders, European traders said on Tuesday, as a diplomatic dispute between the two countries escalates. Traders said they had received an official notice from the Saudi Grains Organization

Strong demand from the U.S. will continue to support Western Canadian feeder prices.
Photo: Canada Beef Inc.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Small volumes characterize feeder cattle market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen August 7, 2018

It’s that time of year when the feeder cattle market experiences a calm before the storm. The fall run will get underway over the next three weeks and recent market activity appears to be quite positive. Last week, yearlings and calves traded $3 on either side of unchanged compared to seven days earlier. However, larger

Livestock Markets, Markets

Manitoba cattle markets stay steady

Prices are showing surprising resilience against seasonal slumps

By Dave Sims August 3, 2018

The cattle market in Manitoba continues to show surprising strength as higher feed costs and a seasonal slowdown in sales haven’t caused a serious setback in prices. Volumes were light but ranchers still managed to find enough animals to take to market. Feeder cattle in Manitoba weighing 700 pounds and under averaged around $200 per

Wheat being loaded onto a cargo ship in Vancouver in 2011. (File photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Crops, Markets

Canadian grain exports hit new record in 2017/18: CGC

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 3, 2018

CNS Canada – Total exports of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds hit a new record in 2017/18 (Aug/Jul), as sharp increases in wheat and barley more than made up for a decline in canola sales, according to the last weekly report from the Canadian Grain Commission for the recently finished crop year. Total exports of

Crops

Dry weather not a problem for malt barley crop, so far

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries August 3, 2018

CNS Canada – The prairie malting barley crop is faring reasonable well in the hot, dry weather, but crop watchers will have a better idea of protein content in a couple weeks. “We’ve yet to see what this crop is. I think we’re a little early yet. Indications are that it could be a little

Markets

Feed barley defies expectations as prices rally

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries August 2, 2018

CNS Canada – Feed barley prices have no business being where they are, based on supply-demand fundamentals, but that hasn’t quelled the rally. With prices for old crop sitting a premium over new crop, most in the industry expected old crop would gradually decline over summer and the two would eventually converge. But dry weather

Saskatchewan farming prices – in 2016 dollars per acre.

Columns, Markets, Other

Risk and volatility not necessarily same

Hedging Your Bets: Current canola and farmland prices are examples of markets at risk of a sudden change

By David Derwin August 1, 2018

When thinking about risk, there can be a lot of different interpretations. Risk does not have to mean volatility but the two tend to work in conjunction. One way to define risk is ‘the consequence of not meeting your goals.’ One of my favourite authors on the topic of market risk and practical trading ideas

Daily Network News

Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue

Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

Olymel parent company sees increased earnings in 2025

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