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A view of Ceres Global Ag’s Northgate, Sask. facility as seen from its fertilizer shed in 2018. (Grainews photo by Lisa Guenther)

Ceres pulls plans for Saskatchewan canola crush plant

U.S. company suspends project citing higher-than-projected costs

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 27, 2022

U.S. ag commodities firm Ceres Global Ag’s plans for a canola crush plant in southeastern Saskatchewan are now on indefinite hold. Minneapolis-based Ceres said Friday it’s suspending the crush project it announced in May last year and will terminate a related equipment design and supply contract, so as to reduce “project-related contract liabilities.” The proposed

Markets

Speculators bail out of long positions in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 24, 2022

MarketsFarm – Speculators continued to bail out of long positions in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended June 21, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money long position in ICE Futures canola came in at 25,117

Crops

Alberta crops improve with rain

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 24, 2022

MarketsFarm – Drought conditions that devastated crops in Alberta last year and were poised to do the same this year are becoming something in the past, according to the province’s latest crop report. Recent rainfall has been wiping out any notion of drought in 2022 as soil moisture conditions continued to improve across the province.

Crops, Markets

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Rain falls on most of the province

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 23, 2022

MarketsFarm – Rain fell on all growing regions of Saskatchewan during the week ended June 20 improving growing conditions, according to the province’s weekly crop report released on June 23. Most areas received at least 20 millimetres of rain during the week, with the communities of Prince Albert, Nipawin, Spiritwood and Kindersley all getting more

The Hula Hoop method provides a per-square-foot plant count.

Crops, Oilseeds

Crowdsourcing canola counts

Results coming in from first year of the Canola Council of Canada’s ‘Canola Counts’ survey

By Don Norman June 23, 2022

Self-improvement is tricky without looking outward for perspective. A program launched last year by the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) aims to give canola growers that perspective on a massive scale. The CCC’s ‘Canola Counts’ survey is now into its second year and the data coming in is already providing good insights for agronomists, says

ICE November 2022 new-crop canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Falling canola futures snowballing lower

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 23, 2022

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell hard during the week ended Wednesday, with little indication of how much more room to the downside there could be. “Once the snowball starts rolling, it just rolls,” analyst Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm said, adding there were no dynamic changes to the generally supportive canola fundamentals — but

Crops, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report: Plantings advance, crops threatened by weeds, insects

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 22, 2022

MarketsFarm – Seeding continues to advance in Manitoba, but recent rains have also hindered progress and emergent crops are being threatened by weeds and insects. Plantings in the province are 91 per cent complete as of June 21, four points higher than the previous week according to Manitoba’s weekly crop report. Typically, the third week

Seeding progression in 2022 compared to previous years.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Seeding in Manitoba 91 per cent complete, severe flea beetle pressure in canola

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 7, June 21, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture June 21, 2022

Overview A final push to finish seeding this past week brought a small increase in planted acres. Significant amounts of reseeded canola occurred from severe flea beetle damage, and crusting and flooding to a lesser extent. Extreme heat brought on severe thunderstorms in large parts of the Southwest, Northwest, and Interlake regions over the weekend

News

Crop disease reporting tool is now live

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 20, 2022

The 2022 version of a tool that alerts producers to emerging disease threats is now available. The Quick Disease Reporter Tool was created by the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network. It allows users “to make general reports of diseases in common crops” across the Prairies. “This information can be used to identify regions where Prairie crop

Crops, News

Crop school open for summer

Crop Diagnostic School back to in person for 2022

By Don Norman June 20, 2022

This summer will be the 25th anniversary of Manitoba’s Crop Diagnostic School, and the first time since 2019 that the event will be able to be held in person. The event, organized annually by Manitoba Agriculture and the University of Manitoba, has been keeping agronomists and producers up to date with the latest diagnostic tools

Daily Network News

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea found on a southern Alberta farm

Indonesia opens market to Canadian pork, expands beef access

IGC February report adjusts world data

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