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It might look bad, but there’s a pretty good chance those canola  volunteers aren’t actually doing that much harm.

What to do with those yellow soybean fields?

Now is also the time to scout for Bertha armyworms and diamondback moth

By Allan Dawson July 24, 2020

That bright yellow volunteer canola in your soybeans might look worse than it really is — so before trying to control it, consider whether it makes economic sense. That’s the advice Tammy Jones, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development’s (MARD) weed specialist gave in an interview following a Crop Talk webinar July 15. (Jones’ last day

When the loonie rises it can quickly wipe out what otherwise would have been market gains.

Grain Markets, Markets

As always, canola follows soyoil, loonie

Right now this well-established relationship is calling many of the shots

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 23, 2020

It’s the same old, same old when it comes to the relationship between the values for canola, soyoil and the Canadian dollar. Soyoil and the dollar are the leaders and canola is the follower. Over the course of last week that relationship was quite evident. After the November canola contract closed on July 10 at $479.50 per tonne, it

Fields west of Brandon show new bare patches, areas that were underwater earlier this month.

Crops, News

Crop damage ranges after Westman floods

Cereals and soybeans seem to have mostly dodged drowning after flooding in the Westman area in late June and early July, but peas and some canola are struggling

By Alexis Stockford July 23, 2020

Two weeks after record rains hit the Brandon and Minnedosa regions, some low spots still had standing water. Overland flooding made for a dramatic picture from June 28 to July 1, with a string of storms bringing well over 200 millimetres of rain by official counts, and claims by some farmers near Rapid City and

ICE November 2020 canola (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and CBOT August 2020 soyoil (green line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola under pressure at midweek

By GFM Network News July 22, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts have received considerable pressure from outside sources, but held above $480 per tonne this week. Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg expected canola to be down by $6-$10, but nearby contracts closed lower by about a dollar at $483.60 per tonne. Ball referred to weakness in Chicago soyoil, along with

Crop Report, Crops, News

Winter cereals could soon see harvest, corn, sunflowers growing well

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 21

By Manitoba Agriculture July 21, 2020

Southwest Region A mix of sun and rain last week. Repeated thundershowers with southern parts of the region getting the most rainfall last week. Continuous moisture is putting a lot of stress on moisture-sensitive crops like peas and canola. Some crops are handling better this excess moisture situation than others. Water is pooling in low-lying

The province has urged canola growers in parts of the province to be on watch for diamondback moth larvae and pupae.

Crops, News

Heads-up on diamondback moth

Eastern Manitoba and the southern Interlake have been hot spots for the province’s diamondback moth trapping program this year

By Alexis Stockford July 20, 2020

Canola growers in eastern Manitoba and the southern Interlake should be keeping an extra eye out for diamondback moth this year, experts have warned. Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development has noted exponentially higher counts of diamondback moth in those areas, something provincial entomologist John Gavloski has linked to windy weather in June blowing adult moths

Crops, Markets

Funds covering short positions in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 18, 2020

MarketsFarm — Fund traders continued to bail out of short positions in canola during the week ended July 14, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in July 14 at 23,113 (9,650 long/32,763 short),

Manitoba fields display the colour spectrum of armyworm larvae colouration.

Crops

Armyworm on the march in Manitoba

Cereals and grasses are taking a hit from armyworms, one of several pests that tend to blow in as adults from the south

By Alexis Stockford July 17, 2020

Manitoba has an armyworm problem. Eastern, central and southwestern Manitoba, as well as the Interlake have all reported spraying from farmers looking to keep the pests from chomping down on their cereal and forage grasses, according to Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development. “There’s been some control in pretty much every agricultural region except the northwest,” provincial entomologist

Farm Credit Canada says despite headwinds, there are reasons for Manitoba farmers to be optimistic.

News

Bright spots for Manitoba farmers: FCC

Despite the pandemic there are positives for Manitoba producers, the national ag lender says 

By Allan Dawson July 16, 2020

Profit margins for 2020 are projected to be tight for Manitoba farmers, but it’s not all doom and gloom, say officials with Farm Credit Canada (FCC). It’s hard to parse COVID-19’s impact on farmer expenses and revenues relative to other factors such as weather and commodity supply and demand, J.P. Gervais, FCC’s vice-president and chief

Wheat is harvested outside the settlement of Terskiy in Russia’s Stavropol region on July 7.

Grain Markets, Markets

Weather worries supportive for canola and wheat values

Wheat output in the Black Sea region is seen declining

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 16, 2020

Weather concerns provided the catalyst for strength in all of the major grains and oilseeds during the week ended July 9, with canola hitting its best levels in four months. However, shifting weather outlooks will keep the futures on edge over the next few weeks, as traders reacting to the day-to-day forecasts may create some volatility over the summer.

Daily Network News

ICE Canada Weekly: U.S. biodiesel mandate will be a boon for canola

CBOT weekly: Planted area in focus

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids move upward

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