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Questions remain over heat’s impact on 2018 yields

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Harvest came early for some crops in Western Canada this year. A few canola crops in Manitoba are already in the bin as warm temperatures and a lack of rain helped growers hit the fields quicker than other years. However, a hot and mostly dry summer on the Prairies has left many

ICE’s ticker symbol on display at the ICE-owned New York Stock Exchange in March 2016. (Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola set to chop around bottom end of long-term range

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 29, 2018

CNS Canada — Contracts on the ICE Futures canola market are bracing for turbulence in coming days as trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. and a looming production report from Statistics Canada take centre stage. According to one analyst, these and other factors may play havoc with the Canadian dollar, which could send canola

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Spring cereals, canola, early soy harvested, dugout levels very low in most areas

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 27

By Manitoba Agriculture August 27, 2018

Southwest Region Another week of dry weather continued harvest progress. Rainfall on Sunday brought some relief from dry conditions, but ground remains very dry and hard. Some areas in the southeast side of region reported hail. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is complete with average yields reported for both crops. Click here for the

Crops, Local news

Grasshoppers are on the move

When scouting, check farther into the field because sometimes the insect is concentrated in field edges 

By Allan Dawson August 24, 2018

Grasshoppers are on the move looking for green vegetation to eat. The good news is they aren’t much interested in ripe cereal and canola crops, soybeans aren’t their preferred food and corn has so much leaf area it can withstand high populations, says Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski. “It’s not an outbreak,” Gavloski said in

Grain Markets, Markets

Expectations for U.S. crops likely to drag on canola market

New crop estimates are due out from StatsCan next week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 23, 2018

ICE canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Aug. 17, although the market remains rangebound overall with seasonal harvest pressure and a large U.S. soybean crop likely to temper the upside going forward. From a chart standpoint, the November contract remains stuck in a $50 range between $475 and $525 per tonne. Statistics Canada

Crops

Sask. crop proceeds well ahead of average pace

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 23, 2018

CNS Canada – Saskatchewan harvest continues to come off well ahead of the five-year average. Saskatchewan Agriculture, in its latest crop report for Aug. 14-20, said the harvest was 16 per cent complete compared to the five-year average of seven per cent. Dry weather was allowing producers to stay in fields. Harvest is most advanced

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures brace for harvest pressure

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 22, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts continued to hang above the psychologically-important $500 per tonne mark during the week ended Wednesday, but the real test could be in the coming weeks as harvest kicks into full gear. The front-month November contract rose $2.10 during the week to $506.90 per bushel by Wednesday’s open. As

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Dry conditions advance harvest, premature ripening, wilting in crops

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 20

By Manitoba Agriculture August 20, 2018

Southwest Region Dry warm conditions over the past week continued to ripen crop prematurely. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye continues with average yields and good quality. Click here for the Crop Weather Report for the week ending August 19 Majority of spring cereal crops have been harvested, with several producers swathing to aid

Flea beetle. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops

Neonic phase-out may limit flea beetle control tools

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin August 17, 2018

CNS Canada — The phasing out of neonicotinoid seed treatments in Canada may cause problems for the country’s canola growers when dealing with flea beetles — but alternatives pesticides could fill the gap. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing that two neonicotinoid pesticides, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, be phased out over the next

A second case of clubroot has been discovered in the R. M. of Lorne according to Manitoba Agriculture’s Aug. 15 Manitoba Insect & Disease Update.

Crops, Local news

New case of clubroot found in R.M. of Lorne

Manitoba Agriculture is asking farmers to report suspected cases of the soil-borne disease

By Allan Dawson August 16, 2018

A new case of clubroot has been found in the Rural Municipality of Lorne, Manitoba Agriculture says in its Aug. 15 Manitoba Insect & Disease Update. That brings the number of clubroot cases in Manitoba canola fields discovered so far this season to nine. “Manitoba Agriculture continues to encourage growers to scout any areas in

Daily Network News

Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

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