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Only weeks after extreme cold warnings blanketed the area, warm temperatures and February rain saw fields west of Brandon lose their snow cover.
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Avoiding grain spoilage when temperatures get wild

Grain storage advice for when winter swings from extreme cold to unseasonably warm

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With unusually high temperatures interrupted by two deep freezes, it’s been a challenging winter for grain storage on the Prairies and one requiring diligence to protect stored crop. Anne Kirk, cereal crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, advises aeration and vigilant monitoring of bin moisture and temperature. The latter is particularly important when outside temperatures fluctuate.
Are we at market bottom yet?
Grain Markets, Markets

Are we at market bottom yet?

[Expert's Radar] May canola appears to have found solid nearby technical support at $580 per tonne

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One Thanksgiving, after what must have been a very filling dinner at my grandma’s apartment, a group of my cousins and I, all in town for the holiday, decided to see a movie (School of Rock, if you want to date this anecdote). We never made it to the theatre because the elevator from the
Are corn markets poised for a rebound in March?
Grain Markets, Markets

Are corn markets poised for a rebound in March?

Ethanol and possibility of China purchases support a rebound

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The leap year’s extra day in February provided another one with misery for crop prices on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Whether canola, corn, wheat or the Chicago soy complex, all May contracts were under their respective 50- and 100-day averages, and all had large net short positions as of Feb. 29. Each one
Grain, oilseed markets trending lower
Grain Markets, Markets

Grain, oilseed markets trending lower

Expert’s Radar: Middle East conflict and a possible rail strike add to market uncertainty

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The major North American grain and oilseed markets continued to trend lower in mid-February, with canola, soybeans, corn and wheat contracts all setting new contract lows as the futures work to uncover demand. Burdensome supply/demand fundamentals, coupled with heavily short speculators and farmer selling on any attempts at moving higher, give little reason to expect
Port of Manila.
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Canada opens agriculture office in Indo-Pacific

Office a ‘milestone’ opportunity that will open trade doors, say farm groups

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Canada has its first Indo-Pacific agriculture office, and the Canadian ag sector is pretty happy about the news. An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada release Feb. 21 marked the opening of the office in Manila, Phillipines, and included words of support from commodity groups spanning Canada’s cattle, pork, canola, pulses and cereals sectors, among others. “The Indo-Pacific provides a
At the end of December, the railways had about 35 per cent of the crop, which is low, Quorum Corp president Mark Hemmes admitted. He attributed that to price increases from both railways between August and October last year.
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Railways weather winter woes

Grain shipments on track despite January cold blast

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At the midway point of the 2023–24 transportation year, grain shipments are moving at a good clip. “In the last 12–18 months, we’ve seen some really good performance from both of the railroads,” said Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation, Canada’s grain monitor, at the Feb. 15 CropConnect conference in Winnipeg. “The exception was the

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