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Rick Rutherford says he starts his crop planning by looking at last year’s report card: his yield map.
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When Rick Rutherford starts to plan his crop, he begins at the end – the end of the last growing season, that is. The Grosse Isle-area seed grower and owner-operator of Rutherford Farms sits down, current year’s yield map in hand, with agronomist Dave Ives of Enns Brothers to plan for the following spring. “It’s
Canola traders will get their first official estimates of this year’s domestic canola crop from Statistics Canada on Aug. 29.
Grain Markets, Markets

Grain trade expects lower canola yields

Harvest pressures may drag on price rallies

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Harvest operations are in their early stages across Western Canada, leaving the canola market in a somewhat precarious position awaiting news and biding time until there’s a clearer picture on the size of this year’s crop. The November contract held in a rather narrow $30 per tonne range in early August, between $770 and $800,
Spring wheat with Lalrise Start SC applied with seed treatment, right, versus seed treatment alone on the left, in Western Canada, in May 2022.
Cereals, Crops, News

New seed treatment designed to boost cereals

Product centred on enhancing phosphorus solubility and improving early vigour

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Boosting nitrogen use to reduce nitrogen-based fertilizer applications, has been a feature of several products in the past five years. Lalrise Start SC liquid inoculant aims to improve another key nutrient. The seed treatment designed to enhance phosphorus solubility has received full commercial registration and will be available in spring 2024 for spring wheat, oats,
Table 3: Percentage Harvest Completion by Crop and Region to Aug. 15, 2023 (crops still unharvested, or negligible acres displayed as – or omitted from this table).
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Harvest in Manitoba at three per cent, wheat crop mostly fair to good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 14 (week 33)

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Overview  Harvest progress sits at 3 per cent complete across the province (table above), which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest continues, with 67 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre. Harvest has started in spring cereal crops,
Before applying any crop protection product, read the label to find the application rate, timing and pre-harvest interval.
Crops, News

Do you know your trade MRLs?

Pre-harvest is the time to protect the crop’s marketability for international markets

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Maximum residue limits can affect the marketability of a crop, so farmers need to heed them, say crop market experts. “Because we produce so much beyond what we need for our domestic demand for food, we really do need to keep in mind market access and those requirements that we see with our export partners,”
Much like a summer storm hitting one field and leaving another dry only a few miles down the road, markets could go either way right now.
Markets, Weather

Rolling the dice on forecasts

Expert's Radar: Definite market directions are hard to pin down

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A severe weather system rolling across the Prairies triggered an alert on my phone the other day. Television and radio programs also interrupted with warnings to take precautions. The sun was still shining at the time, but the rumble of thunder from the approaching storm could easily be heard. My location caught only the edge
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Markets

Fund long position holds steady in canola

Net long in CBOT soybeans down on week

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MarketsFarm — The managed money long position in canola held relatively steady during the week ended Aug. 8, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Aug. 8, the net managed money long position in canola futures came in at 23,753 contracts (49,339 long, 25,856
Canola falls in pre-harvest wait
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola falls in pre-harvest wait

Weather conditions batter against speculation, demand lull

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ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower as the calendar flipped to the new 2023-24 crop year, but managed to uncover support in the early days of August. While Prairie weather remains a major market driver, speculative positioning and a lack of significant commercial demand weighed on values. November canola fell below its 20-day moving average
ICE November 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola prices ‘cheap’ but rangebound

Trade also watching U.S. soy complex

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts held relatively rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, in choppy activity as traders wait to get a clearer picture on the size of this year’s crop. “Overall, canola is relatively cheap,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. He pointed to wide crush margins — over $200 per

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