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File photo of barley being unloaded at a grain terminal in Ukraine on June 23, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Igor Tkachenko)
Crops, Markets

U.N. held talks in Russia on Monday on grain, fertilizer exports

'Unimpeded access' sought for Ukrainian, Russian grain

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United Nations | Reuters — Top United Nations trade official Rebeca Grynspan met with Russian officials in Moscow on Monday for talks aimed at enabling the “unimpeded access” to global markets for grain and fertilizer from Russia and Ukraine, a U.N. spokesperson said. U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths also attended the meetings virtually, U.N. spokesperson
File photo of beluga whales in Hudson Bay off Churchill, Manitoba. (Lynn_Bystrom/iStock/Getty Images)
Weather

Prairie Forecast Update: Manitoba in retrograde

Issued Oct. 7, covering Oct. 7-11

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If you have followed my forecasts over the years, you will know that the term retrograde is almost always associated with bad weather. Well, an area of low pressure about to come on shore over Eastern Canada is expected to retrograde, or move westward, ending up around James Bay by Monday or Tuesday. How will
Kochia is among the weeds that should be on farmers’ radar this fall.
Crops

Early harvest opens options for fall weed control

Spraying tips to use once the combine is parked

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[UPDATED: Oct. 11, 2023] An early harvest gives farmers the opportunity to get ahead of weeds for next season, says Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown. Weeds have had ample time to grow after harvest, making them prime targets for herbicide. Why it matters: As harvest winds down, attention turns to field preparation for 2024.
CBOT November 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures fall as harvest accelerates

CBOT December wheat turns lower

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New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean and corn futures fell on Friday due to profit-taking after the previous day’s rally and forecasts of favourable harvest weather this weekend. Wheat futures also dropped as concerns ebbed about shipping grain through the Black Sea. The most-active Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures fell 1.2 per
Barley. (Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Lack of overseas demand brings down prices

'It feels like for now, we've kind of bottomed out'

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MarketsFarm — As the grain harvest wraps up in Western Canada, feed grain prices continued to move downward. However, harvest pressure was not the only reason for their declines. Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask. heard others say their crops were larger than anticipated — but there were additional factors adding pressure
CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat rises on Black Sea tensions

Corn at one-month high; soybeans also up

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Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied on Thursday, boosted more than three per cent on reports of new tensions in the Black Sea region. Corn futures hit a one-month peak, breaking out of a recent range holding above a key technical level, and soybeans rose modestly despite lacklustre export demand. A Turkish-flagged general cargo ship
Wheat comes off the field in south-central Manitoba over the September long weekend.
News

Luck of the draw on 2023 wheat yields

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HARVEST The wheat is mostly in the bin; here’s how harvest shook out for the crop across the Prairies See story pg 6

The theme for this year’s wheat harvest in the eastern Prairies is “variable,” and not just when experts discuss the big picture in their respective provinces. Sask Wheat chair Brett Halstead and Manitoba Crop Alliance cereal agronomist Andrew Hector both noted wild yield swings even within the same growing region. “I’ve heard first- and second-hand
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Carbon exemption bill nearing close of Senate deliberations

Farm groups hoped to see Bill C-234 made law in time for harvest

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A bill to exempt propane and natural gas from the carbon price when used for grain drying and barn heating was nearing the end of its winding road through the Senate after an Oct. 5 meeting. Thursday morning the Senate’s committee on agriculture and forestry heard final witnesses speak on Bill C-234, which would amend
Crop Report, Crops

Manitoba cereal harvest completed

Canola crop seen as good to fair

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Dry and warm weather during the week ended Monday helped Manitoba growers advance the harvest to levels not usually seen at this time of year. Harvest progress in the province was at 85 per cent complete as of Monday, compared to the five-year average of 73 per cent. With the exception of spring wheat at

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