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Canola is flowering in most areas of Manitoba. Photo: Greg Berg

Manitoba crops progressing quickly in hot and humid weather

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team July 24, 2019

MarketsFarm – Dry areas of Manitoba received much needed rain during the week ended July 22, with the majority of the province’s agricultural land now reporting optimal soil moisture conditions, according to the latest weekly report from Manitoba Agriculture. Warm and humid conditions helped with crop development in most areas of the province during the

Crop Report, Weather

Corn, sunflower, soybeans enter reproductive phase, hay and forage yields far below normal

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 23

By Manitoba Agriculture July 23, 2019

Southwest Region Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the region brought some significant rain in few areas and very little in others. Day and nighttime temperature have been above normal, giving crops a big growth boost. Some yellowing occurring in fields due to wet conditions in low spots, but with improved conditions this past week, they

Cereals

South central North Dakota wheat tour sees yields seen above average

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub July 23, 2019

North Dakota | Reuters – Wheat yield potential in south central North Dakota is trending above average, with the crop benefiting from ideal weather following a wet spring that delayed planting, scouts on annual tour found on Tuesday. “This is really good wheat for out here,” said Dave Green, executive vice president of the Wheat

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (fifth from left) meets in Quebec City with provincial and territorial ag ministers. (CNW Group/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Markets, Weather

Ag ministers aim for AgriStability upgrades for 2020

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff July 22, 2019

Coming out of their meeting in Quebec City, Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial ministers for agriculture say they plan to meet again before year’s end to see about improving the AgriStability program for 2020. In a statement Friday, the ministers said they discussed “adjustments that could improve existing (business risk management) programs to address the

CBOT September 2019 corn futures with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain as market wrestles with export, crop prospects

By GFM Network News July 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures settled up on Friday as investors weighed trade talks between the United States and China and expected cooler U.S. weather against uncertainty over acreage levels following a rain-soaked spring. Some analysts said there may be some technical buying pushing up futures, especially soybeans. They also looked

Columns, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: More showers, then sunny and dry

Forecast issued Monday, July 15, 2019 covering July 17-24, 2019

By Daniel Bezte July 19, 2019

Once again, the weather models did a pretty good job with the forecast. The heat and humidity moved in last weekend as expected and we did see several rounds of thunderstorms move through on Sunday and Monday of last week. This forecast period will begin fairly unsettled as a broad area of low pressure tracks

Columns, Editorial, Farmit Manitoba

Editor’s Take: Canada at a crossroads

By Gord Gilmour July 19, 2019

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada remains either a leader or laggard in the realm of support for its agriculture sector, depending on how one approaches the problem. A free market idealist who favours letting the invisible hand sort it all out might think less support to producers is a

Crops

Young grasshoppers’ patience rewarded

Producers are in their sprayer cabs again, this time after grasshoppers

By Alexis Stockford July 19, 2019

Manitoba’s weather has been good for grasshoppers in the last three years, and now some fields are paying the price. “Right now, there’s pockets in the province that do have some very high levels of grasshoppers,” provincial entomologist John Gavloski said. “There’s quite a bit of edge spraying going on where people are trying to

CBOT August 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy falls on cooler weather, China cancellation

By GFM Network News July 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures settled down following a choppy day of trading on Thursday, after hitting the lowest level in more than a week on forecasts for cooler weather and export data showing China had canceled soy purchases for the first time since April. U.S. Agriculture Department data showed the world’s top

SGS’s cereals lab in Guelph at its official opening in 2016. (SGS.com)

Crops

Inspections group SGS to slim workforce

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff July 18, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — Swiss inspections group SGS plans to trim its workforce by 2,000 across about 120 countries in a process of natural attrition rather than sudden cuts or corporate restructuring, company spokesman Daniel Rufenacht said on Thursday. CEO Frankie Ng was earlier quoted by Swiss newspapers Handelszeitung and Tribune de Geneve as saying

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean prices rise as China-U.S. truce assessed

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures post limit-down losses

ICE canola weekly outlook: Market rangebound