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Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley have swung a little higher over the last week — but it’s not due to feedlots needing a lot of the cereal, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. Barley prices, he said, were $420-$424 per tonne delivered into Lethbridge, with offers as high as $445

One Canada Square (tower at centre) houses the London head office of the International Grains Council. (Iliffd/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Weather

World soybean output, stocks estimates chopped

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Downward revisions to soybean numbers stand out the most in February’s grain market report from the International Grains Council (IGC). Otherwise, the monthly estimates have minor alterations. The IGC cut its forecast on 2021-22 global soybean production by four per cent from its January report, bringing its projection to 353.1 million tonnes. The

File photo of growing corn plants. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume February 18, 2022

Reuters — Global farm chemicals and seeds maker Bayer will launch a corn variety in the United States next year that it says will better tolerate heavy winds associated with climate change, estimating future sales in North America as high as one billion euros. The corn, which grows one-third shorter than current varieties, will be

CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-m 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on Ukraine-Russia tensions

Corn, soybean futures end firm

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub February 17, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.2 per cent on Thursday, supported by rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia and expectations that war between the two export countries could improve demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Soybeans and corn futures closed in positive territory after trading both sides of unchanged, with concerns about

Members of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service keep watch at the Kliusy checkpoint near the frontier with Russia in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region on Feb. 16, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Russia-Ukraine conflict causes wheat market volatility

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — Conflicting reports and accounts from the ongoing geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine have had an effect on the markets, especially on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), over the past week. The March Chicago wheat contract had ranged from $7.65 to $8.15 per bushel during the week, but lack of precipitation in

CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as traders watch weather

Chicago wheat futures flat

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub February 16, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Wednesday, rising 2.3 per cent to halt a two-day fall with the market underpinned by concerns that forecast rain may be insufficient to avert further drought damage to crops in Argentina and southern Brazil. “It is the size of the crop in South America that will

Soil biology is garnering more attention as crop input costs rise.

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Farmers test microbes to nourish crops as climate pressure grows, costs rise

Soil biologicals are getting a lot of attention — and research money — in the past couple of years

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel February 16, 2022

Reuters – Tech companies are raising hundreds of millions of dollars, including backing from agriculture heavyweights like Bayer AG, in developing farm products that use living things like microbes and seaweed to nourish crops and lessen the need for synthetic fertilizer. Microbes, including fungi and viruses, have been available for decades as treatments to protect

“Final kernel weight is only possible if you have a high potential weight at the beginning.” – Tony Vyn, Purdue University.

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Does corn kernel weight matter more than quantity?

The number of kernels per plant in modern hybrids remains stable – yield gains come from kernel weight

By Matt McIntosh February 16, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – More corn is good, but growing heavier kernels is better. Sort of. According to veteran corn research specialists, altering in-field management to balance both kernel numbers and individual kernel weight is the best way to realize the true potential of modern hybrids. Heavier kernels can significantly improve yields, sometimes more than higher

CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall as fears of Black Sea disruption retreat

Soybeans down on chance of South America rain

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News February 16, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat and corn futures fell on Tuesday as Moscow’s announcement that some of its troops were returning to base after drills tempered investor fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine that could disrupt Black Sea export flows. U.S. soybeans fell as traders assessed chances for rain in

Anderson Soletti shows soybeans at his drought-parched plantation at Espumoso in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Jan. 10, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)

Crops, Markets, Weather

South American soy, corn crops face major disaster

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — With intense heat and very little rain, soybean and corn crops have been having a very tough time in South America, according Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor at Hinsdale, Ill. Be they from private consultancies or government bodies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture or its Brazilian equivalent CONAB,

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Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat

World soybean output, stocks estimates chopped

Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on Ukraine-Russia tensions

CBOT weekly outlook: Russia-Ukraine conflict causes wheat market volatility

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as traders watch weather

Farmers test microbes to nourish crops as climate pressure grows, costs rise

Does corn kernel weight matter more than quantity?

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall as fears of Black Sea disruption retreat

South American soy, corn crops face major disaster

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