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Marla Rickman speaks to producers in Carman.

Rolling wet soil leads to compaction

Rolling dry soil can increase the likelihood of topsoil loss

By Shannon VanRaes August 30, 2016

When to roll and when not to roll soybeans, that is the question. Speaking at the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers recent SMART day in Carman, provincial soil management specialist Marla Rickman said it’s important to wait for the right conditions to avoid topsoil loss. “Generally you want to be rolling right after seeding, but

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Canada/EU trade deal remains mired in uncertainty

Ratification of the historic Canada-EU trade and investment pact is anything but a sure thing

By Alex Binkley August 30, 2016

With just two months to go before the scheduled signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union, things are up in the air. There’s uncertainty over what the deal will entail, and nobody’s sure if ratification is going to happen. The U.K. is on the way out of

Harvest equipment stands ready in the Livelong, Sask. area, about 100 km north of North Battleford. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat slide on prospects for rising stockpiles

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 30, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures fell to multi-year lows on Tuesday and soybeans hit a four-week low on expectations for big crops and rising grain supplies, traders and analysts said. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November soybeans settled down 13-1/2 cents at $9.50-3/4 per bushel and December corn ended down

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 18

Conditions as of August 30, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture August 30, 2016

Harvest 2016 continued across Manitoba. There were challenges due to wet weather and field conditions in some areas, as well as high grain moisture contents. To date, spring wheat yields range from 30 to 90 bushels per acre, barley 60 to 100 bushels per acre, oats 80 to 175 bushels per acre, field peas 15

Crops

Agrium, PotashCorp in merger talks

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 30, 2016

Canadian fertilizer giants Agrium and PotashCorp confirmed Tuesday they’re in “preliminary discussions” toward a possible merger-of-equals. Calgary-based Agrium and Saskatoon-based PotashCorp emphasized in separate statements Tuesday that no decision has yet been made on whether to go ahead with such a merger and no agreement has yet been reached. “There can be no assurance that

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a sixth consecutive session to hit a new 10-year low on Monday, as ample global stocks and a regulatory clamp-down from the world’s largest buyer of the grain dragged on prices. Corn set a seven-year low and soybeans also declined, pressured by prospects for large U.S.

Crops, Local news

Sunflowers can be frustrating but profitable

Manitoba’s sunflower crop is holding its own but sclerotinia could still hit hard

By Shannon VanRaes August 26, 2016

Despite inclement weather and legions of lygus bugs, Manitoba’s sunflower crop is looking good this season — at least for now. “So far it’s OK, we’ll see about sclerotinia damage in the next while, I haven’t seen very much head rot yet, but we still have essentially six weeks to go for this crop,” said

Crops, Local news

Another record for insured plantings of soybeans in Manitoba

A prediction that soybeans could challenge canola for top spot doesn't look so far fetched now

By Allan Dawson August 26, 2016

In 2013, grain market analyst Bruce Burnett predicted in five years Manitoba farmers would be planting just as many soybeans as canola. The intentionally provocative forecast was made to underscore how the combination of a warmer climate, improved soybean varieties and favourable returns can influence farmers’ planting decisions. But new soybean-planting records have been set

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 26, 2016

Reuters — Wheat futures dropped to their lowest price in Chicago in nearly a decade on Friday, pressured by ample supplies and technical selling. Corn dropped for the fifth straight session and soybeans lost ground for the fourth straight day, as a U.S. tour of mostly robust crops wrapped up. The Chicago Board of Trade

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canadian canola exporters book sales to China

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 26, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian exporters are making small sales of canola to China under Beijing’s stricter terms, an industry group and three sources said, possibly undermining Ottawa’s hardline negotiating stance with the world’s top market for the oilseed. The dispute over the new shipping standard, which industry groups in the world’s biggest canola exporter

Daily Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand, activity slowly rising

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest nears completion

Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest near completion despite snowfall

Oilseeds

Rolling wet soil leads to compaction

Canada/EU trade deal remains mired in uncertainty

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat slide on prospects for rising stockpiles

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 18

Agrium, PotashCorp in merger talks

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

Sunflowers can be frustrating but profitable

Another record for insured plantings of soybeans in Manitoba

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

Canadian canola exporters book sales to China

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