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Prairie wheat bids continue descent

Cash wheat values follow U.S. wheat futures’ loss of altitude

By Dave Sims August 18, 2017

Wheat bids in Western Canada continued to soften during the week ended Aug. 11, feeling the pull of downward action in U.S. futures. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by $14-$16 per tonne across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on fund selling

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer August 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell about one per cent to life-of-contract lows on Thursday, weighed down by investment fund short selling and abundant global supplies, traders said. Corn futures also eased but held just above Wednesday’s multimonth lows while soybean futures gained on strong Chinese demand and as rains

BASF’s promotions for pre-harvest use of Heat LQ have until now focused strictly on crops such as soybeans, peas, canola, dry beans and sunflowers. (Agro.basf.ca)

Cereals, Crops

Heat LQ cleared for pre-harvest use in wheat, barley

By GFM Network News, Leeann Minogue August 17, 2017

Wheat, durum and barley growers have a new pre-harvest herbicide option now that BASF has received Codex maximum residue limits (MRLs) for its product Heat LQ. While “there were probably some wheat acres already harvested,” according to Dan Packer, BASF’s cereals crop manager, this agreement will provide an additional pre-harvest option for farmers who still

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank to contract lows on Wednesday as ample global supplies provided overseas buyers with cheaper alternatives to U.S. offerings in export deals, traders said. Corn futures also were lower, pressured by the drop in wheat as well as good weather for crop development across the

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn slips to 10-month low on U.S. crop conditions

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer August 15, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn tumbled to a 10-month low on Tuesday and soybeans fell to a six-week low as rains boosted expectations for bumper U.S. crops, traders said. Some CBOT wheat and K.C. wheat futures dropped to life-of-contract lows on technical selling and as a stronger dollar threatened to make

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Rain falls, but more needed; cereal harvesting, canola swathing begin

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 14

By Manitoba Agriculture August 14, 2017

Warm weather has advanced crops, and also caused some injury in canola. Rainfall occurred throughout the province, but more rainfall is needed in many areas. Harvest has begun in winter cereals, spring cereals, and field peas. Canola is starting to be swathed. Insect monitoring is on-going, but disease incidence remains low. Haying continues, but in

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, spring wheat extend losses on technicals, weather

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer August 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and spring wheat futures pared losses on Monday but still closed lower as technical selling and outlooks for favourable crop weather continued to pressure prices following steep declines last week. Meanwhile, Chicago Board of Trade wheat and corn futures turned higher on a bargain-buying bounce. CBOT November soybean futures

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, led lower by a sharp decline in MGEX spring wheat as investors liquidated bullish positions following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for a bigger-than-expected crop in the northern Plains, traders said. The selloff pushed the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat

Crops

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 10, 2017

Washington/Reuters – The U.S. 2017 corn and soybean harvests will be bigger than expected despite a slow start to planting and concerns that hot and dry conditions stressed the corn crop during critical periods of development, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for both corn and soybean yield and production

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Hot weather advances crops, hurts some canola in process

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 8

By Manitoba Agriculture August 9, 2017

Moderate to hot weather from past weeks has advanced crops, but also caused some injury in canola. Rainfall occurred throughout the province, but in many areas more is still needed. Harvest has begun in winter cereals and field peas with good yields and quality reported. Insect monitoring is on-going in many crops, but disease incidence

Daily Network News

Deere settles U.S. right-to-repair lawsuit with $99 million fund, repair commitments

Klassen: Negative margins weigh on Western feeder cattle market

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Spring wheat

Prairie wheat bids continue descent

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on fund selling

Heat LQ cleared for pre-harvest use in wheat, barley

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

U.S. grains: Corn slips to 10-month low on U.S. crop conditions

Rain falls, but more needed; cereal harvesting, canola swathing begin

U.S. grains: Soy, spring wheat extend losses on technicals, weather

U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

Hot weather advances crops, hurts some canola in process

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