Ryan Boyd discusses his experiment interseeding winter wheat with soybeans during a June 29 field tour at his operation north of Forrest, Man.

Polycropping soybeans and winter cereals

Ryan Boyd says an RTK guidance system is his first, but not his last foray into precision agriculture

Ryan Boyd is hoping winter cereals and soybeans will be a match made in polycrops heaven. The Forrest-area producer has previously experimented with cover crops and mob grazing in order to increase soil organic matter and infiltration, but this year has turned his gaze to precision agriculture. His operation was the focus of a June




(Photo courtesy United Soybean Board)

U.S. grains: Soybeans set four-month top

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a four-month high Tuesday on worries about stressful crop weather in the Midwest and as traders squared positions one day ahead of monthly reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn futures ended fractionally lower on profit-taking after a one-year high, while wheat ended higher after a



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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn firm on weather view

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rallied 1.4 per cent on Friday on hotter and drier forecasts for important growing areas of the U.S. Midwest, traders said. Concerns about the forecast also supported corn futures but the market closed off session highs as profit-taking weighed on prices after their run-up to


U.S. drought keeps Prairie wheat bids climbing

U.S. drought keeps Prairie wheat bids climbing

Wheat futures rallied on conditions in Montana and North Dakota

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada continued to rise with the rallying U.S. futures during the week ended June 30, as drought conditions in North Dakota and Montana worsened. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up $33 to $37 per tonne across the Prairie provinces, according

Oilseeds see sharp gains despite bearish reports

Oilseeds see sharp gains despite bearish reports

Traders are already second-guessing StatsCan on acres

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed higher over the course of the week ended June 30, hitting their best levels in months, despite large North American oilseed acres confirmed by Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Record Canadian canola seedings and a six-million-acre increase in U.S. soybean area would typically be bearish for