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Canola plants in flower in a field north of Lorette, Man. on July 20, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)
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Good ratings seen for Manitoba’s spring wheat, canola

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MarketsFarm — Crops in Manitoba remain in good shape, according to the latest weekly report from the province’s agriculture ministry. In particular, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development (MARD) found spring wheat across the province rated 85 per cent good to excellent — but with crops not doing as well in the province’s Interlake region. While
CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans end lower on crop prospects

Wheat down on cancelled export tender

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than two per cent on Tuesday and soybeans also declined on optimism for sizable U.S. crops and some forecasts for rain next week, despite pockets of stress from hot and dry conditions, traders said. Wheat futures finished lower after a choppy session, declining after Egypt’s state
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Ukraine harvests first million tonnes of 2022 grain, farm ministry says

Invasion reduced sowing area for the season by 25 per cent

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Ukrainian farmers have threshed the first million tonnes of grain of the 2022 grain harvest from about three per cent of the sowing area, the Ukrainian agriculture ministry said July 8. The ministry said farmers had harvested 1.1 million tonnes of grain from 417,300 hectares with the average yield of 2.63 tonnes per hectare. Ministry data showed
CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)
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U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat up on broad commodity strength

Crop-stressing dry heat expected in Midwest

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat futures rose on Monday in response to worries about potentially stressful hot weather in the Midwest and Europe, coupled with bullish sentiment in crude oil and a weaker dollar, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade benchmark December corn settled up seven cents at $6.10-3/4 per bushel,
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Manitobans named to Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame

Grain storage researcher Digvir Jayas and wheat miller Ashok Sarkar honoured

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Two Manitobans are among the latest inductees to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. Dr. Digvir Jayas, currently the University of Manitoba’s vice-president (research and International), has spent more than 30 years researching the ecosystem of stored grain. This work has contributed to global food security and the economic well-being of farmers by minimizing losses
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Crops, Weather

Hail damage rescue treatments ineffective

Recent research shows treating hail-damaged crops with nutrients or fungicides does nothing to increase yields after damage

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Every summer, the perennial question is raised of whether to apply rescue treatment to crops damaged by hail. And every summer, the question was unanswered. Until now. At a recent Crop Talk webinar, Manitoba Agriculture soil fertility expert John Heard drew attention to an Alberta study that sought to find an answer. “I can report today on some
CBOT September 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20- and 200-day moving averages (green and black lines), MGEX September 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. September 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits five-month low

Corn, soy firm on U.S. weather outlook

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures tumbled to a five-month low on Friday, with hopes for a pick-up in exports from war-torn Ukraine threatening the recent gains made in demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn futures firmed again, their seventh gain in the last eight sessions, on concerns about hot
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grains under pressure awaiting new crop

Farmers 'digging in and being patient'

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MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada continue to come under pressure, as feedlots chew through corn imports from the United States and wait on the new-crop harvest. “We’re certainly seeing things soften,” said grain trader Shaun Smith of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Declines in the Chicago futures and good Prairie growing conditions

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