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Spring planting is proceeding in parts of the U.S. Midwest, including this field at Montgomery Township in northeastern Ohio’s Ashland County on April 19.
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola trade’s attentions turn to thoughts of spring

Planting is already underway in U.S. fields nowhere near you

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The ICE Futures canola market saw mixed activity during the week ended April 20, with the nearby May contract hitting both its highest and lowest levels of the past month as traders worked to exit the contract ahead of its expiry. The more-active deferred months were also up and down during the week, but held
A relatively mild winter could mean good survival for winter cereals headed into spring.
Crops, News

Winter cereals ready to check

A mild winter and adequate snow cover likely means they’re OK, but you’ll need to find out for sure

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With the melt in full swing, it’s time to check whether winter cereals are still viable. Lionel Kaskiw, a crop production extension specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says one of the main concerns regarding survival is the temperature at crown depth. It’s critical for winter wheat, says Kaskiw. “Soil temperatures need to be -20 C or
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Red wheats up slightly on week

Prairie durum values down on week

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MarketsFarm — Despite adverse weather conditions in both Canada and the U.S., as well as poor growing conditions south of the border, western Canadian wheat bids saw slight increases for the week ended Thursday. A spring snowstorm descended on eastern Saskatchewan, western Manitoba and North Dakota on Wednesday and Thursday, with some parts seeing up
Star Wars and grain markets
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Star Wars and grain markets

Expert’s Radar: Divergence from established patterns isn’t common, but it happens

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“This is the way.” If you’ve watched The Mandalorian, you’ve heard the phrase many times. I can’t speak to all the Star Wars lore, but it’s an enjoyable program perhaps best described as cowboys in outer space. The central Mandalorians of the show follow their own strict honour-bound creed, centred on the armour they wear
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Stronger loonie sends bids down

U.S. wheat futures also down on week

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MarketsFarm — A rising Canadian dollar helped lower western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday despite an array of supportive factors. As the central and southern U.S. Plains deal with severe drought in winter wheat-growing areas, a large snowpack in the northern Plains threatens to delay spring wheat seeding by a few weeks.
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Farmit Manitoba, News

From Ukraine: Farmer struggles after Russians driven back

Yuriy Zayikin lived under Russian fire for close to a year, now plans to rebuild

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Yuriy Zayikin has had a front row seat to the war in Ukraine. And at times he’s been forced onto the stage. He farms in the southern Kherson region. At one point 95 per cent of the area was occupied by invading Russian forces. Just five per cent remained under control of Ukraine, which is where Zayikin was ‘lucky’ enough
As always, the weather remains a key market moving factor to watch.
Markets, News

The 30,000-foot view

A flight home from holiday provided time to ponder markets

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After being repeatedly thwarted by the pandemic, I finally made it to Mexico for a family vacation recently. Hot temperatures, cool drinks, and not a thought of the commodity markets — until the flight home. Crop report There’s not much to the crop report from above 30,000 feet. Most of the southern United States looked
Recent price drops hide wheat’s weather situation
Grain Markets, Markets

Recent price drops hide wheat’s weather situation

Southern U.S. winter wheat-growing areas remain in drought

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As the calendar turned over to April, the focus for traders on the Chicago Board of Trade turned toward weather. There can be a tendency to either react based on recent weather events, ignore potential long-term weather trends, or both. In the case of wheat, the recent weakness shown in all three major U.S. varieties
Fusarium Head blight in wheat.
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Fusarium fight goes high-resolution

Fungal infection will now be monitored by new Prairie-wide model

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A new, made-in-Manitoba tool to assess the risk of fusarium head blight will be available to farmers across the Prairies this spring. After five years in development, the University of Manitoba agriculture department will make the tool available for use after an April 12 launch. “We wanted to embark on a project with a specific
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Bids drift lower

U.S. wheat futures down on week

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MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened during the week ended Wednesday, as choppiness in U.S. futures and strength in the Canadian dollar weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $1.60-$6.90 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from a

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