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EU rapeseed in good shape despite early problems

Despite repeated frosts in Germany, production still seen above last year

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Rapeseed crops in the European Union’s largest producers are in reasonable condition despite the double blows of drought and late-spring frosts, experts said May 18. A question mark remains over crops in the third-largest producer, Poland, where frosts in early May hit rapeseed at a vulnerable time as hundreds of thousands of hectares of yellow
Predators, such as (A) an Orius nymph, (B) Asian lady beetle, (C) aphid midge larva, and (D) parasitic wasps typically suppress early-season infestations of soybean aphid.
Crops, Oilseeds

U.S. study questions neonics for soybean aphid control

The effectiveness of the insecticide has diminished by the time the plants 
are at the stage when the insects arrive

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A multi-university study says that neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments have little effect on soybean aphid populations, as the pesticide has disappeared in plant tissue by the time the aphids arrive. The two-year study was a joint effort of Purdue University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, North Dakota State University, the University of Minnesota, South
Flax Council cautions on seed integrity
Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Council cautions on seed integrity

The group is worried more acres could see the return of Triffid

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With the latest official acreage estimates showing a jump in flax acres across much of Western Canada, the Flax Council of Canada is urging caution. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s latest Seeded Acreage Report is expecting 1.1 million acres to go into the ground this year, putting pressure on seed supplies, and putting the integrity of
Soybeans are starting to grow quickly outside the traditional production zone in the Red River Valley and the most recent StatsCan report reflects this.
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

StatsCan sees higher corn and soy acres in Manitoba

Statistics Canada’s seeding intentions report confirms, weather willing, 
there could be a 36 per cent jump in soy acres

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Get ready to see more soybeans zipping by your truck window during trips to town this summer. According to Statistics Canada’s first Principal Field Crops report of the season, which looks at seeding intentions for the coming season, Manitoba’s soybean acres are expected to jump 34.6 per cent in 2017. Of the seven million soybean
Cereals, Markets, Oilseeds

Funds all-time record short across CBOT grains, oilseeds

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Speculators hit a milestone in the Chicago grains and oilseeds market in late April, as they have reached a new level of bearishness across all seven grains and oilseeds futures and options contracts. Combining corn, hard and soft red winter wheat, hard red spring wheat, soybeans, soybean oil and soybean meal, hedge funds and other
Rapeseed field and sun
Markets, Oilseeds

Trade’s focus shifts to new-crop canola prospects

Facing tight old-crop supply, demand remains strong

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The ICE Futures Canada canola market went in two directions during the week ended April 28, with the July/November spread narrowing in considerably. Speculators, adjusting positions, accounted for much of the activity during the week, especially in the May contract as traders exited that month before expiry. The old-crop July contract lost roughly $5 per
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Cereals, Local news, Oilseeds

Support grows to keep deferred cash purchase tickets

KAP and the Western Grain Elevator Association say a proposal to end the option is bad for the grain sector

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Support to retain deferred cash purchase tickets for western grain farmers is building. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) passed a resolution to that end at its advisory council meeting here April 20 to keep the option. The Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA), which represents Canada’s six major grain elevator companies, also wants to keep deferred cash
The Canola Council of Canada says production goals and longer rotations can both happen.
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Council of Canada sticks to 2025 production goal

Experts are advising longer rotations for canola in the face of disease pressures, 
but the Canola Council of Canada says it won’t affect its production goals for 2025

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The Canola Council of Canada says advice to lengthen rotations will not change its 2025 yield goals of 52 bushels an acre for a total 26 million tonnes. Typical wheat-canola rotation has fallen out of favour with agronomy experts, who argue that longer rotations are needed to manage disease such as blackleg, verticillium wilt or
Bags Of Money On A Farm Field
Grain Markets, Markets, Oilseeds

Fears of short supplies sustain canola values

Alberta managed to harvest some of last year’s crop

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ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around for much of the holiday-shortened week before fund positioning pushed the front-month contracts up $5 on April 13. The spike left the May contract perched at the technically important $500-per-tonne mark. One of the main factors underpinning the canola market continues to be the idea that stocks of
Two online calculators are available to help you get your canola stand just right this spring.
Crops, Oilseeds

What’s your canola-seeding rate?

New online calculators can help get this key decision just right

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When it comes to putting in canola, few decisions are more important than getting the seeding rate right. Now there are two new online calculators that you can find at www.canolacalculator.ca that will help determine the correct plant stand for an individual field. The calculators determine target plant density and seeding rate, and allow farmers

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