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Think of soil aggregates like the frame of a house, giving that building its shape and strength.

How to improve your soil architecture

Cover crops can help form better soil aggregates and soil structure

By Gord Leathers April 18, 2022

A lot of architecture is about bearing weight and many of the buildings on your property do this with two basic shapes. The triangle, that you see in your rafters, or the arch, as in the double 2×4 header over your garage door, are important weight distributors. They allow you to have large amounts of

CF Industries’ UAN plant at Donaldsonville in Louisiana. The company also makes UAN at plants in Ontario, Iowa and Oklahoma. (Thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com)

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CF Industries warns of shipment delays via Union Pacific

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 14, 2022

Reuters — Fertilizer firm CF Industries on Thursday warned of delays in shipment of its nitrogen fertilizers, a week after Union Pacific mandated certain shippers to reduce the volume of private cars on its rails. The announcement of delay also comes a month after CF said it is increasing fertilizer shipments to both U.S. coasts

File photo of a wheat field in northern Ukraine on July 14, 2016. (File photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

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Ukraine could lack seed for years, French producers warn

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 14, 2022

Paris | Reuters — Reduced production of crop seed in Ukraine due to war with Russia could affect the country’s grain production for several years, a French seed industry group said on Thursday. Ukraine, one of the world’s largest grain exporters, is widely expected to see its harvest shrink this year as Russia’s invasion disrupts

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Market stagnant as U.S. corn imports continue

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 14, 2022

MarketsFarm — Feed grain markets in Western Canada are holding relatively steady for the time being, as end-users are well covered with corn imports from the United States. “It seems like most buyers have managed to cover themselves well into June with corn,” said Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, adding that

CBOT May 2022 corn (green and red candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and December 2022 corn (orange candlesticks). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on global supply fears

Wheat down on profit-taking; Argentina trucker strike supports soy, corn

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 14, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit life-of-contract highs on Thursday, supported by tightening global grain supplies and an uncertain production outlook as the Russia-Ukraine war continued to rattle markets, analysts said. However, trade was choppy and deferred corn contracts finished lower as traders took profits ahead of a three-day holiday weekend. U.S. markets

Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)

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Italian court upholds veto against Syngenta purchase of seed producer

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 14, 2022

Rome | Reuters — An Italian administrative court ruled that a government veto of the purchase of seed producer Verisem by Chinese-owned Syngenta was valid, the agrochemicals giant said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Mario Draghi blocked the proposed takeover in October, the second time he used the special “golden power” rules to ward off an

Grain is loaded onto ships for export at a port on the Parana River near Rosario, Argentina on Jan. 31, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Marcos Brindicci)

Crops, Markets

Argentina trucker strike talks fail, threatening grain exports

By GFM Network News, Maximilian Heath April 14, 2022

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine grain-truck drivers, industry groups and government officials failed to make a breakthrough in talks on Wednesday to end a strike, raising a threat to corn and soy exports during the key harvest season. Truckers who haul grains have been on strike since Monday, which has brought to a near

ICE Futures July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines) and November 2022 canola (black line). (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola seen as teetering, likely to tumble

'A lot of emotion and tension' in market

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola values sit high atop a precipice, tittering toward a steep drop. One recourse for canola is to bank on prices for soyoil and soymeal on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to rise sharply in the near future — or take that step off its perch to what would be

CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: Myriad of factors affecting prices amid USDA report

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — For the most part, grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were pretty much unaffected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply and demand estimates released Friday. While wheat prices saw support due to a reduction in global wheat supplies from 2021-22 as well as dry conditions in the

CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn nears 10-year high

Wheat, soy up as Ukraine still in focus

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 13, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit their highest in nearly 10 years on Wednesday and wheat touched a three-week top on worries about tightening global grain supplies, the crisis in Ukraine and drought in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybeans bounced, shaking off signs of slowing demand from top global buyer China, while

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

Crops

How to improve your soil architecture

CF Industries warns of shipment delays via Union Pacific

Ukraine could lack seed for years, French producers warn

Feed weekly outlook: Market stagnant as U.S. corn imports continue

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on global supply fears

Italian court upholds veto against Syngenta purchase of seed producer

Argentina trucker strike talks fail, threatening grain exports

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seen as teetering, likely to tumble

CBOT weekly outlook: Myriad of factors affecting prices amid USDA report

U.S. grains: Corn nears 10-year high

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