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

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

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Larger U.S. pea, lentil areas expected

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the United States will grow more lentils and peas in 2022, although chickpea area may be down, according to early estimates ahead of spring seeding. Total pea area in the country is forecast at 1.088 million acres, which would be up 11 per cent from 2021, according to the U.S. Department

CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on Ukraine woes, U.S. biofuel plan

May soybeans also close higher

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 12, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures rose on Tuesday on worries about the Russia-Ukraine conflict persisting and disrupting Black Sea grain exports, and optimism about increased demand for biofuels, analysts said. U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil plans to extend the availability of higher biofuel blends of gasoline during the summer

CTF systems rely on matching the width of equipment to restrict travel to a few tramways leaving the rest of the field uncompacted.

Crops, Equipment

The straight and narrow of CTF

Tramline farming can limit compaction, reduce costs, increase production and improve soil health

By Gord Leathers April 12, 2022

Adam Gurr heard of controlled traffic farming (CTF) about 15 years ago and dismissed it at first. He felt living in a freeze/thaw climate like ours would break up any soil compaction in his fields so it wasn’t necessary here. Still, when he looked closely at crop growth on the previous year’s combine tracks the

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Early controlled traffic farming pioneer saw benefit in soil biology

Two-year study showed significant improvements in several areas

By Gord Leathers April 12, 2022

When Adam Gurr talks about the history of controlled traffic farming (CTF) in Canada he’ll tell you about Dean Glenney, a now-retired agricultural engineer and farmer from Ontario. He could get phenomenal corn yields and he felt it was because of his use of CTF. “When you visit Dean’s farm, he brings a shovel out,

File photo of a cornfield in Argentina. (Reisegraf/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Argentine grain truckers strike, threatening exports amid harvest

By GFM Network News, Maximilian Heath April 12, 2022

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Truckers in Argentina began an open-ended strike on Monday to demand higher rates for transporting grain and livestock, an action that could hit grain exports during a key part of the harvest. Argentina, the world’s leading exporter of soy derivatives and second-largest corn exporter, recently started harvesting both grains, which

A combine unloads wheat on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in western India on March 16, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)

Crops, Markets

Record wheat crop, high stocks to help India meet rising export demand

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj, Rajendra Jadhav April 11, 2022

New Delhi | Reuters — Bumper harvests and overflowing grain bins will help India to meet wheat import needs of the world’s top buyers as Russia’s Ukraine invasion hits supplies from the Black Sea region, a top government official said. India, the world’s second biggest wheat producer, is prepared to meet any extra demand for

CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat firm as Ukraine war raises supply fears

CBOT corn ends mixed

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 11, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly three per cent on Monday and hit a two-week high on worries about U.S. crop prospects and concern that fighting in Ukraine will continue to disrupt Black Sea region exports, analysts said. But soybeans fell as COVID-19 lockdowns in China, the top importer of the oilseed,

Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Bids up on Ukraine projections, poor U.S. winter wheat conditions

U.S. May wheats up on week

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — A sharp reduction of wheat acres in war-torn Ukraine and poor crop conditions in the United States all brought support to wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not only posed major difficulties exporting grain out of the country, but will also prevent wheat acres

Crops, Markets

U.S. crop prices climb following April WASDE report

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — There were two notable surprises in the latest supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to Ryan Ettner, trader with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. One was USDA having maintained its carryout for corn; the other was the carryover for wheat being a little larger than what the markets

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Crops

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

Pulse weekly outlook: Larger U.S. pea, lentil areas expected

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on Ukraine woes, U.S. biofuel plan

The straight and narrow of CTF

Early controlled traffic farming pioneer saw benefit in soil biology

Argentine grain truckers strike, threatening exports amid harvest

Record wheat crop, high stocks to help India meet rising export demand

U.S. grains: Wheat firm as Ukraine war raises supply fears

Prairie cash wheat: Bids up on Ukraine projections, poor U.S. winter wheat conditions

U.S. crop prices climb following April WASDE report

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