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Canola exports turn tiny as Canada running out

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — There was a tremendous drop in canola exports from Canada during week 34 of the 2021-22 marketing year, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. The commission’s report issued Thursday showed a mere 800 tonnes of canola were shipped overseas. The week before, 128,300 tonnes were outbound. “We’re really getting close to running out,”

CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

U.S. winter wheat 30 per cent good-excellent

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News April 5, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn climbed on Monday, underpinned by disrupted supplies of Black Sea grains as the conflict in Ukraine continues, while attention shifts to U.S. production. Chicago Board of Trade most-active wheat ended 25-3/4 cents higher at $10.10-1/4 a bushel (all figures US$). Soybeans added 19-1/2 cents to $16.02-1/4

File photo of a P.E.I. potato field against the backdrop of the Confederation Bridge. (Onepony/iStock/Getty Images)

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P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

New U.S. order replaces previous requirements; seed potatoes still blocked

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 2, 2022

Exports of Prince Edward Island table stock potatoes are again officially allowed to enter the mainland United States, after new U.S. entry rules regarding potato wart were published Friday. Canada’s federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Twitter that officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are now preparing to certify exports of eligible

Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow’s Red Square on June 24, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)

Crops, Markets

Putin ally warns agriculture supplies could be limited to ‘friends’

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 2, 2022

Reuters — One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies warned on Friday that Russia, a major global wheat exporter, could limit supplies of agriculture products to “friendly” countries only, amid Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of

Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Peace talks, USDA report pull on wheat futures

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 2, 2022

MarketsFarm — While peace prospects in Ukraine brought pressure onto wheat futures early on, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report caused the prices for two major western Canadian wheat varieties to close at different levels for the week ended Thursday. On the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), wheat futures declined when talks between Russia and

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

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy extends slide, corn mixed

CBOT wheat continues lower

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 2, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a second session on Friday, with the spot May contract dropping below US$16 a bushel for the first time in a month after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast record soy acreage in that country. Corn futures ended mixed. The front May contract on the Chicago

Most of the car wheelsets from the 2019 derailment were recovered for “further examination and testing,” the Transportation Safety Board said. (TSB photo)

Crops, Weather

CP disputes TSB’s conclusions on fatal grain train crash

Safety board urges automatic parking brakes, 'enhanced' brake testing for conditions

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 1, 2022

The federal Transportation Safety Board’s report into the fatal derailment of a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) grain train in the Rocky Mountains in 2019 calls for changes to train braking systems and maintenance. CP, however, is questioning the TSB’s conclusions about the braking performance of the train involved, saying those conclusions are “based on inappropriate

Canadian maple syrup for sale at Montreal’s Marche Atwater in 2016. (Lorraine Boogich/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Top court affirms hefty fine for man behind Quebec maple syrup heist

Back to prison if fine not paid in 10 years

By GFM Network News April 1, 2022

Reuters — The man behind a decade-old maple syrup heist in Quebec will have to pay a $9 million fine, Canada’s top court said on Thursday, upholding an earlier ruling by a lower court. A group of people in Quebec siphoned off maple syrup worth over $18 million from a reservoir and replaced it with

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

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-month low on record acreage view

Chicago corn futures, MGEX wheat up

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 31, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in a month on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected farmers would plant the most acres on record to the oilseed this spring while reducing corn acres. Corn futures rose on the acreage outlook, with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)

Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn prices steady, growers watch weather

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — Days after a work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) came to an abrupt end, prices for corn have been relatively stable, according to one trader. Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. in Lethbridge said there has been little price movement for the feed grain staple recently as most feedlots are already set

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

Crops

Canola exports turn tiny as Canada running out

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

Putin ally warns agriculture supplies could be limited to ‘friends’

Prairie cash wheat: Peace talks, USDA report pull on wheat futures

U.S. grains: Soy extends slide, corn mixed

CP disputes TSB’s conclusions on fatal grain train crash

Top court affirms hefty fine for man behind Quebec maple syrup heist

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-month low on record acreage view

Feed weekly outlook: Corn prices steady, growers watch weather

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