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KAP members report on 2021 growing season

It was a challenging growing season with lots of variability

By Allan Dawson October 28, 2021

Here is some of what some KAP members said about this year’s production during their online advisory council meeting Oct. 20: District 1, Carter McKinney “I heard of guys who got moderate yields on some crops and some guys got basically zero so it’s kind of hard to tell. I think it had to do

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Flatbread firm FGF buys Weston Foods bakery business

Weston selling to focus on retail, real estate

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 28, 2021

The parent company for Canadian grocery and retail giant Loblaw is taking a major step out of the baked goods business. George Weston Ltd. announced Oct. 26 it would sell its Weston Foods fresh and frozen bakery businesses to an arm of Toronto-based bakery firm FGF Brands for $1.2 billion. The company expects to close

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn futures rally; pull soybean, wheat prices higher

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub October 27, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures on Wednesday rallied 2.5 percent to their highest level in more than two months, supported by signs of robust ethanol production that bolstered demand for the yellow grain, traders said. The strength in corn spilled over into the soybean and wheat markets. “You had humongous ethanol numbers,” said

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Pulse weekly outlook: Possible seed shortage for lentils

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 27, 2021

With lentil yields varying across the Prairies this year some growers could find themselves short on seed to plant in 2022. “It depends on if you have booked seed already somewhere or you normally clean your own,” said Dale McManus, trader with Johnston’s Grain in Welwyn, Sask. “A lot of lentils haven’t brought to the

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm as harvest slows; wheat falls on profit taking

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub October 26, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures rose to their highest in more than three weeks on Tuesday after heavy rains across broad swaths of the U.S. Midwest stalled harvest, traders said. The harvest slowdowns also supported the soybean market. “Even if we get a break in the rains for one to two days, that

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U.S. grains: Wheat surges on supply concerns, as soybeans firm on vegetable oils

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter October 25, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures surged to a two-month high on Monday, as heavy world demand and worries about the global availability of high-protein wheat extended market gains. Soybeans were also firm, helped by renewed strength in the energy and vegetable oil markets. The most-active soft red winter wheat contract on the Chicago

The Co-op Ethanol Complex at Belle Plaine, Sask. (FCL.crs)

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

FCL, Whitecap sign agreement to sequester fuel plants' CO2

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 24, 2021

A major Prairie ethanol and fuel producer is posed to spend just over half a billion dollars on a system to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from its operations in Saskatchewan. Federated Co-operatives announced Thursday it had signed a memo of understanding with Calgary-based ‘clean energy’ company Whitecap Resources, in which the latter company will

File photo of wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia. (YGrek/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Other

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

By GFM Network News, Marcelo Teixeira October 23, 2021

New York | Reuters — Food traders are switching from containers back to dry bulk vessels to transport refined sugar and rice, hoping to avoid shipping delays caused by container shortages and port congestion the industry is calling “containergeddon,” according to traders. Container-based transportation has been hit by sky-high costs and delays amid booming shipping

A cornfield in Mexico’s Chihuahua state. (Undefined undefined/iStock/Getty Images)

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Mexico won’t limit GMO corn imports from U.S., ag minister says

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 23, 2021

Ankeny, Iowa | Reuters — Mexico’s agriculture minister said the country would not limit imports of genetically modified (GMO) corn from the United States during a meeting with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Iowa on Wednesday. Mexico published an executive order late last year that sought to ban in three years the use of

CBOT December 2021 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, brown and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat firms on global supply concerns

Fertilizer risks underpin corn; soybeans weighed by harvest, firmer crush lends support

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News October 22, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat rose on Friday, supported by global supply concerns and an easing dollar. Corn followed wheat higher, but gains were dragged down by pressure from a lower soybean market as U.S. farmers reap better-than-expected harvests of the oilseed. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ended

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on profit-taking

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound as market weighs China prospects

B.C. ostrich owner condemns violence near embattled farm

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KAP members report on 2021 growing season

Flatbread firm FGF buys Weston Foods bakery business

U.S. grains: Corn futures rally; pull soybean, wheat prices higher

Pulse weekly outlook: Possible seed shortage for lentils

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm as harvest slows; wheat falls on profit taking

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on supply concerns, as soybeans firm on vegetable oils

Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

Mexico won’t limit GMO corn imports from U.S., ag minister says

U.S. grains: Wheat firms on global supply concerns

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