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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba dry beans dip in yields, prices

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 8, 2021

MarketsFarm — This year’s dry bean harvest in Manitoba has only produced about two-thirds of an average annual yield, according to the province’s expert on pulses. Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for the Manitoba government at Altona, said all but a few acres have come off the fields. Due to drought conditions this summer, however, the

CBOT January 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, dark green and black lines). (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn sag before USDA report

Traders await department's crop and inventory forecasts

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek November 8, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures slumped on Monday as traders adjusted positions before the release of key U.S. Department of Agriculture crop and inventory forecasts on Tuesday. Big U.S. harvests, near-perfect weather for planting in Brazil and signs of slowing purchases by top buyer China are bolstering

This year Argyle farmer Alfred Billingham kept the combine chopper on while harvesting corn. His wife Judy Billingham followed with the baler. The result is a more palatable feedstuff.

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2021 drought inspires innovation

Manitoba farmers on the hunt for alternative feedstocks

By Allan Dawson November 8, 2021

Argyle farmers Alfred and Judy Billingham have been baling corn stover for years, but this year they tried a slightly different technique. They aren’t alone. “Some of the positives from this drought is the innovation and utilization of products,” Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Bill Campbell noted during KAP’s online advisory council meeting Oct. 20. “I know

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Cover crop becomes double crop on Manitoba farm

Marg Rempel says they purposely set the combine to throw a bit over and seed the land as they harvested

By Allan Dawson November 8, 2021

Double cropping is rare in Manitoba, but Marg Rempel did just that on 200 acres of her farm near Ste. Anne this year. The first was a 70-bushel-an-acre barley crop harvested in early August. The second was barley silage grown in the same field that yielded between 1.5 and two tonnes an acre harvested by another farmer for livestock

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U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower on harvest pressure, South American planting

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News November 5, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures fell for a third day on Friday, pressured by harvest activity and strong planting progress in South America that may open up export competition by mid-January, analysts said. Corn also eased from harvest pressure, while wheat stepped back after reaching a nine-year high earlier in the week. Corn

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Mustard supply crunch fuels price spikes

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 5, 2021

MarketsFarm – As the world’s largest producer of mustard, a sharp decline in Canadian production has already made a major impact on supply and prices. Despite an increase in seeded acres, Canada’s mustard production dropped 28 per cent to 71,000 tonnes for the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada’s September crop report. Of the

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy sag as traders await U.S. crop report

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek November 4, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. grain futures stumbled on Thursday amid positioning ahead of a federal crop report next week that is expected to show bigger estimates for the nation’s corn and soybean harvests, analysts said. Losses pulled wheat back further from a nine-year high reached on Tuesday at the Chicago Board of Trade. Corn retreated from

Growers need to remember crops fail and consider using futures and options to lock in prices rather than only delivery contracts, says a Manitoba lawyer.

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Past season a reminder crops can fail

Grain companies and farmers getting closer to resolving unfilled delivery contracts

By Allan Dawson November 4, 2021

After years of great crops farmers were reminded they can fail, says Manitoba lawyer and farmer John Stewart. Unfortunately for some, they contracted more grain than they grew. “What has happened is that farmers have become very cavalier,” Stewart said in an interview Oct. 21. “With modern seeding practices and modern equipment, with new genetics,

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U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend retreat from 2012 high

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek November 3, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures slid on profit-taking on Wednesday, traders said, after prices this week climbed to their highest level since 2012 on tightening world supplies and robust demand. Losses also hit the corn market, which retreated after rising on Tuesday to its highest price since Aug. 12. Wheat

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Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn filling Canadian feed shortages

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 3, 2021

MarketsFarm – As winter approaches, corn is making up a greater appearance in feed channels, supplanting barley and wheat in the process. “In Western Canada, the yields were significantly lower than average. So we’re importing a lot of feed into Western Canada, mostly corn and corn with DDGs (dried distillers’ grains),” said Allen Pirness, manager

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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba dry beans dip in yields, prices

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn sag before USDA report

2021 drought inspires innovation

Cover crop becomes double crop on Manitoba farm

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower on harvest pressure, South American planting

Mustard supply crunch fuels price spikes

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy sag as traders await U.S. crop report

Past season a reminder crops can fail

U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend retreat from 2012 high

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn filling Canadian feed shortages

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