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CBOT March 2021 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats after cold-weather rally

Corn, soy futures consolidate

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen February 17, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent on Wednesday, retreating from a two-week high set in early moves, as concerns eased about cold-weather damage following a frigid weekend in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Corn futures firmed slightly, consolidating below multi-year highs established last week, and soybean futures closed mixed. A

Crops, Markets

Canola stocks to tighten below a million tonnes, AAFC says

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks in both the current 2020-21 marketing year and in 2021-22 are forecast to tighten below a million tonnes, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The tight stocks were largely tied to expectations for increased domestic usage, with projected canola exports left unchanged from the January

CBOT May 2021 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather wreaks havoc on crops

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Unusual weather, both in North and South America, has significantly affected commodities this week at the Chicago Board of Trade, according to a broker. A brutal cold snap, extending from northern Canada to the U.S.-Mexico border, has slowed down soybean crushing, halted production at ethanol refineries and raised energy prices in the U.S.,

Blackleg and verticillium stripe are sometimes even found in the same plant.

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola foes the same — but different

Blackleg and verticillium stripe can be confusingly similar

By Don Norman February 17, 2021

Is it verticillium stripe or is it blackleg? That’s a question canola growers may find themselves asking more in the future, as verticillium stripe (VS) gains a stronger foothold on North American farms, a recent webinar hosted by the Prairie provinces’ canola associations heard. It was first discovered in Manitoba in 2014 and is caused

Crops, Markets

Some U.S. ethanol producers cut production to sell natural gas for profit

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly February 17, 2021

New York | Reuters — Sky-high U.S. natural gas prices have prompted some Midwestern ethanol producers to reduce processing in the last week, hoping instead to sell off some of their natural gas to take advantage of current high spot prices caused by the spike in cold weather, industry sources said. Ethanol margins in the

Beth Bechdol, deputy director-general for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), speaks on a video conference call marking World Pulses Day. (Photo courtesy FAO via Flickr, copyright FAO)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: World Pulses Day celebrated

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team February 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — The United Nations celebrated the annual World Pulses Day on Feb. 10, highlighting the contribution of pulse crops to world agriculture and nutrition. “Pulses are more than just nutritious seeds – they also contribute to achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development,” the UN said in a release. “They play

CBOT March 2021 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs to one-week high on frigid U.S. weather

Corn, soy futures follow firm trend

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen February 17, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday, rising more than three per cent on fears that frigid temperatures in the bread basket of the U.S. Plains may have damaged winter wheat, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures followed the firm trend, with a strong U.S. soy-crushing pace and

Crops, Markets

Funds add to net longs in canola, U.S. futures

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 15, 2021

MarketsFarm — The large managed-money net long positions in soybean, corn and canola futures increased during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola of 43,967 contracts as

An ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer plant in Russia. (Saoirse_2010/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

High fertilizer prices likely to climb more

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 13, 2021

MarketsFarm — Expect fertilizer prices to resume increasing, despite having fallen back recently. Prices began their sharp rise around the middle of December and beginning of January. “They will go higher as demand goes up at seeding time,” Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro in Winnipeg said. Jubinville reported urea prices have jumped $100 per tonne

K.C. April 2021 hard red winter wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Weather worries push wheat futures higher

Soybeans firm, corn slips

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub February 13, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, supported by concerns that arctic temperatures in key growing areas could damage the dormant crop during the weekend, traders said. “Cold temperatures, chiefly domestically, lesser so abroad, will keep the wheat trade watching winterkill prospects over the weekend,” Matt Zeller, director of market information at

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Crops

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats after cold-weather rally

Canola stocks to tighten below a million tonnes, AAFC says

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather wreaks havoc on crops

Canola foes the same — but different

Some U.S. ethanol producers cut production to sell natural gas for profit

Pulse weekly outlook: World Pulses Day celebrated

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs to one-week high on frigid U.S. weather

Funds add to net longs in canola, U.S. futures

High fertilizer prices likely to climb more

U.S. grains: Weather worries push wheat futures higher

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