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Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — The slide in western Canadian feed grain prices over the past few months shows signs of slowing, as concerns over harvest delays supplant earlier concerns over large crops and quality downgrades. “The weather over the next week or so doesn’t look that great,” Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge said Thursday.

A 12-week global test of the McDonald’s P.L.T. starts Sept. 30, 2019 in 28 southwestern Ontario stores. (CNW Group/McDonald’s Canada)

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Ontario to host global test for McDonald’s pulseburger

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff September 26, 2019

The biggest quick-service dining chain on the planet is set to use southwestern Ontario as the global test market for its first foray into Beyond Meat. McDonald’s announced Thursday it will run a 12-week test for a plant-based burger it calls the “P.L.T.” exclusively at 28 restaurants in the region starting Monday. “This test allows

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Spring wheat futures rally on North American weather woes

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 25, 2019

MarketsFarm — Weather-related quality issues with North American spring wheat crops saw Minneapolis spring wheat futures rally sharply over the past three weeks, with more room to the upside as concerns mount over the state of the crop. The December contract hit a multi-year low of $4.865 per bushel at the beginning of September, but

ICE January 2020 canola (candlesticks) and CBOT January 2020 soybeans (yellow line). (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stay rangebound

By GFM Network News September 25, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola prices have been characterized as “firm one day and softer the next,” this week, remaining largely rangebound in light trading activity. “It’s hard to tell why, but canola oscillates between stronger than soybeans and then weaker,” said Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg. “It’s just spreaders playing back and forth with

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U.S. agriculture official calls trade tensions with China ‘new normal’

By GFM Network News, Maximilian Heath September 25, 2019

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The United States and China are still in the early stages of their trade war and tensions that arise from it should be considered the “new normal,” a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Wednesday. Washington has tried to hold China accountable for its trade practices and not sought

CBOT November 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on weather, Chinese buying concerns

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter September 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors worried U.S.-China trade relations could escalate and as thoughts of frost impacting U.S. Midwest yields began to ease, traders said. Soybean futures faced pressure after President Donald Trump criticized Chinese policy in his address at the United Nations on Tuesday, reviving worries that

CBOT December 2019 corn (candlesticks) and November 2019 soybeans (yellow line). (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. dollar, weather hurt prices

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 25, 2019

MarketsFarm — Growing strength in the U.S. dollar has hurt commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to Terry Reilly, grains analyst for Futures International in Chicago. The impetus for the gain was comments from U.S. President Donald Trump, who remarked a trade deal with China could come sooner rather than later.

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Alberta to lift residency rule for public grazing lands

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff September 25, 2019

The Alberta government plans to remove a restriction on non-Albertans’ use of public lands for grazing, in a bid to smooth out paths for interprovincial trade. The province on Saturday announced it will do away with eight of its declared exceptions under the interprovincial Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). Of the eight, three deal with

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Harvest progress in Manitoba slowed by widespread rainfall

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for September 24

By Manitoba Agriculture September 24, 2019

Southwest Region Severe thunderstorms with hail and heavy rains fell over the last week and on the weekend. Rainfall has prolonged harvest, which is already delayed from earlier high moisture conditions. Other than Russell area, most districts received 30 to 110 mm rainfall. Brandon, Boissevain, and Mountainside all received greater than 100 mm. Frequent rains

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Major Quebec hothouse grower seeks creditor protection

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff September 24, 2019

One of Quebec’s best known greenhouse propagators, who in recent years launched an aggressive expansion into organic vegetables, is seeking creditor protection. Les Serres Lefort, which operates almost 50 acres of greenhouse facilities at Sainte-Clotilde in Quebec’s Monteregie, announced Sept. 10 it had filed a notice of intention on Sept. 6 to file a proposal

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

Ontario to host global test for McDonald’s pulseburger

Spring wheat futures rally on North American weather woes

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stay rangebound

U.S. agriculture official calls trade tensions with China ‘new normal’

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on weather, Chinese buying concerns

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. dollar, weather hurt prices

Alberta to lift residency rule for public grazing lands

Harvest progress in Manitoba slowed by widespread rainfall

Major Quebec hothouse grower seeks creditor protection

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