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CBOT March 2020 corn with 10-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn futures firm on technical buying

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub December 2, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed on Monday, edging up to their highest in nearly a month on a round of technical buying despite signs of poor demand, traders said. Soybean futures fell, with traders waiting for concrete signs of progress in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China before buying into a

Cam Dahl (centre), Cereals Canada president, shares a joke with Yasuo Sasaki (left), executive director of the Japanese Flour Millers Association at a recent new crop mission to Tokyo.

Cereals, News

Canada still has high-quality milling wheat to sell

But it may not be as easy to access following harvest challenges across the Prairies

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2019

A tough harvest has hit quality, but Western Canada still has the high-quality milling wheat it is famous for. That’s the message prospective buyers will hear at seminars this fall and early winter in Asia, Latin America, Italy, and North and West Africa. The events are organized by Cereals Canada, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

Cereals, News

Mildew top degrading factor for CWRS grades No. 2, 3 and CW Feed

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2019

Based on early samples assessed by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) through its Harvest Sample Program this fall, sprout damage was not the top factor reducing the grade of western Canadian wheat in the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class. The single biggest degrading factor was mildew affecting 24.7 per cent of the No. 2,

Jason Shapiro at Grain World. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

Crops, Markets

Grain World: Geopolitics is back dominating global relations

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 29, 2019

Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Geopolitics is again shaping the international scene, including China, Jason Shapiro explained here Thursday at the Grain World conference. Geopolitics, he said, resulted in catastrophic global wars and generated very little peace for close to a century. Shapiro, director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures — an Austin, Tex.-based international risk analysis

Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Improved basis underpins bids

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 29, 2019

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, as basis levels improved in most locations. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were mixed during the week, with a steady to softer tone in Manitoba while Saskatchewan and Alberta saw gains of $1-$3

CBOT March 2020 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat surges to five-month high

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter November 29, 2019

Corrected, Nov. 30 — Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures exploded to a five-month high on Friday due to threats to global production and as fund scrambled to cover their short positions in the post-holiday market, traders said. The wheat rally gave support to Chicago corn futures, which hit a three-week high on the

You don’t have to finish harvest before filing your MASC Harvest Production Report. You have until Dec. 2.

Crops, Local news

MASC harvest production reports deadline Dec. 2

Farmers who file online will find out right away if they are in a claim position

By Allan Dawson November 28, 2019

The deadline for Manitoba farmers to submit crop insurance Harvest Production Reports to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) is Dec. 2, whether the farmer completed harvest or not. Both the paper and online report forms should be easier for farmers to fill out because less information is now required, David Van Deynze, MASC’s vice-president

Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Firm Prairie market leveling off

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — Logistics issues moving grain where it needs to be in Western Canada continue to prop up feed prices, but the market is starting to level off, according to a broker. “We are seeing a bit of a shortage of trucks,” said Tracy Green of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, adding “things are still

Crops

CN kicks off recovery after eight-day strike

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 28, 2019

Reuters –– Canadian National Railway on Thursday said it was putting a recovery plan in place while ramping up operations after the country’s biggest rail strike in a decade. The eight-day-long work stoppage at Canada’s largest railroad sent shocks through the country’s economy with grain and propane shipments scuttled. The strike by about 3,200 conductors

KFC is testing a “chicken” sandwich and popcorn “chicken” made with a plant-based meat substitute at one of its Toronto-area stores. (CNW Group/KFC Canada)

Crops

KFC tests plant-based ‘fried chicken’ in Ontario

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 27, 2019

Fast-food chicken chain KFC is collecting feedback from a one-day, one-store test of a new Canadian-made plant-based “fried chicken” product for the Canadian market. The Canadian arm of the Yum Brands-owned chain set up a “limited” test run for what it calls KFC Plant-Based Fried Chicken at its 6055 Creditview Rd. store in Mississauga, Ont.

Daily Network News

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

Conservative MP introduces bill to speed approvals of seeds, fertilizers

Crops

U.S. grains: Corn futures firm on technical buying

Canada still has high-quality milling wheat to sell

Mildew top degrading factor for CWRS grades No. 2, 3 and CW Feed

Grain World: Geopolitics is back dominating global relations

Prairie cash wheat: Improved basis underpins bids

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat surges to five-month high

MASC harvest production reports deadline Dec. 2

Feed weekly outlook: Firm Prairie market leveling off

CN kicks off recovery after eight-day strike

KFC tests plant-based ‘fried chicken’ in Ontario

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