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U.S. grains: Soybeans end down as Trump announces new tariffs on China

By GFM Network News August 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures closed at their lowest levels in over a month on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Chinese goods while a more favorable weather outlook also sent corn prices down. Trump said he would impose an additional 10 percent tariff on $300 billion worth of

A canola field blooms in Manitoba’s Interlake on July 11, 2019. (Greg Berg photo)

Crops

Canada crop tour sees smaller canola crop after reduced plantings, dry spring

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 1, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters – Canadian farmers are likely to reap a smaller canola crop in 2019-20 due to reduced plantings and dry conditions, consultancy FarmLink Marketing Solutions said on Thursday after a crop tour of the prairie provinces. The Grain World tour on Tuesday and Wednesday, organized by FarmLink, visited fields in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to observe

Pea protein has created a lot of buzz for Manitoba farmers, but how worried should people be about recent reports of allergic reactions?

Farmit Manitoba, News, Pulses

Pea allergies could hamper new markets

New uses for pea protein is good news for growers, but it has also led to some unexpected allergic reactions for people

By Alexis Stockford August 1, 2019

Novel uses of pea protein are great news for growers but may be bad news for allergy sufferers. They’re suddenly faced with a world where it may be in unexpected places like sandwich meats and chicken strips. Earlier this spring Dr. Elana Lavine, an Ontario-based allergist, highlighted the issue in the Journal of Allergy and

Since March Canadian canola exports have increased to some other countries, but not enough to offset what’s expected to be an extra million tonnes of potentially price-depressing canola carry-over at the end of the crop year July 31.

News, Oilseeds

New Canadian canola seed sales made to China

Details are few but the canola council says normal canola trade with China has not been restored

By Allan Dawson August 1, 2019

Canada has made a “small amount” of new canola seed sales to China, but exports to Canada’s biggest canola customer aren’t back to normal. Not even close. “We are aware of a small amount of (canola seed) sales that have occurred (to China),” Brian Innes, the Canola Council of Canada’s vice-president of communications said in

Canada exported just 112,000 tonnes of canola to China in May based on sales made before the current dispute, down 79 per cent compared to May 2018.

News, Oilseeds

Escalation of canola dispute with China won’t work

Market analyst Mike Jubinville doesn’t see a resolution any time soon

By Allan Dawson August 1, 2019

Retaliating against China over its import restrictions on Canadian canola will only make the dispute harder to resolve, according to MarketsFarm analyst Mike Jubinville. Some commentators and farmers are demanding Canada retaliate, for example, by subjecting Chinese imports to intense inspections. “Taking an aggressive position with China is absolutely pointless,” he said in an interview

A slow start for some crops has put them a few weeks behind schedule in development that could expose them to frost later in the season. Photo: File

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops rally after rough spring

By GFM Network News August 1, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Pulse crops across the prairies have largely bounced back after rough growing conditions in the spring and early summer, but they’re not out of the woods just yet. “It’s been an abnormal year,” remarked Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse. Potts explained that in Saskatchewan, widespread dryness early in the

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn futures set two-month low as improved weather hits U.S. Midwest

By GFM Network News July 31, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn futures had a dismal close on Wednesday and touched a two-month low as analysts said U.S. crop weather was not threatening, while wheat and soybean prices also eased. The Chicago Board of Trade’s (CBOT) most-active corn contract settled down 11 cents, or 2.7 percent, at $4.10 a bushel. The

Keep it Clean wants farmers to hear the message that glyphosate and other crop protection products need to be applied only according to the label.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

If farmers keep misusing glyphosate, they may lose it

The warnings from the ‘Keep it Clean’ campaign are taking on a more urgent tone

By Allan Dawson July 31, 2019

If Canadian farmers want to keep using glyphosate they must stop misusing glyphosate. That blunt message was delivered earlier this summer during a ‘Keep it Clean’ webinar to agronomists and retailers, who were urged to pass it on to their farmer-clients. “We all know the value of glyphosate, but to be very blunt about it,

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-month low on improved U.S. crop condition

By GFM Network News July 30, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn futures reached a two-month low on Tuesday after a weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report on Monday said the U.S. crop was in better condition than analysts expected. The Chicago Board of Trade’s (CBOT) most-active corn contract settled down 6 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $4.21 a bushel. Wheat settled

Plots at the GFM Discovery Farm compared planter versus airseeder performance on canola emergence.

Crops, Oilseeds

Survival of the fittest

Can you get more bang for your buck by planting your canola?

By Alexis Stockford July 30, 2019

The jury is still out on using row crop seeders to sow canola, despite a growing number of Manitoba producers who have the equipment in their sheds. The implements’ precision seed placement, and the associated promise of lower seeding rates without compromising on yield, has bolstered interest from growers who may have already invested in

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola