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Alberta, Ontario sugar beet producers hope for good year

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Sugar beet farmers in Canada’s two main growing provinces are hoping for a good year, according to the leaders their respective provincial associations. Wet conditions extended planting in Ontario, said Rob McKerrall, chair of the Ontario Sugarbeet Growers’ Association (OSGA). “There was probably a third of the crop went in fairly early. It

Burcon’s technical centre in the Fort Garry district of Winnipeg. (Glen Hallick photo)

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Pea, canola protein processing plant planned for outside Winnipeg

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Somewhere outside Winnipeg, a new pea and canola processing plant is scheduled to be in production by August 2020. The $65 million facility is expected to process up to 20,000 tonnes of yellow field peas annually and will be the world’s only commercial-scale food-grade canola protein production facility. No figure for the plant’s

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Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices softer ahead of harvest

By GFM Network News July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have softened ahead of harvesting season, due in part to improving growing conditions and a stronger Canadian dollar. Drought conditions earlier in the summer had threatened Prairie crop yields and buoyed feed grain prices, but the weather premium has subsided thanks to recent rains. “Rain showed us we’ll have a

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Federal report expects canola output down, wheat up

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Expectations for canola production in Canada were revised downward Friday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). AAFC has now estimated Canadian farmers will produce 18.575 million tonnes of canola in 2019, down about 8.7 per cent from its previous estimate. Earlier this week, MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett predicted canola production would be down

Cattle in the Interlake graze parched pastures as producers eye their stunted hayfields with concern.

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Pressure rising again on feed supply as first cut falls short

Recent rains came too late to boost growth

By Alexis Stockford July 19, 2019

Hay shortages still have a chokehold on Manitoba as producers take stock of their first cut. Rains gave much-needed relief to fields across southern Manitoba since the end of June, but it was largely too late for the forage crop. Top-tier stands this year only reach about 60 per cent of normal, according to John

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Prairie hay shortage on horizon

By GFM Network News July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — While rain across the Prairies has eased concerns of an all-out drought, worries of a hay shortage going into winter haven’t ceased. Darren Chapman, a Virden, Man. producer and chair of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA), explained that regrowth following the first cut of hay has been strong. First-cut hay crops

CBOT September 2019 corn futures with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain as market wrestles with export, crop prospects

By GFM Network News July 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures settled up on Friday as investors weighed trade talks between the United States and China and expected cooler U.S. weather against uncertainty over acreage levels following a rain-soaked spring. Some analysts said there may be some technical buying pushing up futures, especially soybeans. They also looked

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Young grasshoppers’ patience rewarded

Producers are in their sprayer cabs again, this time after grasshoppers

By Alexis Stockford July 19, 2019

Manitoba’s weather has been good for grasshoppers in the last three years, and now some fields are paying the price. “Right now, there’s pockets in the province that do have some very high levels of grasshoppers,” provincial entomologist John Gavloski said. “There’s quite a bit of edge spraying going on where people are trying to

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

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U.S. grains: Soy falls on cooler weather, China cancellation

By GFM Network News July 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures settled down following a choppy day of trading on Thursday, after hitting the lowest level in more than a week on forecasts for cooler weather and export data showing China had canceled soy purchases for the first time since April. U.S. Agriculture Department data showed the world’s top

SGS’s cereals lab in Guelph at its official opening in 2016. (SGS.com)

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Inspections group SGS to slim workforce

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff July 18, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — Swiss inspections group SGS plans to trim its workforce by 2,000 across about 120 countries in a process of natural attrition rather than sudden cuts or corporate restructuring, company spokesman Daniel Rufenacht said on Thursday. CEO Frankie Ng was earlier quoted by Swiss newspapers Handelszeitung and Tribune de Geneve as saying

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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

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Alberta, Ontario sugar beet producers hope for good year

Pea, canola protein processing plant planned for outside Winnipeg

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices softer ahead of harvest

Federal report expects canola output down, wheat up

Pressure rising again on feed supply as first cut falls short

Prairie hay shortage on horizon

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain as market wrestles with export, crop prospects

Young grasshoppers’ patience rewarded

U.S. grains: Soy falls on cooler weather, China cancellation

Inspections group SGS to slim workforce

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