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B.C. longshoremen vote in favour of strike

By GFM Network News May 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — Longshore workers at the Port of Vancouver have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike. Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) voted 98.4 per cent in favour of strike action against the member companies of the B.C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA), the union said Friday. In a letter to union

Crops, Markets

USDA sees smaller soy crop in 2019, more corn

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — U.S. farmers will grow more corn and fewer soybeans in 2019, according to the first production estimates of the year from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ending stocks of both crops are expected to remain large. U.S. soybean production for 2019-20 was forecast at 4.15 billion bushels by the government agency, which would

Ardent Mills’ flour mill at Rush City, Minn., about 80 km north of St. Paul. (ArdentMills.com)

Cereals, Crops

Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume May 10, 2019

Reuters — Ardent Mills will close three U.S. flour mills next month and a fourth in the first quarter of 2020, the flour miller and food ingredient maker announced Friday. The company, a joint venture between ConAgra Foods, Cargill and CHS, said the closures were necessary due to “anticipated demand and to enhance the efficiency

CBOT July 2019 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy sinks to decade low as China trade war escalates

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 10, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures sank to their lowest prices in more than a decade on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump said he was in no hurry to sign a deal to end the trade war with Beijing, a dispute that has slashed U.S. exports of the oilseed to China. Wheat futures

Crops, Markets

Net short position keeps growing in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — The large speculative short position in ICE Futures canola contracts continued to grow during the week ended Tuesday, as speculators added to their bearish bets on the market, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators had

Manitoba Agriculture's Lionel Kaskiw says cold temperatures are hindering weed growth, but also rendering crop protection products less effective.

Crops

Cool weather casts questions on weed burn off

Weeds haven’t exactly flourished in the cold this spring, but the province warns that they are germinating, and the cold itself lends challenges to spraying them out

By Alexis Stockford May 10, 2019

That spring burn off may not be doing what it’s supposed to if temperatures stay low. Lionel Kaskiw, farm production advisor with the province, is reminding farmers to watch their thermometers when deciding if and when to do a pre-emergent herbicide pass. Why it matters: A cold spring has stunted weed growth, but it also

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures break 10-year low on China trade tensions

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 9, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures tumbled to their lowest prices in more than a decade on Thursday as traders worried that make-or-break trade talks between Washington and Beijing would fail to produce a deal. Corn and wheat futures also fell as a two-day U.S.-China trade meeting was set to begin in Washington. President

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: A tale of two Prairie grain markets

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — Tight old-crop supplies may be keeping nearby barley bids underpinned on the Prairies — but expectations for increased acres in 2019 mean new-crop bids are at a considerable discount. “It’s a tale of two markets right now,” said Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, pointing to the large spread

The political tensions between China and Canada are increasing day by day, and Canadian canola producers want the federal government to make their move.

News, Oilseeds

Restoring canola exports to China ‘chess, not checkers’

Canadian captives complicate things, nevertheless, some farmers have lost patience and confidence in Ottawa

By Allan Dawson May 9, 2019

Some Canadian farmers, no closer to knowing when they’ll regain access to their biggest canola customer, are going from feelings of uncertainty and anxiety to anger and frustration. “We demand action,” Ian Steppler, who farms near Deerwood, Man., wrote on Facebook last week. The federal government and grain industry are committed to restoring Canadian canola

News, Oilseeds

Cash advance changes to help canola farmers’ cash flow

By Allan Dawson May 9, 2019

A host of changes to the cash advance program are aimed at addressing market loss for canola producers, but some frustrated farmers say it’s just a band-aid, not a solution. For 2019 the maximum cash advance — loans issued to farmers against growing or stored crops and livestock — will be $1 million instead of

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

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B.C. longshoremen vote in favour of strike

USDA sees smaller soy crop in 2019, more corn

Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

U.S. grains: Soy sinks to decade low as China trade war escalates

Net short position keeps growing in canola

Cool weather casts questions on weed burn off

U.S. grains: Soy futures break 10-year low on China trade tensions

Feed weekly outlook: A tale of two Prairie grain markets

Restoring canola exports to China ‘chess, not checkers’

Cash advance changes to help canola farmers’ cash flow

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