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Manitoba Agriculture predicts near-normal canola acres

The province also expects higher corn and sunflower plantings this spring

By Allan Dawson May 2, 2019

Manitoba Agriculture expects Manitoba canola acres to remain flat or decline just slightly this spring, provincial oilseed specialist Dane Froese said in an interview April 26. That’s consistent with what Jason Voogt of Field 2 Field Agronomy Inc. is hearing. “Our clients haven’t changed their plans,” he said, despite China’s boycott of Canadian canola seed.

Ken Heaman of Agassiz Seed Farm was seeding wheat April 24 north of Roland.

Crops, Local news

Seeding started – and put on pause by snow

Although moisture is rated as adequate in most areas, a little extra won’t hurt

By Allan Dawson May 2, 2019

Bob Bartley started seeding hard red spring wheat April 23, and finished the following day after completing two quarters. Now, following a late-spring storm through much of agro-Manitoba, he’s awaiting Mother Nature and the calendar. “Now I’m going to take a holiday,” he said with a laugh April 25 during an interview. “Now that we

Golden wheat field on the background of hot summer sun and blue sky with white clouds.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report moves to Tuesdays

The reports are available online, or via email subscription

By Allan Dawson May 2, 2019

Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report will be issued Tuesday afternoons around 4 p.m. starting April 30 instead of Mondays as in previous years. As a result the Manitoba Co-operator, which most weeks publishes Monday, will no longer print the reports verbatim but will aim to provide the reports online. However, Manitoba’s weekly farm newspaper will

ICE July 2019 canola (candlestick) with CBOT July 2010 soybeans (line) for comparison. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Bearish funds keep canola pointed lower

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 1, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola prices fell to their lowest levels since 2014 during the week ended Wednesday, as bearish technical signals and a lack of progress on trade relations with China weighed on values. While a short-covering correction is possible, the underlying fundamentals also remain bearish. Speculators adding to their large net short positions

CBOT July 2019 corn (candlesticks) with July 2019 soybeans (line) for comparison. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, trade talks strong influences

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 1, 2019

MarketsFarm — Forecasts calling for more precipitation in the U.S. and trade talks with China are having powerful effects on prices at the Chicago Board of Trade this week from where one analyst sits. Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. said the forecast has been driving soybean prices to new contract lows. Already

Crops

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting decisions by U.S. juries that found it caused cancer in people. The EPA’s announcement reaffirms its earlier findings about the safety of glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer’s

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

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Export worries, big supplies drag soybean futures to new lows

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume May 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to fresh contract lows on Wednesday, pressured by sluggish exports and worries that rain-delayed U.S. corn seeding would expand the number of acres planted with soybeans, which can be sown later in the spring. Corn futures firmed as soggy fields around much of the Midwest and forecasts

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announces expansion of the federal Advance Payments Program in Ottawa on May 1, 2019, flanked by Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr (l) and his fellow Winnipeg MPs Dan Vandal, Robert Falcon-Ouellette and Terry Duguid. (Video screengrab from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada via Facebook Live)

Crops

APP pumped up, AgriStability deadline extended against China canola ban

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff May 1, 2019

The federal Advance Payments Program’s loan limits and interest-free portions will be raised and the deadline for AgriStability enrolment extended in a bid to help Canadian canola growers with cash flow. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr on Wednesday announced the expansions and extensions along with plans to engage other

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Most Canadian pulse acres to decline

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 30, 2019

Corrected, May 1 — MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers have been projected to plant fewer acres of pulses, according to Statistics Canada. “Keeping in mind this is the seeding intentions report based on a survey of growers from the beginning of March. It’s as current as the day it was collected,” said Carl Potts, executive director

Crops, Markets

No fresh aid package for U.S. farmers planned for now, Perdue says

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 30, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration does not have any active plans to provide more aid to farmers at the moment but can consider the option if the trade negotiations and weak commodity prices linger, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday. “We have been very clear to the agriculture community that

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Crops

Manitoba Agriculture predicts near-normal canola acres

Seeding started – and put on pause by snow

Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report moves to Tuesdays

ICE weekly outlook: Bearish funds keep canola pointed lower

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, trade talks strong influences

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

U.S. grains: Export worries, big supplies drag soybean futures to new lows

APP pumped up, AgriStability deadline extended against China canola ban

Pulse weekly outlook: Most Canadian pulse acres to decline

No fresh aid package for U.S. farmers planned for now, Perdue says

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