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

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to multimonth lows

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest level in seven months on Wednesday and spot soybean futures hit a 5-1/2-month low on ample global supplies and dimming prospects for U.S. export business, analysts said. Wheat also declined, with Chicago Board of Trade futures hitting a one-month low while K.C. and Minneapolis

Statistics Canada’s March preliminary estimates of principal field crop areas, including 2019 acreage forecast released April 24, 2019. (Statcan.gc.ca)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel April 24, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababean acres set to increase

By GFM Network News April 23, 2019

MarketsFarm — Unpredictable weather overseas resulted in robust fababean prices during 2018’s harvest, and Canadian producers expect these prices to hold throughout the 2019 growing season. “For the growers that managed to get fababeans off their field, I think they were probably quite happy with the markets in 2018,” said Leanne Fischbuch, president of Alberta

Forages, Local news

Fields wanted for MFGA Green Gold Program

The MFGA is looking for farmers to join up for its annual forage quality monitoring effort

By Alexis Stockford April 22, 2019

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association is filling out the roster for this year’s Green Gold Program, and it’s looking for producers to add. The program has become a standing tool for producers trying to get the optimal value from their hay cut. Participating producers submit samples from their fields throughout the season every year,

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat down on strong production prospects; corn, soy also weak

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 22, 2019

New York | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures fell more than 1 percent to a one-month low on Monday, pressured by generally favorable U.S. crop conditions and expectations of abundant global supplies, traders said. Corn fell in sympathy with wheat and on outlooks for improved planting weather in parts of the Midwest, and soybeans also

Any area lost to canola will likely go into spring wheat, according to pre-report forecasts. Photo: iStock

Cereals, Crops

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 22, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Canadian farmers will likely seed less canola and more spring wheat in 2019, but the extent of any acreage shifts remains to be seen as market participants await Statistics Canada’s first seeded area estimates of the year on April 24. Canola prices in Western Canada have dropped over the past few

A police officer gestures at the photographer outside Canada’s embassy in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Crops, Markets

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 19, 2019

With canola export issues still looming large, some Canadian ag industry groups want the federal government to boost its diplomatic presence on the matter. The Canola Council of Canada on Wednesday said a Canadian technical delegation “has not yet been accepted” to travel to China and address Beijing’s recent suspensions of canola imports from two

A “hemp and greens morning machine” smoothie using Planet Hemp smoothie mix and hemp milk. (PlanetHempSuperfood.ca)

Crops

Aurora Cannabis to buy up all of processor Hempco

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 18, 2019

Edmonton cannabis company Aurora Cannabis is set to buy up the balance it doesn’t already own in hemp processing firm Hempco Food and Fiber. Aurora announced Tuesday it will pay $1.04 a share for the remaining shares of Vancouver-based Hempco, which makes and sells Planet Hemp hemp-based foods and Praise hemp-based supplements for dogs and

Cereals, Crops, Markets

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 18, 2019

MarketsFarm — The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled largely in favour of the United States in a trade dispute regarding China’s application of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, corn and rice. The ruling, issued by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), stated China did not apply the TRQs on imports of wheat, rice

Crops

Ontario chamber makes recommendations to boost cannabis sector

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 18, 2019

Reuters –The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) on Thursday made several recommendations that address issues affecting the province’s booming marijuana industry, including having a common excise stamp to help cannabis makers ship their products smoothly. The industry body also recommended bolstering Health Canada, the country’s health regulator, so that it can issue licenses to facilities

Daily Network News

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

Crops

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to multimonth lows

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababean acres set to increase

Fields wanted for MFGA Green Gold Program

U.S. grains: Wheat down on strong production prospects; corn, soy also weak

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

Aurora Cannabis to buy up all of processor Hempco

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

Ontario chamber makes recommendations to boost cannabis sector

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