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Canola swathed and waiting for harvest in the Interlake on August 8.

Bringing in the bread

Cereal and canola growers are smiling after pleasantly surprising yields

By Alexis Stockford September 20, 2018

Cool-season crops once again dodged the drought bullet this year, according to the first harvest reports from Manitoba Agriculture, but soybeans may not be as lucky. Dry, hot weather has been among the big conversation starters in agro-Manitoba this year. Despite that, according to farm production adviser Rejean Picard, cool-season crop yields have impressed and

The legalization of cannabis is expected to create thousands of new jobs — from production workers to office staff. Shown here is an Ontario marijuana facility. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

Crops, Markets

Aurora Cannabis plans U.S. stock listing in October

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 20, 2018

Reuters — Canada’s Aurora Cannabis said Thursday it plans a U.S. listing of its shares in October, as it looks to cash in on strong investor appetite for marijuana producers. Interest has boomed in Canada’s marijuana companies ahead of legalization of recreational cannabis in the country next month. Several U.S. states have also legalized marijuana

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Cheap corn, Prairie harvest quality weigh on prices

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 20, 2018

CNS Canada — Cheap corn imports and adverse Prairie harvest conditions should mean no shortage of feed grain in Alberta’s feedlot alley this winter — which should also keep prices under pressure going forward. “Anytime you get a ripe crop and you get snow and rain falling on it, it normally doesn’t make better quality,”

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound from 10-year low

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen September 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose roughly two per cent on Wednesday, rebounding a day after the most active contract fell to a 10-year low as the harvest of a likely record-large U.S. crop got under way, analysts said. U.S. wheat futures climbed on technical buying and tightening global supplies, while corn futures

ICE November 2018 canola, with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s downward spiral to continue

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts will continue to drift downward for the foreseeable future, according to one analyst. “The demand isn’t here because the buyers know that the farmer is undersold and they have to sell it,” said Wayne Palmer, senior market analyst with Exceed Grain. The November canola contract dipped below the

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Spec selling pressures corn, soy

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — A recent round of contract selling by speculators has created a bearish outlook for corn and soybeans. Recently, both crops suffered losses after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released production estimates on Sept. 12 that were higher than expected. According to a trader, these and other challenges have painted a bearish picture

Statistics Canada’s model-based report is based in part on data from sensors on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) series of satellites. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), shown here for Sept. 16 over an NOAA satellite map of North America, is used to gauge surface vegetation content. (OSPO.noaa.gov)

Crops, Markets

Canola, wheat crop size hiked in StatsCan’s view from space

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada raised its production estimates for most crops across Western Canada in its latest report released Wednesday. Unlike traditional StatsCan reports using information gathered from phone surveys, the model-based report was based in part on coarse-resolution satellite imagery collected during the month of August. The model-based report has only been in

Crops, Weather

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock operations. The state is home

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean yields unlikely to top 2017’s

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 18, 2018

CNS Canada — A lack of rain at key times during the summer of 2018 has left Manitoba’s edible bean crop unlikely to match last year’s yields. Last year’s yield was about 2,000 lbs./acre on average, but according to provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange, that won’t be the case this year. “I think for this

Crops, Markets

Ag trade flows may change amid trade dispute, Bayer says

By GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger September 18, 2018

Monheim | Reuters — Bayer said on Tuesday it would be difficult to predict 2019 earnings at its agriculture business, which now includes Monsanto, because a U.S.-Chinese trade dispute could reroute global trade flows in farming commodities. The head of Bayer’s crop science division told Reuters his company could even benefit if U.S. farmers switched

Daily Network News

McCormick bets on flavor in $65 billion Unilever merger

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Good increases for wheat, while durum nudges up

Prairie forecast: Cooler than average temperatures expected to continue

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Bringing in the bread

Aurora Cannabis plans U.S. stock listing in October

Feed weekly outlook: Cheap corn, Prairie harvest quality weigh on prices

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound from 10-year low

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s downward spiral to continue

CBOT weekly outlook: Spec selling pressures corn, soy

Canola, wheat crop size hiked in StatsCan’s view from space

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean yields unlikely to top 2017’s

Ag trade flows may change amid trade dispute, Bayer says

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