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U.S. grains: Export concerns push wheat, soybean futures lower

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub September 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent on Tuesday, their fifth decline in the last six sessions, as investment funds cut their risk exposure to the grain following a surprise short-covering rally on Monday, traders said. Poor demand for U.S. wheat exports amid expectations of a jump in winter wheat plantings

A Saskatchewan potash mine under storm clouds. (BobLoblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Global fertilizer market prices vary

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 10, 2018

CNS Canada — A mixed bag for fertilizer prices is expected over the next few months, as some continue to increase while others should drop, according to an analyst. “The fertilizer market has remained pretty firm over the past six months… we had kind of anticipated some declines across all the different nutrients, (but) they’ve

Manitoba Agriculture pulse specialist Dennis Lange is suggesting farmers check their soybean fields for mature, green-seeded soybeans and if the percentage is high consider delaying harvest and also consulting with buyers.

Local news, Oilseeds

Advice on green-seeded soybeans

Consider delaying harvest and talk to your buyers, says Dennis Lange

By Allan Dawson September 10, 2018

Grade-lowering levels of green seed is showing up in some of the soybeans being harvested in Manitoba. Manitoba Agriculture’s pulse crop specialist Dennis Lange is advising farmers who haven’t harvested to take samples to see if they have the problem and how bad it is. Those with green seeded soybeans should consider delaying harvest a

Scott Lavich’s first-year Operation Pollinator site remains short after dry conditions this year.

Crops, Local news, Other

Pollinator program faces down farm realities

Operation Pollinator providers say they are still fine tuning the recipe for success when bringing their program to the field

By Alexis Stockford September 10, 2018

Scott Lavich was already sold on supporting pollinator habitat before he signed on with Syngenta Canada’s Operation Pollinator last year. The Riding Mountain-area producer already had both interest and experience in on-farm conservation, making him a perfect fit for the program, which offers up to two acres worth of pollinator-friendly seed mix and financial support

Holly Derksen, Manitoba Agriculture’s field crop pathologist is leaving her position to work for Arysta LifeScience.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba Agriculture is losing its field crop pathologist

Commodity groups are hoping the position will be filled quickly

By Allan Dawson September 10, 2018

Field crop pathologist Holly Derksen is leaving Manitoba Agriculture Sept. 14 to join Arysta LifeScience Oct. 1 as its technical support specialist for Manitoba. “Obviously I like pathology and that’s what I went to school for, but I didn’t want to lose the general agronomy knowledge that I have,” Derksen said in an interview Aug.

Clubroot, which causes bulbous swellings on canola roots, has become infamous for its impact on yield.

Crops, Local news, Other

Manitoba has another confirmed case of clubroot

A third case in the RM of Lorne brings the total so far this year to 10

By Allan Dawson September 10, 2018

A third case of clubroot was recently found in the Rural Municipality of Lorne, bringing the Manitoba total for the season to 10. Earlier this summer two other cases were confirmed in Lorne along with one in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin and six in the Rural Municipality of Pembina, Holly Derksen, Manitoba Agriculture field

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat firm on technical bounce, tightening global supplies

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen September 10, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose more than three per cent on Monday on a mix of technical buying after last week’s seven-week low and fundamental support from tightening supplies in Australia and Russia, analysts said. Soybean futures also advanced while corn futures were little changed ahead of key monthly crop reports due

Understand that straight cutting canola will mean taking a look at how the entire combine operates.

Crops, Equipment, Oilseeds

Different harvest, different combine settings

Those combine settings may not be doing you any favours if you’re aiming for straight cut and they’re still set to swath

By Alexis Stockford September 7, 2018

First-time canola straight cutters might want to take another look at their combine settings. “When we’re comparing picking up a windrow to straight cutting, we, again, want to kind of treat this like a different crop,” Angela Brackenreed of the Canola Council of Canada stressed during a recent Manitoba Agriculture webinar. “The same combine setting

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures close firm; wheat falls for 4th day

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub September 7, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures firmed on technical buying on Friday but gains were kept in check by expectations for a bumper U.S. harvest in the coming weeks and concerns about exports, traders said. Corn settled in positive territory, with traders focused on good demand for the yellow grain. Wheat

Crops

Prairie potatoes not expected to hit record yields again

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 7, 2018

CNS Canada – The potato acreage may have increased this year in Western Canada, but it doesn’t look like it will be the same story for yields. “I think overall it’s too early to tell because we haven’t started the main harvest, but we are not expecting as big of yield as the last couple

Daily Network News

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

Crops

U.S. grains: Export concerns push wheat, soybean futures lower

Global fertilizer market prices vary

Advice on green-seeded soybeans

Pollinator program faces down farm realities

Manitoba Agriculture is losing its field crop pathologist

Manitoba has another confirmed case of clubroot

U.S. grains: Wheat firm on technical bounce, tightening global supplies

Different harvest, different combine settings

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures close firm; wheat falls for 4th day

Prairie potatoes not expected to hit record yields again

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