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Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

Province's soybean acres expected to fall

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 11, 2020

MarketsFarm — Solid prices should keep Manitoba farmers growing edible beans in 2020, although soybean area will likely drop, according to a provincial specialist. Disappointing harvest weather in 2019 hurt yields and cut into harvested area for edible beans in both Manitoba and across the border in the United States. As a result, prices heading

File photo of a canola field in northern France’s Normandy region. (Brasil2/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Lower grain production predicted from Europe in 2020

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — European grain production is expected to be down slightly in 2020, according to the first forecast for the year from European trade association Coceral. In the report, released Thursday, Coceral pegged total grain production for the European Union and United Kingdom in 2020 at 302.7 million tonnes, which would be down from the

CBOT March 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall on China demand concerns

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub February 20, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures drifted lower for the third time in four sessions on Thursday as demand from China remained quiet, stirring fresh concerns that purchases from the world’s top oilseed buyer will fall due to the spread of the coronavirus. Corn futures also weakened, pressured by a bearish U.S. acreage forecast,

Chickpeas. (Grigorenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Demand for chickpeas often comes in waves, with the market currently in a lull waiting for the next swell. The last demand cycle came in early January, and the market has lacked “any kind of enthusiasm” over the past month, according to Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. Within every pricing

File photo of a sunflower crop in Manitoba. (MysticEnergy/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Strong demand supports sunflowers

By GFM Network News February 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — Global demand for sunflower oil is steadily increasing, according to Scoular’s Robert Deraas. Deraas, director of the Scoular Co.’s sunflower and bird food division, explained Wednesday at CropConnect in Winnipeg that the majority of Canadian sunflowers are grown for oil purposes. Increases in demand are driven largely by health-conscious consumers who use sunflower

Crops, Forages, Weather

Manitoba reviewing underused forage insurance plans

About 18 per cent of forage acres insured

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 9, 2020

The Manitoba government is taking a look at its Crown crop insurance agency’s relatively under-subscribed offerings to forage growers. The provincial ag department said Tuesday it has launched a review “to better understand the purchasing decisions of Manitoba producers when it comes to forage insurance products” available via Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC). Over 1,200

Crops, Markets

Strong export demand, acreage ahead for barley

Lower supplies from Australia benefit Canadian growers

By GFM Network News February 8, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canadian malting barley acreage is expected to remain high in the coming year, mostly due to strong export demand. Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Center in Winnipeg, said tough harvest conditions were partially to blame for lowered malt barley output in 2019. “We had a fairly lousy harvest,

Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Rye production likely won’t increase in 2020

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — Strong prices served as an incentive for farmers to plant more rye in 2019, but one grower believes there won’t be as much production in 2020 due to the wet fall. “Winter cereals got seeded, but not the acres guys were planning,” said Brad White, a Saskatchewan farmer and a director with Winter

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: More acres sought for 2020

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — Planting intentions for red and green lentils and other pulses have been looking good for 2020 — but that might change somewhat because prices have slipped a little, said Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. Discussing pulse crops at a farm show last month in Saskatoon, Mosnaim said he got the strong

Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

U.S. winter wheat conditions mostly fair to good

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team February 4, 2020

MarketsFarm — The condition of the bulk of the U.S. winter wheat crop, taken from data provided by 17 reporting states, was at 29 per cent fair and 48.1 per cent good at the end of January. The rest of those states’ crops stood at 4.2 very poor, 12.1 poor and 7.2 per cent excellent,

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Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

Lower grain production predicted from Europe in 2020

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall on China demand concerns

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

Strong demand supports sunflowers

Manitoba reviewing underused forage insurance plans

Strong export demand, acreage ahead for barley

Rye production likely won’t increase in 2020

Pulse weekly outlook: More acres sought for 2020

U.S. winter wheat conditions mostly fair to good

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