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“Monstrous” Canola Yield Reports Pressure Futures

By Dwayne Klassen September 15, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a minor push to the downside during the week ended Sept. 9. Declines were influenced by the favourable weather for harvest operations, particularly in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and indications that some monstrous canola yields were being achieved. The larger-than-expected supply of canola in commercial and

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

EU Barley Quantity And Quality Down From Last Year

By Nigel Hunt September 15, 2011

Barley harvests in Western Europe are winding down with an overall slight fall in the size of the crop and quality also expected to decline, particularly in Germany, crop analysts said Sept. 8. Winter barley in Germany suffered major damage from the triple blow of a very cold winter, springtime drought and summer rain, according

Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Graze Alfalfa Safely With New Sainfoin Lines

By Helen Mcmenamin September 15, 2011

The high gains from alfalfa come with the risk of bloat but new lines of sainfoin look set to change that. Sainfoin is a little-used pasture legume with high levels of condensed tannins that bind to proteins and protect them from breakdown in the rumen, preventing bloat and possibly allowing for better use of protein.

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Smaller U.S. Corn Crop Pinches Feeders, Ethanol, Exports

By Charles Abbott September 15, 2011

Athree per cent reduction in the U.S. corn crop after a scorching summer will be largely offset by an abrupt fall in demand from both domestic and export consumers, the government forecast on Monday. In a report that painted a marginally brighter outlook for world grain supplies thanks to larger wheat and rice crops, the

News, Oilseeds

Goldman Sees Scope For Sharp Rise In Soy Prices

September 15, 2011

Soybean prices could rally sharply over the next year but corn should be capped by the potential for large ethanol demand destruction in the U.S., Goldman Sachs said in a report received Sept. 9. For soybeans, we see an increasing likelihood that prices will rally sharply over the next 12 months given the growing risk

Crops, Oilseeds

Combine Adjustment Tips

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

Combining faster cuts harvesting costs, but can also result in higher grain loses, says Les Hill, manager of agricultural technical services at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) in Humboldt, Sask. We know it s all balance, Hill said Sept. 9 during a webinar for the Canola Council of Canada on maximizing canola harvesting. When

Cereals, Crops

Feast Of Protein In U.S. Spring Wheat Harvest

September 15, 2011

North Dakota wheat farmer Terry Weckerly applied extra fertilizer to his wheat this summer to coax more protein out of the crop. Flour mills and grain elevators were paying near-record premiums for high-protein wheat and he wanted a slice of it. The fertilizer worked too well. Weckerly and other farmers are harvesting a crop with

Crops, Oilseeds

New Soybean Variety Promises Earliest Maturity

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

Pekko, a new soybean from Elite Seeds distributed in Manitoba by BrettYoung, is being touted as the earliest Roundup Ready 2 variety in the world. We re pretty sure it s as early as it gets, Jrme Auclair, a plant breeder with La Coop fdre, which owns Elite Seeds, said during a plot tour here

Crops, Oilseeds

Scientists A Step Closer To Better Canola

By Daniel Winters September 15, 2011

Canadian scientists have helped crack the genetic code of Brassica rapa, but there s still more work to be done before canola s entire genome is sequenced. Canola was formed from a hybridization event between two founder species and so now geneticists are focusing on the other species, a cabbage-like cousin used to create the

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 15, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture September 15, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION There was little to no rainfall over the past week, which allowed producers to make good harvest progress. Cereal crops are 60 per cent complete with harvest south of Highway 2 more advanced compared to north of the highway. Yields to date are average to below average with average quality. Several producers are

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

Tag Archives Agriculture

“Monstrous” Canola Yield Reports Pressure Futures

EU Barley Quantity And Quality Down From Last Year

Graze Alfalfa Safely With New Sainfoin Lines

Smaller U.S. Corn Crop Pinches Feeders, Ethanol, Exports

Goldman Sees Scope For Sharp Rise In Soy Prices

Combine Adjustment Tips

Feast Of Protein In U.S. Spring Wheat Harvest

New Soybean Variety Promises Earliest Maturity

Scientists A Step Closer To Better Canola

Crop Report – for Sep. 15, 2011

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