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Soybean acres are now higher than wheat, but it’s not certain whether they’re high enough to attract a crushing plant to the province.

Manitoba soybean acreage now higher than red spring wheat

By Allan Dawson July 20, 2017

Manitoba farmers’ affection for soybeans has hit new heights. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) projects 2.3 million acres of insured soybeans this year, up 39 per cent from last year’s record and for the first time higher than Canada Western Red Spring wheat. In 2000, Manitoba farmers insured just 18,419 acres of soybeans. Insured plantings

Markets

Canola traders consider stress on crops from heat

By Dave Sims July 18, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola futures have officially entered what one analyst calls “the silly season weather market.” Futures went through the proverbial roof the week of July 3 on concerns that a Prairie heat wave would stress the crop during its critical flowering period. The dominant November contract climbed $19.30, to hit $517.30 by that

Tom Wolf, co-founder of Agrimetrix and Sprayers 101, models the importance of sprayer cleaning to avoid accidental application of canola-unfriendly chemicals.

Crops, Oilseeds

Tank cleaning key to avoid Group 2 herbicide injury in canola

Agrimetrix co-founder Tom Wolf explores how a clean spray tank can curb unintentional damage in the field

By Alexis Stockford July 14, 2017

It may take a concentration less than 1/250th for Group 2 herbicides to start damaging canola, according to sprayer specialist Tom Wolf. “That’s quite a dilute mixture,” he said. “You’d never think it would do anything.” Wolf was one of many presenters at Canolapalooza 2017, held in Portage la Prairie June 22. Group 2 herbicides

Different varieties of blackleg resistance are put on display during Canolapalooza June 22 in Portage la Prairie.

Crops

Gene labelling tools hope to better target blackleg

By Alexis Stockford July 12, 2017

Researchers say better gene classification will help match blackleg-resistant canola varieties to races of the fungus found in the field. AAFC Saskatoon has unveiled tools to quickly identify avirulence proteins (which facilitate plant infection) in submitted samples, attendees of Canolapalooza heard June 21 in Portage la Prairie. Harunur Rashid, graduate student with the University of

Grain Markets, Markets, Oilseeds

Oilseeds see sharp gains despite bearish reports

Traders are already second-guessing StatsCan on acres

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 7, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed higher over the course of the week ended June 30, hitting their best levels in months, despite large North American oilseed acres confirmed by Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Record Canadian canola seedings and a six-million-acre increase in U.S. soybean area would typically be bearish for

Crops, Local news

Diamondback moths near threshold for canola, root rot in soybeans reported

Manitoba Insect & Disease Update for July 5

By Manitoba Agriculture July 7, 2017

Thistle caterpillar has been noted in some soybean and sunflower fields. Some levels of diamondback moth larvae approaching threshold have been noted in some canola fields in the southwest. There have been additional reports of suspected Phytophthora root rot in soybean. Growers in the western part of Manitoba are considering whether or not to make a fungicide application for

Redbacked cutworm larvae and pupae. The pest overwinters as eggs and populations can show quite variable staging. Many will now be into their later larval stage.

Crops, Local news

Fairly average year for cutworms, flea beetles

Cutworms may be taking a bite out of your canola, but with proper planning  they won’t eat into yields 

By Shannon VanRaes July 4, 2017

Cutworms and flea beetles continue to affect some canola fields in the province, but experts say that while cutworm damage may be marginally lower this year than last, beetle damage may have scuttled ahead of previous years. Still, the margins are slim at best. “I think every year is a flea beetle and cutworm year,”

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola futures plummet ahead of StatsCan report

Traders’ acreage estimates lean toward bearish levels

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 29, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts dropped hard during the week ended June 23, hitting some of their lowest levels in months. The biggest losses were in the new-crop months, with improving crop weather and declines in the U.S. soy complex behind some of the selling pressure. The nearby July contract lagged to the downside, as

Crops, Markets

Crude oil bearishness seeps into canola market

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 23, 2017

CNS Canada — The falling price of crude oil is a bearish force weighing on many agricultural commodities, including canola, according to a Prairie market analyst. “Crude oil has been a driver of this weakness,” said Errol Anderson, president of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. In the past month, crude oil dropped roughly US$9 per barrel

Local news, Oilseeds

VIDEO: CanolaPALOOZA comes to Manitoba

By Alexis Stockford June 23, 2017

Canolapalooza made its second annual stop in Manitoba at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada grounds in Portage la Prairie on June 21. Hear what Manitoba Co-operator reporter Alexis Stockford had to say about the event and what you can expect to see in an upcoming issue of the Co-operator.

Daily Network News

Non-canola interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026 Advance Payments Program

McCormick bets on flavor in $65 billion Unilever merger

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

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