Corn Archives - Page 256 of 262 - Manitoba Co-operator

Hot, dry American summer unlikely to dent USDA’s corn harvest view

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 3, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – The full impact of a hot and dry summer in the U.S. Midwest is unlikely to show up in the government’s next estimate of the U.S. corn crop as it typically makes just small adjustments to its harvest outlook during August. The U.S. Agriculture Department will update its yield projection in its monthly

Markets

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin August 2, 2017

CNS Canada – Improving Midwestern weather forecasts weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended August 2, with all eyes now turning to upcoming USDA data. The USDA is set to release a number of key reports on August 10, including updated world supply/demand numbers and US

Crops, Markets

Canola market dips to rally, heat stress hits wheat crops

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 31, 2017

CNS Canada – The ICE Canada canola market had a bit of a wild ride during the week ended July 28, with the November contract falling to its lowest level of the past month at one point before the brakes were hit on the drop and the market rallied $25 in three days. Fund traders

Grain Markets, Markets

Traders keep canola prices above the $500 support mark

Drought in the U.S. spring wheat area continues  as the main feature of the wheat market

By Dave Sims July 28, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around for the week ended July 21, torn between conflicting weather issues, before finally ending relatively unchanged. Early in the week, ideas took hold that canola fields in some parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta had likely suffered irreversible damage due to the heat stress suffered in late June and

Crops

China approves two more GMO crops for import

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News July 17, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China has approved two more genetically modified (GMO) crops for import, the Ministry of Agriculture said, the second such move in the past month to expand access to biotech seeds as part of Beijing’s 100-day trade talks with Washington. The two new crops, approved from July 16 for a period of

Crops

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

By GFM Network News June 23, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Syngenta to pay US$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, was announced by lawyers for the farmers, who blamed the

Cereals, Opinion

Is the corn market ready to rally on U.S. weather worries?

A cold, wet spring is giving way to what looks like a hot and dry summer

By Karen Braun June 19, 2017

Corn futures prices have remained stubbornly low for the past three months despite heavy rain and cold weather complicating planting and early crop development. But the tide may be shifting as the summer is beginning under a warmer and drier regime. Driven partially by mounting U.S. weather concerns, July corn on June 7 broke above

Grain Markets, Markets

Seeding pressures run up against low canola stocks

Wet weather also helps support Minneapolis wheat

By Dave Sims June 2, 2017

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform were chopping around for much of the week ended May 26, buffeted by weather issues and downward action in soy. Wet weather in Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan has created a soggy mess for many producers trying to get onto their fields. Some haven’t started seeding canola

Grain Markets, Markets, Pulse markets

U.S. soybean futures drag ICE canola contracts lower

Manitoba is furthest ahead in Prairie spring seeding

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 26, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts held rangebound for most of the week ended May 19, but trended lower overall as larger losses in the Chicago soy complex put some pressure on values. Crop reports put out by all three Prairie provinces during the week showed a mixed bag when it comes to seeding progress. Manitoba

Emergence in an Ontario soybean field. (File photo by John Greig)

Crops, Weather

Greig: Late spring planting means more soybeans in Ontario

By GFM Network News, John Greig May 26, 2017

Ontario farmers are stopped across most of the province as consistently wet weather holds up planting and pushes farmers to plant more soybeans instead of corn. Significantly higher than normal rain in southern Ontario and record rainfall between Toronto and Ottawa mean that near the end of May, corn planting isn’t complete and there remains

Daily Network News

Strong 2025 could mean complications for Canadian grain sector in 2026 says analyst

Egyptian wheat imports to be firm as domestic output increases

Federal government to ease some restrictions on temporary foreign workers

Tag Archives Corn