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

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

Crops, News

Slow start to U.S. corn planting may lead to tug of war with soy

Although technology allows farmers to plant faster than ever before, weather can still hinder progress

By Karen Braun May 2, 2017

U.S. farmers are off to a slow start on corn plantings and even though it is still very early in the 2017 season, the numbers may already imply that total corn acres could be less than the 89.996 million that the market currently expects. The U.S. Department of Agriculture placed corn-planting progress at six per

Grain Markets, Markets, Pulse markets

StatsCan canola and soybean estimates surprise traders

Abundant U.S. and world supplies continue to depress the wheat market

By Jade Markus April 27, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola strengthened on the week, as wet weather in Western Canada continues to put last year’s harvest on hiatus. Fresh data from Statistics Canada painted a picture of this summer’s seeding, adding an element of spreading into the market. In the week ending Friday, April 21, canola gained more than C$20 per

China to work off corn stockpile in three to five years

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 19, 2017

Beijing/Reuters – China will work off its corn stockpile in the next three to five years, said an executive at one of the country’s top corn processing firms on Wednesday, as firms ramp up processing capacity to use up the old stocks of grain. COFCO Biochemical, a listed subsidiary of the state-owned Chinese grains trader

Crops, Oilseeds

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

USDA spring report calls for bigger bean planting and falling corn acres

By Mark Weinraub April 18, 2017

U.S. farmers plan to seed a record amount of soybean acreage this spring, even with supplies trending near all-time highs, the government said March 31. Growers will dial back their corn seedings this spring despite signs of firm demand as record stocks have cast a bearish tone over the futures and cash markets this year,

Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)

Crops

Palmer amaranth threatening U.S. corn fields

By GFM Network News, Renita D. Young, Tom Polansek April 5, 2017

Winterset, Iowa | Reuters — A U.S. government program designed to convert farmland to wildlife habitat has triggered the spread of a fast-growing weed that threatens to strangle crops in America’s rural heartland. The weed is hard to kill and, if left unchecked, destroys as much as 91 per cent of corn on infested land,

Crops, Markets

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 31, 2017

Reuters – U.S. farmers plan to seed a record amount of soybean acreage this spring, even with supplies trending near all-time highs, the government said Mar. 31. Growers will dial back their corn seedings this spring despite signs of firm demand as record stocks have cast a bearish tone over the futures and cash markets

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Canadian hog prices to rise by summer

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News March 17, 2017

CNS Canada — Cheap prices for feed and a softer Canadian dollar have helped keep Canadian hog prices aloft so far in 2017. “Right now producers are looking at $180 to $184 a pig,” said Andrew Dickson, general manger of Manitoba Pork. “Prices are looking pretty good for June, July, August.” By July, he said,

Market analyst Mike Krueger says he’s not expecting global bumper crops again this year.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop production could take hit in 2017

Dry and cold weather in Europe and flooding in Latin America are setting the stage for trouble

By Richard Kamchen March 14, 2017

Don’t expect a fifth consecutive year of record world crops in 2017. That’s according to The Money Farm’s Mike Krueger, who adds that world demand has been keeping pace with massive production. “High prices didn’t kill demand at all, but high prices did bring us a lot more acres,” he said at the recent CropConnect

Mack Waldner of Baker Colony (centre) accepting the award for the 2016 Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s corn yield contest on Feb. 15. Presenting the award is MCGA vice-president Leonard Wiebe (l) and association president Myron Krahn (r).

Cereals, Crops

Baker Colony enters ranks of five-time corn yield competition winners

Its winning yield of 274.69 bushels an acre also broke the previous record set in 2013

By Allan Dawson March 8, 2017

Baker Colony, located near MacGregor, Man., has joined an elite group of five-time winners of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s yield competition. The win is their second in a row and sets a new record — breaking their own set during a previous win. In the 45-year history of the competition there are only two

Daily Network News

Pay more attention to South American corn

Board appointments hint Richardson Int. may rejoin canola council

Pulse weekly: Canadian pea exports up in January, lentils lag

Tag Archives Corn

Greig: Late spring planting means more soybeans in Ontario

Slow start to U.S. corn planting may lead to tug of war with soy

StatsCan canola and soybean estimates surprise traders

China to work off corn stockpile in three to five years

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

Palmer amaranth threatening U.S. corn fields

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

Canadian hog prices to rise by summer

Crop production could take hit in 2017

Baker Colony enters ranks of five-time corn yield competition winners

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