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Since May 2022 estimate of Argentina’s wheat harvest, drought and frosts have hit the crop hard.

Argentina exchange warns more wheat cuts likely as yields disappoint

By Reuters December 12, 2022

Argentina’s wheat production outlook is likely to face more cuts due to lower-than-expected yields, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said Dec. 1, as harvest advances in the midst of a prolonged drought. In a weekly crop report, the exchange said 2022-23 wheat production, which it estimates at 12.4 million tonnes, is showing “yields below expected”

Markets, News, Other

In South America’s Andes, farmers pray for rain to end drought

By Monica Machicao December 6, 2022

Reuters – High in the mountains of the Bolivian Andes, farmer Alberto Quispe has one thing on his mind: rain. In the rural area of Tihuanacu, around 100 kilometres southwest of La Paz, locals say there has been little rain this season during a dry spell across the Andean regions due to a third straight

Weather

Environment Canada sees ‘average’ Prairie winter ahead

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm December 2, 2022

MarketsFarm — An ‘average’ winter is in the forecast for most of the Canadian Prairies, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast for December through February from Environment Canada, released Wednesday. The government department is calling for normal temperatures across all the agricultural areas of the three Prairie provinces — aside from the northernmost reaches

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Looming corn imports to keep lid on Prairie barley

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 2, 2022

MarketsFarm — Large shipments of corn from the U.S., slated for delivery to Alberta’s feedlot alley, should keep domestic barley prices under pressure going forward, according to an analyst. “The barley price here will gradually decline,” said Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, adding that up to 30 unit trains of U.S. corn

Crops, Markets, Weather

Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Agency's previous estimates model-based

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 30, 2022

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the crop production report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) due out Friday, trade expectations are above and below what the federal agency estimated in September. In August, and in September, StatCan issued production reports based on a satellite model and without any input from farmers filling out surveys. That has caused some

Flags in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Inakiantonana/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Weather

EU cuts estimate of drought-hit maize crop, raises import outlook

Commission cuts soft wheat exports, raises imports

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz November 25, 2022

Paris | Reuters — The European Commission on Friday cut its estimate of this year’s drought-hit maize harvest in the European Union to a new 15-year low while again raising its projection for this season’s maize imports. European maize (corn) crops endured severe drought and several heatwaves during the crucial summer growth period. The Commission

The impact of climate change is already being seen, says a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Weather data shows rising temperatures, and in many areas, considerably less rainfall.

Cereals, Crops

The quest for drought-tolerant wheat heats up

A hotter, drier future looms but breeding for drought tolerance is a complicated business

By Alexis Kienlen November 23, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – The push to breed drought-resistant wheat has taken on new urgency as dry times become more common and more severe. “Drought is big on everybody’s minds these days,” said Harpinder Randhawa, a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge research centre. “Especially in Western Canada, we rely heavily on the natural water availability of rainfall.” Droughts are forecast to

CME February 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle top three-week high on supply worries

Lean hog futures up with slaughter pace

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek November 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures exceeded a three-week high at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday on worries about tightening U.S. supplies, while feeder cattle futures set a two-month high. Traders focused on a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report, issued after the market closed on Friday, that showed cattle placements into feedlots

Crops, Weather

Drought expands across western Prairies

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm November 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Drought conditions expanded across Alberta and Saskatchewan in October, with very little precipitation across the agricultural regions of the two provinces since August. That’s according to the latest Canadian Drought Monitor from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, as of Oct. 31. At the end of that month, 72 per cent of the Prairie region

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices rise amid tight supplies

Supplies still haven't recovered off 2021

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — Chickpea prices in Western Canada are on the rise due to tight supplies, according to one trader. Prices for Kabuli chickpeas rose five cents per pound from last month, with high-delivered bids ranging from 40 cents/lb. for the seven-millimetre variety to 55.5 cents/lb. for 10-mm, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. In comparison to

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

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