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Feed weekly outlook: Rains forecast for southern Alberta

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 3, 2022

MarketsFarm — The prospect of rain over drought-stricken southern Alberta, with Calgary and Lethbridge possibly seeing at least 30 millimetres from June 4 to 7, would seem to be a godsend for growers. However, recent history suggests the moisture may not matter in the long term, according to Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. at

Op/Ed

Opinion: A drier world looms

The window of opportunity to address increasing drought and expanding drylands is vanishing

By Margot Hurlbert May 25, 2022

Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought — the driest conditions those regions have seen in a century. And many areas in Western Canada and the United States are experiencing extreme drought — a once-in-20-year event. Drought makes agriculture less productive, reduces crop yields and increases heat-related deaths.

CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2), MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat limit up on India’s export ban

CBOT corn, soybeans also higher

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 17, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures hit their daily 70-cent trading limit cap on Monday after India banned exports of the grain, an abrupt policy change that fanned concerns about global supplies strained by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The wheat rally sent spillover strength to corn futures, as global buyers, who were banking on

ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Conditions a challenge for Prairie canola

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Wet conditions throughout much of the eastern half of the Canadian Prairies continued to delay spring planting this week. Meanwhile, the western half of the region remained mired in drought and in need of rain to help recently-seeded crops get off to a good start. “Get it in the ground and get some

Weather

World could see 1.5 C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

By GFM Network News, Gloria Dickie May 9, 2022

London | Reuters — The world faces a 50 per cent chance of warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday. That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5 C (2.7 F), which scientists have set

AAFC’s Drought Monitor map at April 30, 2022. (Agriculture.canada.ca)

Weather

Drought gone in Manitoba but worsening in Alberta, AAFC reports

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm May 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Record-breaking precipitation in southern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan helped improve moisture conditions in the region in April, taking much of the area out of the drought classification, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for the period ended April 30. Two separate Colorado lows brought significant snow,

Crops, Weather

Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm May 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — While spring planting in Alberta is 12.2 per cent complete overall there’s a disparity between the south and the rest of the province. Also, the pace was 2.6 points above the five-year average, but 5.2 behind last year. As of Tuesday, Alberta Agriculture found seeding in the south was at 36.5 per cent

Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn trading higher than barley

Seeding begins in Alberta

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — Imported corn from the U.S. is still the grain of choice for feedlots in southern Alberta, despite the fact feed barley is at a slightly lower price right now. Corn traded on Wednesday at around $480 per tonne ($12.19 per bushel) in Lethbridge, said Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.

Crops, Weather

Seeding already behind in Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm May 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Saskatchewan Agriculture on Thursday issued its first weekly crop report of 2022, showing only one per cent of all crops in the ground. The report cited cool temperatures and spring snowstorms holding back many farmers getting into their fields. The overall five-year average at this time of year is five per cent complete.

ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and November 2022 canola (yellow line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Jittery spring market for canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw a sharp downward correction in early trading days of May, after setting all-time highs in April. While the correction was long overdue, underlying supportive influences remain in place and the market could be due for some sideways trade as participants now wait to get a better handle on

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle strengthen Tuesday

Larkin to step down as Grain Growers of Canada Executive Director

Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

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