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Heatwave ravages European fields, sending wheat prices soaring

By GFM Network News, Michael Hogan, Polina Devitt, Sybille De La Hamaide August 2, 2018

Paris | Moscow | Hamburg | Reuters – Searing heat has devastated wheat fields across northern Europe while a combination of dry conditions and extreme rain in the Black Sea have hit output estimates, with prices soaring on fears of further crop damage. Evidence of serious harm to crops is growing as harvesting heads north in

Crops

German farmers seek 1 billion euros in drought aid

By GFM Network News, Michael Hogan July 30, 2018

Hamburg | Reuters – Farmers in Germany need special aid of around 1 billion euros ($1.17 billion) because of damage to harvests caused by drought and heatwave, the head of German farming association DBV said on Monday. The aid should be paid to farmers who have lost 30 percent and more of their harvests, DBV

Drought conditions in Canada at June 30, 2018. (Agr.gc.ca)

Crops, Forages, Weather

Drought’s effects linger on Prairies

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 27, 2018

CNS Canada — After a dry growing season last year in Western Canada, effects of the drought are still evident with news that most livestock producers won’t be doing a second cut of hay. “Pastures and hay fields didn’t get the moisture that they needed to really recharge over that winter period and get a

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats after nearing six-week peak

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures pulled back on Monday after approaching a six-week high on concerns about dry weather eating into harvests in some of the world’s main exporting countries. Corn futures advanced for the sixth consecutive session to reach their highest prices in three weeks, while soybeans neared a two-week high before

Markets

Beef, eggs, feed fatten Cargill’s profits

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek July 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Strong global demand for beef and animal feed fattened grain trader Cargill’s profits in fiscal year 2018, which were also boosted by trade tensions and South American weather woes, the company said on Thursday. For the full year, adjusted operating earnings reached $3.2 billion, up six per cent from fiscal 2017

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market focused on weather

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Western Canadian feed grain buyers aren’t concerned if they’ll have crops to buy at the end of the summer, but they are concerned what the quality of those crops will be. “At this point it’s a weather market. So we kind of wait and see as it unfolds and respond accordingly,” said

There just hasn’t been enough rainfall to fill dugouts this year in much of the province.

Livestock, Other, Weather

Producers watching drying dugouts

By Alexis Stockford June 30, 2018

Livestock producers have a closer-than-normal watch on low dugouts, although Manitoba Agriculture says levels aren’t near the danger zone yet. No regions were reporting drinking water shortages as of early June, although Manitoba’s June 4 crop report noted varying levels across the province. Dugouts in the Interlake flagged at a third to two-thirds full, while

Other, Our History

New grain facility comes to Homewood

Our History: June 1950

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 13, 2018

The elevator still stands, but without the Pool logo — this photo from the official opening of the expanded Manitoba Pool facility at Homewood appeared in our June 26, 1980 issue. It wasn’t likely to see a lot of business that year — much of the issue was devoted to coverage of a severe drought

After 2017 drought conditions, water quality in some areas may still not be ideal for livestock to drink.

Livestock, Weather

Water woes can hurt cattle

Dry conditions for the past many months could mean trouble in dugouts

By NDSU Release June 5, 2018

Many producers are continuing to feel the effects of the 2017 drought, which are lingering into the 2018 grazing season. Numerous ponds and dugouts dried up as a result of the drought, and any water remaining in others may not be the best quality. “Water quality in ponds and dugouts still may be compromised by

Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dry weather fears

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume May 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped more than two per cent on Friday and ended the week up nearly five per cent as worries about dry weather in key global production regions fueled short-covering and speculative buying. Soybeans advanced for the fifth time in six sessions on renewed Chinese buying of U.S. export

Daily Network News

Larkin appointed CEO of Canadian Meat Council

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids, U.S. futures down

Bank of Canada holds rates, says economy is resilient

Tag Archives Drought

Heatwave ravages European fields, sending wheat prices soaring

German farmers seek 1 billion euros in drought aid

Drought’s effects linger on Prairies

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats after nearing six-week peak

Beef, eggs, feed fatten Cargill’s profits

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market focused on weather

Producers watching drying dugouts

New grain facility comes to Homewood

Water woes can hurt cattle

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dry weather fears

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