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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn traders shift gaze to U.S.

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 28, 2018

CNS Canada — As February ends, attention is shifting from South America to the U.S. for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade. “We’re about to flip the calendar into March, when people start paying more attention to the conditions in the U.S.,” said Rich Feltes of RJ O’Brien in Chicago. Attention for the past

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans near one-year high

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek February 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures neared a one-year high on Friday as concerns mounted about crop losses from a searing drought in Argentina, the world’s biggest exporter of soymeal and soyoil. Argentina, which is also the world’s No. 3 supplier of soybeans and corn, has been grappling with dry weather since late last

Mature winter wheat. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather

Prairie winter wheat conditions no cause for alarm, yet

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 13, 2018

CNS Canada — While it’s been a cold winter with little snow cover, there is still hope for the Prairies’ winter wheat crop as soil temperatures haven’t hit danger levels yet. “I checked the soil temperatures this morning across the Prairies and most of the soils are about -10 C and winter wheat at this

Forages, Livestock, Weather

Saskatchewan, B.C. areas up for livestock tax deferrals

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 6, 2018

Livestock producers in several more parched municipalities in Saskatchewan and British Columbia will be able to defer income from sales of animals on their 2017 tax returns. The federal government on Tuesday announced its final list of designated regions for 2017, including 20 more municipalities in Saskatchewan and seven in British Columbia. The initial list,

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Southern Plains drought slows U.S. cattle herd growth

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 31, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Encroaching drought in the U.S. southern Plains contributed to the smallest rise in the nation’s cattle population in three years, analysts said after the government’s semi-annual cattle inventory report on Wednesday. Insufficient moisture in parts of Texas and Oklahoma, along with areas of persistent dryness in the northern Plains, hurt winter

Cereals, Crops

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grains chopping around

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 25, 2018

CNS Canada — Dry subsoil moisture conditions and a lack of snow cover in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan continue to create worries for many farmers. Conditions range from abnormally dry in many areas to full-on droughts around Regina and some areas south of Calgary, according to Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. Feed barley bids in the

Allan Preston is the chair of the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI).

Local news

Good water management, like good fences, makes good neighbours

ARBI was formed in 2014 to bring diverse stakeholders together for better watershed management planning across the Assiniboine Basin

By Lorraine Stevenson January 18, 2018

Water is a critical resource, yet all too often viewed as a nuisance or an impediment to production — and a problem to pass off to the neighbours. “There can be lots of fights about water,” said Ag Days speaker Allan Preston, chair of the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) who began his Jan. 17

Local projects for multi-beneficial water management were cited by staff with Seine-Rat River Conservation District speaking at the 42nd annual Manitoba Conservation Districts Association convention in December.

Local news

CDs cite need for multi-benefit water control projects

Flood preparations alone won’t buy a litre of drought protection,  say MCDA speakers 

By Lorraine Stevenson January 4, 2018

Will there be flooding? Will there be drought? Planning for both is essential to help ward off the financial hits these weather extremes bring, speakers at last month’s Manitoba Conservation Districts Association convention said. In the Seine-Rat River Conservation District (SRRCD) they’re looking at ways to be ready for whatever climate change brings, and to

Most of Manitoba has decent soil moisture, but there’s still plenty of concern in other parts of Western Canada.

Crops, News, Weather

Parched Prairies settle in for frigid winter

Big portions of Western Canada remain very dry headed into winter

By Dave Sims November 15, 2017

Much of Manitoba may have adequate soil moisture, but the same can’t be said for your colleague to the west. Timely snows will be badly needed this winter to insulate drought-stricken areas of Western Canada from what are expected to be cold temperatures. Multiple areas of southern Saskatchewan are locked in a D-4 drought, which

Our History

Drought year predicts high crop insurance payouts

Our History: September 1980

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 13, 2017

Effects of the drought-stricken crop of 1980 dominated the front page of our September 11, 1980 issue. Manitoba Crop Insurance anticipated a possible payout of $100 million, its highest on record. Crops farther west had suffered less than in Manitoba, and Statistics Canada was forecasting a larger Prairie wheat crop than the previous year, but

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn and wheat futures firm on brisk exports, softer dollar

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle, hogs rise

Russia has surplus of peas after failing to boost exports to China, analysts say

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