Canada’s Rains Support U. S. Soybeans

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. The ICE Futures Canada canola market posted sharp gains during the week ended June 18, with prices climbing to their highest levels in six months as excess moisture concerns across the Prairies had the market rationing demand. Bullish technical signals

Greenfeed Crop Insurance Deadline July 15

There’s one more crop option now that the June 20 crop insurance seeding deadline has past – greenfeed. Manitoba farmers have until July 15 to sow greenfeed and get crop insurance coverage, albeit reduced. However, not every crop is eligible for greenfeed. The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) defines greenfeed as “oats, barley, mixed grain,


Crop Report – for Jun. 24, 2010

SOUTHWEST High rainfall amounts were reported throughout the region in the past week. Early-seeded crops appear to be tolerating the moisture better than late-seeded crops. Approximately 15-30 per cent of crop acres will not get seeded due to excessive moisture, although greenfeed may still be planted. Early seeded cereal crops are in the tillering stage;

Unseeded Acres Arrive In Markets

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Mounting weather concerns across Western Canada finally made their way into the canola market during the week ended June 11, causing the futures to rally sharply higher on ideas that large areas will be left unseeded this year due to


Crop Report – for Jun. 17, 2010

SOUTHWEST: Most of the region saw scattered rainshowers throughout the past week. Warm temperatures over the weekend were sufficient to dry fields enough for spraying operations. Crops are advancing with the heat; crops are shorter in height and are tillering quickly. The majority of acres in the region needs to be sprayed. Producers are keeping

In Brief… – for Jun. 10, 2010

Dow gets access to Roundup: Monsanto Co. has agreed to license its Roundup Ready 2 Yield herbicide trait to Dow Chemical’s agricultural unit, an agreement that will let Dow boost its presence in the soybean market. Dow AgroSciences will pay Monsanto a royalty for stacking the technology with its seeds. As part of stacking, seed


Rain Falls, Market Uncertainty Rises

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around within a narrow range during the week ended June 4, ending with small gains in the nearby July contract, but losses in the new-crop months. Weather worries grew across the Prairies, providing some

FAO Website To Track Wheat Fungus

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said it had launched a website to track and help prevent the global spread of wheat stem rusts including Ug99, a devastating strain that poses a global threat to production. About 90 per cent of wheat varieties around the world lack resistance to the deadly wind-borne fungus that destroys


Crop Report – for Jun. 10, 2010

SOUTHWEST: There was little to no seeding progress made over the past week due to rainshowers on several days. Moisture situation is rated as excessive in most areas. Approximately 15 to 20 per cent of the acres currently remain unseeded. Producers are looking at alternative seeding options such as broadcasting and harrowing; aerial seeding has

Poverty Reduces Wheat Consumption

Consumption of wheat in Pakistan fell 10 per cent last year, because people lost the purchasing power to buy even that most basic of food staples in the south Asian country, a top UN official said June 2. Wolfgang Herbinger, country director for the World Food Program in Pakistan, said declining wheat consumption was a