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Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn, soy, wheat mostly lower as planting forecast improves

By Reuters May 9, 2013

* Soybeans firm as processors seek crushing supplies * Corn lower, drags wheat down * Analysts expect heavy corn planting next week (Adds new analyst quote, updates with closing prices, recasts first three paragraphs) By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. grain and soy futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday as farmers geared

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

XxCBOT early calls: Wheat down 1-2, corn down 2-4, soy up 2-10

By Reuters May 8, 2013

CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. trade expectations for the reopening of the Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy complex trading at 8:30 a.m. CDT (1330 GMT) on Wednesday. WHEAT - Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Better winter wheat growing weather in the Midwest SRW region and Plains HRW region

Leigh Syms, retired associate curator of archeology at the Manitoba Museum, holds a replica of a bone hoe once used by First Nations farmers. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

Country Crossroads, Other livestock, Pulses

Manitoba’s agriculture history started long before the sodbusters arrived

Researchers say plants such as lamb’s quarters aren’t here by accident, and growing corn goes back more than a millennium

By Shannon VanRaes May 8, 2013

Does it ever seem that unrelenting weeds such as lamb’s quarters and amaranth were somehow bred to thrive on the Canadian Prairie? In fact, they were. But if you think corn is a new crop in this part of the world, think again — Aboriginal farmers were growing it more than a millennium ago. Technology

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn falls as planting expectations drag, USDA report supports old-crop

By Reuters May 8, 2013

* Mkt expects rapid corn planting as dry weather forecast * Old-crop corn prices supported ahead of next USDA report later in wk * Wheat drops despite signs of crop stress in key exporting nations By Colin Packham SYDNEY, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. new-crop corn futures fell on Wednesday as expectations for an increase

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn slips on forecasts of better planting weather

By Reuters May 8, 2013

SYDNEY, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures slipped on Wednesday, reversing gains from the previous session, as forecasts for favourable planting weather weighed on prices. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade July corn fell 0.12 percent to $6.39-1/4 a bushel, having gained 0.55 percent in the previous session. * July wheat fell 0.28 percent

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Steinbach mom develops gluten-free recipes

By Lorraine Stevenson April 26, 2013

Readers occasionally request gluten-free recipes, so I’d like to tell you about Jeanine Friesen this week. The Steinbach mother of two was diagnosed five years ago with Celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that makes the body unable to absorb gluten, affecting about one in every 100 to 200 people in Canada. The only treatment is to

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Interest in grass cattle tempered by lack of grass

By Terryn Shiells April 26, 2013

Tight feed supplies continued to pressure feeder cattle prices at auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended April 19. Prices on good-quality cattle fared better than those on poorer-quality cattle, said Buddy Bergner of Ashern Auction Mart. “The good cattle were fully steady, but plainer-type cattle were down 10 to 15 cents (per pound).”

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

New-crop concerns loom large over old-crop canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 26, 2013

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended April 19, with the largest gains coming in the old-crop months. Those gains nearby may be tied to the tightening supplies in Western Canada, but have as much to do with new-crop perceptions as anything else. Nobody is writing the crop off just yet,

Hogs, News

Pilot Mound prosciutto wins gold at food fight

By Lorraine Stevenson April 26, 2013

Thin slivers of dry-cured ham passed the ultimate taste test, earning its creator a grand prize of $10,000 at the Great Manitoba Food Fight April 18. Clinton Cavers used recipes borrowed from his Italian friends to create the gold-medal-winning ‘old world recipe’ prosciutto, made from pork raised outdoors and processed in a meat shop on

Cereals, Crops, International news, Opinion

The crisis deepens in the West Australian wheat lands

By Roger Crook April 26, 2013

One economist says that if rural Australia were a member country of the euro zone,  international financial markets would be refusing to finance the sector

The closer West Australian farmers get to seeding time, which is any time after the end of April, the more intense the debate becomes whether the eastern Wheat Belt will ever be the same again. Now there are reports of farmers abandoning their land and walking off. Enough is enough for some. The old men

Daily Network News

Klassen: Feeder cattle market continues consolidation

Richardson International sells Matex Control Chemical brand

Saskatchewan, Alberta farmers get strychnine against gophers until late 2027

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GRAINS-Corn, soy, wheat mostly lower as planting forecast improves

XxCBOT early calls: Wheat down 1-2, corn down 2-4, soy up 2-10

Manitoba’s agriculture history started long before the sodbusters arrived

GRAINS-Corn falls as planting expectations drag, USDA report supports old-crop

GRAINS-Corn slips on forecasts of better planting weather

Interest in grass cattle tempered by lack of grass

New-crop concerns loom large over old-crop canola

Pilot Mound prosciutto wins gold at food fight

The crisis deepens in the West Australian wheat lands

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