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Spring seeding is ramping up in Manitoba as farmers still have no good answers on what to plant. Rosebank Farms was seeding wheat west of Miami April 29. Moist soil conditions saw little dust flying. Field activity was expected to build this week if the weather continued to co-operate.
Cereals, Crops, News

Wheat weakness brings seeding uncertainty

Producers aren’t happy when they look at wheat futures forecasts, 
but their seeding options might be limited

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Low prices, high global supply and a near-record high on U.S. wheat carry-over have some Manitoba producers scratching their heads on what to put into the ground. “If you look at almost anything, nothing really looks overly good, in my opinion anyway,” Doug Heaman, a Virden seed grower and board member of the Manitoba Seed
(FIle photo by Allan Dawson)
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IGC raises 2016-17 global wheat, corn forecasts

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London/ Reuters – The International Grains Council has raised its forecasts for global corn production in the 2016-17 season, largely reflecting improved crop prospects in the United States. World corn (maize) production was upwardly revised to 1.017 billion tonnes, up from a previous projection of 1.003 billion and the prior season’s 968 million. “Better crop prospects
Canada is well positioned to capture diversified export opportunities, says Richardson International head Curt Vossen.
Cereals, Crops

Many factors behind higher Canadian wheat exports

The move to an open market for wheat and barley seems to have been neither make nor break for Canadian wheat exports, says Richardson International head Curt Vossen

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Canadian wheat exports are up but don’t try to say it’s because of the demise of the Canadian Wheat Board. Trying to take a complex situation and boil it down to a simple yes or no based on that single factor would be a dramatic oversimplification, says Curt Vossen, president and chief executive officer of
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as China fears wane

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Chicago | Reuters –– Benchmark U.S. soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Thursday as equity markets stabilized in China, the world’s top soy buyer, and on outlooks for dry weather as the U.S. Midwest growing season winds down, traders said. Corn clung to modest gains on better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales and spillover strength
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New WCWGA president

Staff / The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has elected Levi Wood of Pense, Sask. as its new president. Wood, who farms with his father on a fifth-generation farm, replaces Kevin Bender, who stepped down after four years at the association’s convention in January. Wood graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a degree in
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IGC forecasts larger world wheat crop

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Most of the increased production will be absorbed by higher demand and end-season stocks are expected to rise by only two million tonnes

World wheat production in 2013-14 is tentatively expected to rise by four per cent, the International Grains Council said Feb. 21, issuing its first forecast for next season’s supply-and-demand balance for the commodity. “Much (of the increase) is expected to be absorbed by higher demand and end-season stocks are likely to rise by just two
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

IGC cuts forecasts for global maize, wheat crops

Reuters / A sharp decline in prospects for the European Union’s maize crop is set to further tighten supplies in a market where prices have already hit record highs this year, the International Grains Council forecast Sept. 28. The IGC, in a monthly report, cut its forecast for global maize production in 2012-13 by 5.1

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