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U.S. grains: Soy, wheat firm on bargain buying

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub May 4, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and soybeans firmed on Wednesday, reversing overnight losses, on technical buying and a mild round of short-covering, traders said. Corn futures weakened, with buyers wary of pushing prices higher amid a swift pace of planting in the U.S. Midwest. Sharp declines on Tuesday caused investors to step in and

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as colder weather threatens crop

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 21, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat jumped as much as one per cent on Monday, led by gains in K.C. hard red winter wheat as extremely cold weather threatened to curb yields in parts of the southern U.S. Plains growing region already suffering from dry conditions. Wheat futures pared early gains on technical selling, keeping

Doug Wray is among several Alberta cattle producers experimenting with adding a variety of forages to feed his cattle. The mix adds important nutrients to the cattle’s diet, but also increases the diversity on the land.

Forages, Opinion

Editorial: Increasing your farming options

By Laura Rance-Unger July 20, 2015

Even in June, you could feel a drought in the making as we tramped across the bone-dry paddocks of Doug Wray’s ranch north of Calgary. Far from the lush, succulent feel of the pastures here in Manitoba, the grasses there rustled and crunched underfoot. Conditions haven’t improved — in fact, the situation out west has

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola trade seen remaining choppy until seeding done

U.S. corn, soy and wheat will keep trading on the weather

By Terryn Shiells May 15, 2015

The ICE Futures Canada canola market started off the week ending May 8 with a bang, seeing gains of nearly C$10 per tonne on Monday (May 4). But that’s where the excitement ended. The following days were all pretty uneventful, with quiet activity that led to prices chopping around within a fairly narrow range. Some

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola, soy poised to become ‘weather’ markets

The U.S. avian flu outbreak could cut feed demand

By Terryn Shiells May 7, 2015

The ICE Futures Canada canola market had an up-and-down week, with very quiet activity some days. Overall, prices were down compared to the week prior due to weakness in outside oilseed markets. Strength seen in the Canadian currency earlier in the week was also a bearish force for canola, though it started to lose some

Livestock

Canada blocking poultry from Kansas, Arkansas

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 15, 2015

Canada has expanded its restrictions on imports of live poultry, uncooked poultry products and eggs to include those from Kansas and Arkansas, as avian flu has now appeared in birds in both states. The Kansas cases of highly-pathogenic (“high-path”) H5N2 avian flu are in a backyard chicken and duck flock in Leavenworth County, on the state’s

Local news

A stellar lineup of speakers at Manitoba Ag Days

Be sure to take in some of the seminars

By Duncan Morrison January 13, 2015

Social media is all the rage these days and things are no different when it comes to agriculture and advocating agriculture in general. That is why 2015 Manitoba Ag Days co-chair Jonothon Roskos is particularly excited about the inclusion of Greg Peterson of Peterson Farm Bros. as a key speaker at the event. “The Peterson

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Freezing temperatures drop on Kansas wheat fields

April 19, 2012

reuters / Potentially crop-damaging freezing temperatures descended on to western Kansas early April 16, where the new crop of hard red winter wheat was maturing rapidly, but wheat experts said the wheat likely held up well. “It can tolerate some pretty cool temperatures with little or no damage,” said Kansas State University agronomist Jim Shroyer.

News

U.S. Plains Farmland Values Soared In Fourth-Quarter 2010

February 24, 2011

U.S. Plains farmland values soared in the fourth quarter of 2010, buoyed by strong farm income and robust demand for farmland, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said. The value of irrigated and non-irrigated cropland rose 14.8 per cent and 12.9 per cent, respectively, versus the same period a year earlier. Ranchland values climbed

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Drought In U.S. Winter Wheat Fields Worries Experts

By Carey Gillam December 16, 2010

U.S. wheat experts are growing increasingly concerned about the new winter wheat crop in parts of top producer Kansas and other Plains states, as persistently dry conditions erode production potential. Drought conditions are plaguing the entire western third of Kansas, which routinely is the top U.S. wheat-growing state, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

Tag Archives Kansas

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat firm on bargain buying

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as colder weather threatens crop

Editorial: Increasing your farming options

Canola trade seen remaining choppy until seeding done

Canola, soy poised to become ‘weather’ markets

Canada blocking poultry from Kansas, Arkansas

Freezing temperatures drop on Kansas wheat fields

U.S. Plains Farmland Values Soared In Fourth-Quarter 2010

Drought In U.S. Winter Wheat Fields Worries Experts

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