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Be careful changing wheat registration

By Allan Dawson April 9, 2013

Western farm leaders say they oppose a push to allow new wheat varieties to be registered without meeting disease resistance, agronomy and end-use standards. The presidents of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan (APAS), and Wild Rose Agricultural Producers (WRAP), say the proposal put forward by rival group Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

USDA’s reports pressure canola, wheat, corn and soy

By Dwayne Klassen April 9, 2013

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform were forced into losses during the holiday-shortened week ending March 28 by the release of some bearishly construed U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Canola had been edging upward until that point. Concerns about tight old-crop supplies, steady export demand and some light domestic crusher needs had

Crops, Opinion, Weather

U.S. corn prospects threatened as drought lingers in the west

By Gavin Maguire April 9, 2013

Most of the top corn-producing states in the western half of the Midwest are suffering from much worse drought conditions than a year ago and so are heading into the spring planting season with historically dry soils

Reuters / The recent spell of rain and snow across much of the United States has raised expectations that overall field conditions are recovering from last year’s drought and that the crops planted this spring will get off to a strong start with access to adequate moisture reserves. But despite appearances, the grip of last

Crops, Weather

Southern U.S. farmers set fast corn-planting pace

April 9, 2013

chicago / reuters Farmers in southern areas of the United States were ahead of the typical corn-planting schedule as dry weather allowed them to access their fields earlier than usual, government reports showed March 25. In Louisiana, farmers had already planted 86 per cent of their corn crop, up from 56 per cent last week

Cereals, Crops, News

New WCWGA president

March 28, 2013

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

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Anxiety rises over possible Prairie seeding delays

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 28, 2013

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted good gains during the week ended March 22, as solid end-user demand, the weaker Canadian dollar, a slowdown in farmer selling, bullish technical signals, ongoing concerns over tightening old-crop supplies, new concerns over possible planting delays this spring, and logistical issues moving soybeans out of South America all served

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U.S. corn plantings seen at highest since 1936

March 28, 2013

Reuters / U.S. farmers may plant 97.43 million acres of corn this year, up 0.3 per cent from last year, which would be the largest corn area since 1936, according to a Farm Futures magazine survey. The survey of 1,750 U.S. growers also showed farmers intend to plant a record 79.09 million acres of soybeans, up

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Latest USDA supply-demand report delivers few surprises in key commodities

By Charles Abbott March 25, 2013

The U.S. Agriculture Department delivered few surprises in its monthly crop and world agricultural supply-demand reports, keeping U.S. corn and soybean supplies tight but raising global soybean and wheat stockpiles from a month ago. The Argentine soybean and corn crops were both lowered by drought, USDA said. Projected soybean output was trimmed by three per

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

CWB lowers old-crop PRO in cereals

March 25, 2013

CWB has lowered Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for wheat in its Harvest and Winter pools, according to an updated report released on March 15. Durum and barley PROs in the Harvest and Winter pools were also lowered, while canola values in both pools were unchanged to higher. Wheat PROs in the Harvest and Winter pools

Crops, Weather

Like most American belts, the Corn Belt has expanded too

By Julie Ingwersen March 25, 2013

North Dakota corn acreage has doubled since 2006 and quadrupled since 2001 Reuters / A combination of a long-term warming trend, improved varieties and soaring profits has sparked a “corn boom” in the Northern Plains that might one day turn North and South Dakota into the new Iowa, analysts say. “All you need to do

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Tag Archives Maize

Be careful changing wheat registration

USDA’s reports pressure canola, wheat, corn and soy

U.S. corn prospects threatened as drought lingers in the west

Southern U.S. farmers set fast corn-planting pace

New WCWGA president

Anxiety rises over possible Prairie seeding delays

U.S. corn plantings seen at highest since 1936

Latest USDA supply-demand report delivers few surprises in key commodities

CWB lowers old-crop PRO in cereals

Like most American belts, the Corn Belt has expanded too

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