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Dos and don’ts of broadcast canola

It's generally viewed as a last resort, but there are ways to increase the chances of success

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It’s less than ideal, but in a spring like this one, some Manitoba farmers are looking at broadcast canola as their only option — other than not seeding at all. “In general, broadcast seeding is not recommended,” Anastasia Kubinec, then Manitoba Agriculture’s oilseed specialist, wrote in a 2010 article. “This includes seeding canola by aircraft….If
CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybean, wheat futures fall

CBOT corn closes higher

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday, pressured by weather forecasts that will allow farmers to make good progress on the end of their planting tasks as well as concerns about demand from China. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures also were weaker, with the market setting back on reports that Russia
ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and November 2022 canola (yellow line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways for now

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MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market may have seen some large price swings over the past few weeks, but remains relatively rangebound overall with values sitting just below their all-time highs. The upward momentum is slowing down, said David Derwin, a commodities investment advisor with PI Financial in Winnipeg. However, he added, it remains
CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn futures touch six-week low

Wheat weakens, soybeans strong

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped 1.8 per cent to a six-week low on Tuesday, pressured by a government report that farmers have made good progress in their much delayed planting tasks during the past week, traders said. “This is likely to ease previous concerns that the delays to planting could lead to
The crop insurance deadline for seeding Manitoba soybeans has been extended.
Crops, News

Crop insurance soybean seeding deadlines extended

Changes, effective this year, will be permanent

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The crop insurance deadline for seeding Manitoba soybeans is being extended two days in Area 1 and five days in Areas 2 and 3, with no changes in Area 4, starting this year, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) announced May 20. The new deadlines (see below) reflect farmers’ access to improved soybean varieties, MASC
Faced with spring flooding and recent historic precipitation, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation has extended seeding deadlines to give soybean growers some breathing room.
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New soybean seeding deadline welcomed

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Extensions to the crop insurance seeding deadlines for soybeans in Manitoba are being welcomed. The change wasn’t prompted by this year’s delay in seeding due to wet weather, but because the data supports it, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said. “The seeding dates (for soybeans) were set a long time ago,”
Overland flooding east of Roseisle around the junction of PR 245 and PR 240 on April 30, 2022.
Crops

Crop switch-out and seeding delays as late spring drags on

Only four per cent of acres were planted as of May 17

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Manitoba’s crop experts have some blanket advice for producers fighting an increasingly late spring: seed heavy, seed shallow, and go as soon as you can. “Delayed” has been an understatement when it comes to field conditions in Manitoba — the legacy of three Colorado lows in three weeks and continued rain and cold. Only four

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