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Children walk through a partially dry riverbed at New Delhi on April 30. Extreme heat has cut into India’s wheat production prospects and export expectations.
Grain Markets, Markets

Spring seeding conditions likely to sway markets

Canola values are recovering up off a hard drop

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The ICE Futures canola market dropped hard to start the month of May, seeing heavy bouts of long liquidation as profit-taking finally came forward to weigh on values. However, with no change to underlying fundamentals, the selling quickly ran out of steam and the futures managed to regain much of their lost ground. July canola
Flood-related states of emergency in Manitoba – May 2022.
Crop Report, Crops, News

Heavy rainfall sees overland flooding, farmers extremely concerned about seeding delays

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 1, May 10, 2022

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Overview The crop year for Manitoba farmers begins with extremely challenging spring conditions, moving from a very dry 2021 to high overwinter snowfall accumulation followed by a very wet April. Overland flooding has impacted major transportation routes, delaying shipment of ag commodities and inputs. Soils have been left saturated across much of agro-Manitoba, with regularly
Viktor and Sergiy Shipov say they’ll harvest a crop this year, despite the challenges from the war. (Photo: Ihor Pavliuk/Oleksandr)
Crops, Weather

Farming behind the lines: Growers in Ukraine plant amid hostilities close by

'We started the sowing campaign by removing rockets from the field'

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Viktor and Sergiy Shipov are used to adversity. Viktor established a farming company in southern Ukraine 20 years ago, in the Mykolaiv Oblast, where hellish heat and lack of rainfall can make the land look like the Sahara Desert with yellow dunes. This is a corner of the classic Ukrainian steppe, where rainfall is very
CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans ease on expected planting progress

Weather in U.S., India, France adds to Ukraine wheat supply fears

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Monday to five-week lows as warmer U.S. weather expedited planting progress, deflating fears of added soybean acres and further cuts to corn plantings, traders said. Wheat remained underpinned by dry conditions in the U.S. and French growing belts, reinforcing global supply concerns. The most-active Chicago Board
(Government of Alberta via Flickr)
Crops, Weather

Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average

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MarketsFarm — While spring planting in Alberta is 12.2 per cent complete overall there’s a disparity between the south and the rest of the province. Also, the pace was 2.6 points above the five-year average, but 5.2 behind last year. As of Tuesday, Alberta Agriculture found seeding in the south was at 36.5 per cent
Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn trading higher than barley

Seeding begins in Alberta

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MarketsFarm — Imported corn from the U.S. is still the grain of choice for feedlots in southern Alberta, despite the fact feed barley is at a slightly lower price right now. Corn traded on Wednesday at around $480 per tonne ($12.19 per bushel) in Lethbridge, said Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.
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Crops, Weather

Seeding already behind in Saskatchewan

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MarketsFarm — Saskatchewan Agriculture on Thursday issued its first weekly crop report of 2022, showing only one per cent of all crops in the ground. The report cited cool temperatures and spring snowstorms holding back many farmers getting into their fields. The overall five-year average at this time of year is five per cent complete.

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