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Funds all-time record short across CBOT grains, oilseeds

By Karen Braun May 5, 2017

Speculators hit a milestone in the Chicago grains and oilseeds market in late April, as they have reached a new level of bearishness across all seven grains and oilseeds futures and options contracts. Combining corn, hard and soft red winter wheat, hard red spring wheat, soybeans, soybean oil and soybean meal, hedge funds and other

Weanling pigs can thrive on plant-based protein diets,  a recent study shows.

Did you know?, Hogs, News

Soy protein concentrate a replacement in piglet diets

It’s a functional — and less expensive — alternative to  animal protein sources

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 24, 2017

Animal nutritionists have long known that plant-based protein sources are less expensive for swine feed rations. But until recently they’ve worried over some anti-nutritional factors that can negatively affect gut health and growth performance in weanling pigs. Recent research from the University of Illinois has shown that soy protein concentrate (SPC) may be partly or

Minnesota Soybean Processors plans to expand out of its base at Brewster, Minnesota, with a proposed plant at  Spiritwood, North Dakota.

Crops, Oilseeds

Westman soybean plant proponents not discouraged by North Dakota plant

The Westman Opportunities Leadership Group says a plant proposed  for Spiritwood, N.D. shows how fast soybean production is growing  on the northern Great Plains

By Allan Dawson February 21, 2017

A committee studying the case for building a soybean-crushing plant in western Manitoba is undeterred by plans announced last week for one in Spiritwood, North Dakota, 140 km west of Fargo. “I think this just confirms to us that there is a significant potential here and I am quite sure we will continue to investigate

Markets, News, Weather

Dry spell in Argentina may spoil buzz for soybean bulls: Braun

Switch away from wet cycle could set the stage for a significant recovery in the crop’s prospects

By Karen Braun January 31, 2017

Soybean bulls have been excited over the excessive rains across Argentina’s Soybean Belt in recent weeks, but an expected flip to dry weather might wither their enthusiasm. It’s been wet in the core soybean region in Argentina – the global leader in soy product exports. Most areas picked up between one and two inches (25

Manitoba Agriculture’s Dennis Lange says there are substantial differences between soybean varieties and technologies.

Crops

A soybean isn’t a soybean anymore

With more varieties to choose and new technologies to use, growers must ask more questions about what to grow — and what their neighbours are putting in

By Lorraine Stevenson January 20, 2017

More soybean crops for Manitoba this summer mean farmers must be extra vigilant about what everyone else is planting, says a provincial pulse crops specialist. In a talk dubbed ‘A soybean isn’t a soybean anymore,’ during St. Jean Farm Days, Manitoba Agriculture pulse crops specialist Dennis Lange and farm production specialist Terry Buss cautioned farmers

As soybeans break out of the Red River Valley, Westman looks to become a logical choice for any future crushing plant.

Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

Westman group exploring feasibility of soybean-crushing plant

Westman Opportunities Leadership Group chair Ray Redfern says with soybean production expanding and perhaps hog production too, a plant in western Manitoba could make sense

By Allan Dawson January 12, 2017

A group of community leaders is studying the feasibility of building a 5,000-tonne-per-day soybean-crushing plant in western Manitoba. The newly created Westman Opportunities Leadership Group (WOLG) is a volunteer group whose membership includes business, farm and civic leaders from the region. “Most of the (soybean) growth from here on in will certainly be in Westman,”

Brazil’s massive annual soybean harvests are making it the market mover in this crop.

International news, Pulse markets

Brazil cuts into U.S. soybean market share with China sales

Near-perfect weather in Latin America seen to supply soybean glut and fuel competition for sales

By Naveen Thukral November 9, 2016

Brazil is muscling in on the peak season for U.S. soybean sales to China, the world’s biggest buyer, as major producers vie to slim down bulging stockpiles after four years of record global output. In deals signed recently, exporters from the Latin American country have sold four shipments to China for delivery in November and

Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean group highlights growing importance of crop

Soybeans are now Canada's fourth-largest crop by acres and are a major economic force in agriculture

By Alex Binkley May 30, 2016

Soy production is surging in Canada, and now there are some hard numbers to attach to the explosive growth. In the decade ending in 2014, soybean production in Canada essentially doubled to just over six million tonnes, while farm cash receipts from the crop soared as did exports, says an economic assessment from consultants MNP,

Local news, Oilseeds

Study concludes Manitoba soybean-crushing plant viable

But that’s partly because of market distortions caused by poor rail service and lacking competition

By Allan Dawson May 20, 2015

Poor rail service and a lack of competition contribute to the viability of a 2,000-tonne-per-day soybean-crushing plant in Manitoba, a study prepared for the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG) and Soy 20/20 says. “Indeed, the numbers tell us that if adequate and regular rail service existed in Manitoba then both a Canadian and/or a

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap, Nov. 29, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson December 6, 2012

Soybeans have become a success story for agriculture in Manitoba. That sea of soy this past summer was a record-breaking 857,000 acres. Yet familiar as we’ve become with growing it, it’s a relative rarity in our diet. We may drink soy beverages more often, or sprinkle a little soy sauce on our stir-fries, or consume

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slow descent

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat plummet from highs on limited Chinese demand

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices starting to pick up

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