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A close-up of emerging corn seedlings north of London, Ont. on May 24, 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Crops, Weather

StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

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Statistics Canada has confirmed what most farmers in Ontario knew this past summer: Hot and droughty conditions drove production of corn and soybeans almost 10 per cent lower than 2015 levels. StatsCan’s harvest report, released this week, also showed the large wheat crop in Ontario was a record, with a 56 per cent increase in
A wheat crop in progress on May 24, 2016 north of London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Cereals, Crops

Wheat crops excel in Ontario

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CNS Canada — Ontario wheat producers are having a great start to the season, with healthy crops doubling in acreage from last year, according to a provincial cereals specialist. “Winter wheat crop this year is looking excellent,” said Joanna Follings, who works for the Ontario ministry of agriculture in Guelph. “We have some disease pressures
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops

Manitoba soybean acreage looks to inch upward

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CNS Canada — U.S. farmers may be seeding fewer soybean acres this spring but expectations for the crop remain relatively steady north of the border, according to Francois Labelle, executive director of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. “Our first indications are that acreage will be the same as last year to up a little bit,”
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Crops, Markets

U.S. acreage plans not set in stone as corn price drops

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Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers could plant more soybean acres than suggested in the government’s acreage forecast issued Thursday, as recent gains in the futures market tempted them to alter their corn-heavy seeding plans, growers and analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department report showed farmers intend to plant 93.601 million acres of corn this
(USDA.gov via Flickr)
Crops, Markets

USDA sees farmers boosting corn, cutting soy acreage

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Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday forecast that U.S. farmers will raise corn plantings and cut back on soybean acreage in the 2016-17 marketing year. USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist estimated that farmers would seed 90.5 million acres of corn during the spring, 2.1 million more than they did in 2015-16.

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