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Female soybean cyst nematodes feeding on soybean plant roots form bulbous, egg-filled nodules from which their young hatch the following spring. (Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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Soybean cyst nematode confirmed in Manitoba

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A damaging soybean pest that was expected to show up sooner or later in agricultural Manitoba has officially arrived. Crop surveys by University of Manitoba Ph.D. student Nazanin Ghavami with soil science professor Mario Tenuta and his students have turned up soybean cyst nematode at “extremely low” levels on soybean plant roots in one field
Soybean plant with nematode filled cysts.
Crops, News

Soybean Cyst Nematode confirmed in four Manitoba RMs

The populations remain low and manageable, but it will be a challenge

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A study at the University of Manitoba has confirmed the presence of soybean cyst nematode in the province. Soil scientist Mario Tenuta, of the University of Manitoba, have confirmed it visually and through molecular DNA methods in four fields, out of a total of 106 fields tested, in a study running from 2012-2019. At this
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Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country

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Rochester, Minnesota | Reuters — The U.S. government is paying Texas cotton farmer J. Walt Hagood US$145 an acre for losses related to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But Minnesota soybean farmer Betsy Jensen will get just US$35 an acre. Both farmers’ sales have taken heavy blows in Trump’s trade war with China. Neither
File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)
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China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

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Shanghai | Reuters — China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, including pork and soybeans, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new round of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war. The United States and China have both
The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Expected U.S. soybean, corn yields down

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MarketsFarm –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) September supply and demand report saw downward revisions for corn and soybeans, but kept its estimates for wheat where they were in August. The department on Thursday released its new world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE). “Prices rallied after the report came out because of the
A corn crop west of Grunthal, Man. on Aug. 17, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
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StatsCan forecasts near-record corn crop

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MarketsFarm — Canada’s corn crop is forecast to be the second largest on record despite a delayed start to spring planting, as yields showed an improvement from earlier forecasts, according to updated production estimates Thursday from Statistics Canada. Using a combination of satellite imagery, previous survey data, and agro-climatic data, the latest Statistics Canada report
U.S. soybean sales are at a 13-year low.
Comment, Opinion

Comment: U.S. corn, soy sales at 14-year low

The dawn of the new U.S. marketing year comes with burdensome supplies and absent buyers

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As the 2019-20 U.S. corn- and soybean-marketing years begin, the amount of product sold for export through mid-month is dismal, dampening the chances of trimming domestic supplies over the next year. Through Aug. 15, some 9.94 million tonnes of corn and soybeans have been sold to foreign buyers for shipment in 2019-20, down 55 per
CBOT November 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease on crop-boosting weather

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Wednesday ahead of an eagerly awaited U.S. government crop report, pressured by forecasts for favourable Midwest crop weather and disappointment that China did not include the oilseed on a list of U.S. imports exempted from tariffs. Corn also weakened as late-planted U.S. crops were seen benefiting
Barry Senft, shown here at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show in a 2017 GFO video, is stepping down in April as the organization’s chief executive. (GFO video screengrab via YouTube)
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Grain Farmers of Ontario seeking new CEO

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Ontario’s biggest ag commodity organization is on the hunt for a new CEO as its first chief prepares to exit. Barry Senft announced Tuesday he will step down as CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario in April 2020, a post he’s held since the 2009 merger of the province’s corn, soy and wheat grower groups

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