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Late Blight Moving North

July 14, 2011

Confirmed cases of late blight have been reported as of June 28 in the northeastern states of Delaware, New York and Virginia, the Manitoba government’s weekly potato news said July 5. No late blight found or reported in Manitoba. The sentinel plots, with potato and tomato plants, also are being regularly inspected, said Vikram Bisht,

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 14, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture July 14, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION There was minimal rainfall in the southwest region over the past week. Producers took advantage of the drier weather to plant greenfeed and spray unseeded land. Winter wheat crops are heading and majority of fungicide applications have been completed. The crop looks to be average. Fall rye is heading and looks to be

Beef cattle, Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jul. 7, 2011

By Reuters July 7, 2011

EU drought eases:Rain in past weeks has saved European Union wheat from the worst impact of drought this spring but the 2011 crop will still fall on the year, analysts and traders said June 28. Much of west Europe has had regular rain in the past three weeks, relieving parched crops after the spring drought.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

A Spring We Would Rather Forget

By Les Mcewan July 7, 2011

It must be summer. They show up like visiting relatives on the doorstep and they don’t know when to leave. Wood ticks, mosquitoes and black flies that think the Parklands have just moved down to the international border. Adding injury to the insult of the spring that never really happened, farmers across the province have

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Market Upside Limited From Flooded Prairie Acres

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 7, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were mostly lower during the holiday-shortened week ended June 30, as a sell-off in U.S. grains and oilseeds spilled over to weigh on values. While weather problems in parts of Western Canada and unseeded acres remain supportive, improving crop prospects for the canola that’s in the ground served to lessen

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Pasta Makers Fret As U.S. Durum Area Hits 50-Yr. Low

By Christine Stebbins July 7, 2011

The U.S. wheat industry is bracing for a tight supply of premium pasta wheat this year after the USDA projected durum acres this week to be the lowest in 50 years as heavy rains and flooding prevented planting. Some industry specialists expect the number to get even smaller as the U.S. Department of Agriculture surveyed

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 7, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture July 7, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Spotty thundershowers over the past week brought varied rainfall ranging from 10 to 60 mm, with reports of severe weather in Hamiota, Cardale, Newdale and Reston. In general, warm weather and humidity over the past week, let the crop advance and improve. Producers are working on weed control. Crop quality varies a great

Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Drops On Fund Profit-Taking

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 30, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts dropped sharply during the week ended June 24, hitting their lowest levels in over a month as a broad-based fund sell-off weighed on prices. An unexpectedly bearish Statistics Canada acreage report also accounted for some of the selling, although most participants were downplaying the large StatsCan acreage number, given the

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Funds Retreat From Ag Investments As Prices Fall

By Mark Weinraub June 30, 2011

Money managers slashed their bullish bets in corn by 22 per cent to the smallest level in nearly a year at a time when analysts are saying that the year-long rally in grains has ended. Noncommercial traders, a category that includes hedge funds, cut their net long holdings in corn to 214,412 contracts in the

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jun. 30, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture June 30, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION The Southwest Region received 15 to 60 mm of rainfall over the past week. There was little change in seeding progress. Some producers worked on planting greenfeed, but rainfall brought seeding operations to a standstill. All crops are showing the effects of the wet conditions. Majority of crop that was broadcast seeded still

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