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U. S. Feed Rations Could Shift To Wheat

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U. S. livestock producers may begin injecting more wheat into their feed after its price premium to corn hit its lowest level in three years and a government report revealed a radically tighter corn supply. Wheat is typically a costly feed alternative to corn, but the spread between the two narrowed to as little as
Cereals, Grain Markets

U. S. Farmers Can’t Meet Booming Corn Demands

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Exporters, livestock feeders and ethanol makers are going through the U. S. corn stockpile faster than farmers can grow the crops, the government said July 9. Despite record crops in two of the past three years and another record within reach this year, the USDA estimated the corn carry-over will shrink to the lowest level
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto, BASF Increase Research Investment

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“The yield increases that we have achieved together in the field so far give us confidence that we can do more in our collaboration crops, which now include wheat.” – PETER ECKES, BASF PLANT SCIENCE PRESIDENT Monsanto Co. and BASF said July 7 they will nearly double their investments into an already established joint venture
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 15, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Isolated thunderstorms last week resulted in small accumulations. Crops are rebounding from the moisture stress and have improved significantly. Early-seeded cereal crops are done flowering. Later-seeded cereal crop development ranges from tillering to starting to head. Most canola is flowering except for later-seeded crops, which range from cabbaging to bolting. Flax is starting
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Getting A Head Start

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If you’re thinking about getting a head start on 2011 by sowing winter wheat into some of those empty fields next month, now would be a good time to pick up some flax seed. Provincial agronomists say it’s one of the best options available to farmers looking to artificially create that all-important snow-trapping stubble needed
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

New USDA Numbers Surprise Markets

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform continued to trek higher during the week ended July 2. Steady domestic crusher demand, combined with weather worries across the Canadian Prairies, helped to stimulate the price advances. The continued refusal
Cereals, Crops, Forages

No Shortage Of Topics For Crop School

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“Zero-till is harder in wheat stubble and strip-till seems to be a way to deal with it.” – JOHN HEARD John Heard and his Crop Diagnostic School team have taken the advice that when life delivers lemons, you make lemonade. All that rain that’s hurting Manitoba crops has also hit the diagnostic school’s plots here
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 1, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION High rainfall amounts were reported throughout the region in the past week, with the Minnedosa area one of the hardest hit. Early seeded crops appear to be tolerating the moisture better than late seeded crops. Approximately 15-30 per cent of crop acres will not get seeded due to excessive moisture, although greenfeed may
Cereals, Crops

Greenfeed Crop Insurance Deadline July 15

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There’s one more crop option now that the June 20 crop insurance seeding deadline has past – greenfeed. Manitoba farmers have until July 15 to sow greenfeed and get crop insurance coverage, albeit reduced. However, not every crop is eligible for greenfeed. The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) defines greenfeed as “oats, barley, mixed grain,
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jun. 24, 2010

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SOUTHWEST High rainfall amounts were reported throughout the region in the past week. Early-seeded crops appear to be tolerating the moisture better than late-seeded crops. Approximately 15-30 per cent of crop acres will not get seeded due to excessive moisture, although greenfeed may still be planted. Early seeded cereal crops are in the tillering stage;

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