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Corn seedlings in southern Ontario in 2021. (Farmtario photo by John Greig)
Crops, Weather

Spring planting well underway in Ontario

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MarketsFarm — Farmers are well into seeding their crops for 2022, according to Wednesday’s crop report from Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The report noted planting of corn, soybeans and spring cereals started late last week — the exception being where there are heavier soils. OMAFRA projected planting could be 80
Global wheat prices hit record levels in March after war broke out among top exporters Russia and Ukraine, and that came on the heels of an already-tight supply situation.
Op/Ed, Opinion

U.S. winter wheat health among worst ever, yield prospects dicey

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Reuters – The U.S. winter wheat crop has emerged from dormancy in miserable condition following a historically dry winter in key production states, almost guaranteeing that the harvest will not rank among the country’s better ones. The timing is not great since tensions in the wheat market are running high. Global wheat prices hit record
Fuelled by the Ukraine crisis, wheat prices in China recently soared to a record on existing domestic supply worries.
Markets, News

Chinese winter wheat condition could be worst in history

Grim assessment comes from the country’s agriculture minister and raises many concerns

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Reuters – The condition of China’s winter wheat crop could be the “worst in history,” the agriculture minister said recently, raising concerns about grain supplies in the world’s biggest wheat consumer. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the country’s annual parliament meeting, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian said that rare heavy
A lack of hardiness in some EU grain crops could leave them vulnerable to frost.
Markets, News

EU crops get favourable start, winter hardiness a risk in east

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Most grain crops in the European Union have continued to benefit from favourable weather in the past month, although a lack of hardiness could leave some plants vulnerable to frost, the EU’s crop monitoring service MARS said Dec. 14. The buildup of frost tolerance has been generally weak in central, eastern and southeastern Europe, MARS
Winter wheat has struggled in some areas of the U.S. breadbasket.
Cereals, News

Warm, dry conditions threaten U.S. Plains Winter Wheat Belt

Over 100 temperature records fell during a 10-day period in late November and early December

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Reuters – Dry and unseasonably warm weather is threatening yield prospects for winter wheat in the U.S. Plains breadbasket, crop and weather experts said, as global supplies of milling wheat are tightening. Winter wheat has struggled in some areas, including parts of Oklahoma where scrawny plants lack robust root systems. “The plant is just not in good shape to handle adverse
CBOT January 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, dark green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn set multi-month highs

South American crop uncertainty, chart-based buying are factors

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Friday, hitting a 2-1/2 month top on worries about South American crop weather coupled with chart-based buying, traders said. Corn futures set a four-month high near $6 a bushel and wheat followed the firm trend (all figures US$). Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans settled
Northern pintail ducks in flight.
News

Getting their ducks in a row — of winter wheat

Coalition hopes a new winter wheat ecolabel will boost the grain’s profile and market share

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A new Habitat-friendly winter wheat ecolabel program aims to boost the profile of winter wheat as the crop provides crucial habitat for a declining species of duck — the northern pintail. “(Northern pintail) ducks that nest in winter wheat are 24 times more successful than those that choose to nest in spring-sown cereals,” said Karli
Markets, News

Russia to plant less winter wheat for 2022 crop

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Russian farmers are expected to sow less winter wheat this autumn than record levels seen a year ago due to unfavourable weather conditions, a switch to oilseeds in some regions and concerns about the country’s grain export tax, analysts said. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter to Africa, the Middle East and other regions.
Markets, News

Ukraine sees 2022 winter wheat-sowing area at 6.68 million hectares

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Ukrainian farmers have begun sowing winter grain for the 2022 harvest and the area under winter wheat could rise significantly, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. A total of 7.8 million hectares of winter grains, including 6.68 million hectares of winter wheat, are expected to be sown, it said. The farmers had sown the first

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