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A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Feed weekly outlook: Varying yields make for average crop

By GFM Network News August 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed grain crop yields are expected to be about average across the Prairies as harvest has kicked off. “It appears we’ll have somewhat of an average crop, with a bunch of high-yield areas and a bunch of low yield areas averaged together,” said Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. New-crop

CBOT November 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease on warmer weather

By GFM Network News July 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean, corn and wheat futures all settled down on Monday after early strength, as outlooks for improved U.S. weather boosted crop production prospects, analysts said. The August soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade settled down 14-3/4 cents at $8.89-3/4 a bushel and new-crop November settled down 14-1/2 cents

Winter wheat crops have been hit by late frost and cool, dry conditions this spring.

Crops, Local news, Other

Winter cereals still waiting for rain

Most winter wheat made it into spring, but cold temperatures and lack of rainfall have added a sour note

By Alexis Stockford June 14, 2019

Spring was not kind to this year’s winter cereals, and the so-far patchy rains have seen little improvement. Both forage and winter cereals suffered from a cold, dry start to the growing season. Temperatures remained unseasonably cold well into May. A major frost event May 26 saw widespread lows under -2 C, with some areas

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on short-covering

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 14, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rallied on Thursday for the second time in three days, hitting their highest in more than a week as investors scrambled to unwind short positions, traders said. The short squeeze came as the winter wheat crop in the U.S. has been breaking dormancy. “I think

CBOT May 2019 wheat with Bollinger bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as investors cover shorts

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped 5.5 per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from contract lows on a round of technical buying and bargain hunting in an oversold market, traders said. Corn and soybeans also were higher after recent declines, but their gains paled in comparison with wheat as traders unwound bearish positions despite

CBOT May 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages.

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly February 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid for a second consecutive session on Tuesday to the lowest in 10 months as cheaper exports from producers including Russia weighed on demand for U.S. supplies. Soybeans also fell, giving up the last session’s gains, as a rapidly advancing harvest in top exporter Brazil boosted global supplies.

CBOT March 2019 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from five-week high

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen January 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures closed lower on profit-taking and a lack of market-moving news on Thursday while soybeans firmed, buoyed by concerns about the size of Brazil’s crop. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) March wheat settled down 4-1/2 cents at $5.21-1/2 per bushel (all figures US$). CBOT March corn ended

Crops, Markets

U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen January 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delayed several major domestic and world crop reports because of the two-week-old partial government shutdown, the agency said on Friday. New release dates for the monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report and other data originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 11, will be

Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather

Fall rye’s popularity catching on Prairies

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News December 7, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s good and bad news when it comes to winter cereal acreage in Western Canada. Winter wheat acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are down this fall, while acreage in Alberta increased, and fall rye acres in all provinces rose. “I think a lot of the guys that were growing winter wheat have

Robert Graf is a research scientist at the Lethbridge Research and Development  Centre working to develop a premium quality winter wheat.

Cereals, Crops

Researchers working to produce winter wheat with ‘CWRS-like’ qualities

The project is all about improving returns to the producer by reducing the price difference between the two types of wheat, say research scientists

By Lorraine Stevenson November 13, 2018

A wheat research program could combine the superior end-use qualities of hard red spring wheat with the higher yield and environmental benefits of winter wheat within the decade. Robert Graf, a research scientist responsible for the winter wheat-breeding program at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, says he and his team are

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Tag Archives Winter wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Varying yields make for average crop

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease on warmer weather

Winter cereals still waiting for rain

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on short-covering

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as investors cover shorts

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from five-week high

U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown

Fall rye’s popularity catching on Prairies

Researchers working to produce winter wheat with ‘CWRS-like’ qualities

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