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U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise for third straight day

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub July 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rallied on Thursday to their highest respective levels in more than a week, supported by forecasts for hot weather that will stress crops in key growing regions, traders said. Both commodities notched their third straight day of gains. Corn led the sector, rising 2.1 per cent,

Crops, Weather

Prairie soybeans growing well ahead of key pod-filling time

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries July 19, 2017

CNS Canada — The way things stand now, soybeans look to continue their strong push into Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The key pod-filling time in late July and early August will ultimately decide, but soybean fields in both provinces are doing well so far. In Manitoba, which planted almost 2.23 million acres of soybeans — a

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy extend gains on outlook for dry weather

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer July 19, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose about one per cent on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session on outlooks for mostly dry weather that likely will stress U.S. crops, traders and analysts said. Corn and soy prices came off their session highs at midday as investors adjusted

Farmers Dennis Reimer (l) and Charles Schmidt, looking for rain. (Lee Hart photo)

Weather

AIM for Hart: An informative first day

By GFM Network News, Lee Hart July 19, 2017

It’s official. If you want your province to dry out call Charles Schmidt. This climatological fact was among the many things I learned at the first day of the 2017 Ag In Motion (AIM) farm show near Langham, Sask. Tuesday (about 20 minutes from Saskatoon — the show is still running Wednesday and Thursday, so

Crops, Markets, Weather

Declining lentil prices should level off, improve

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries July 18, 2017

CNS Canada — Red lentil growers, who have seen prices cut in half during the past year and a half, may finally be able to find solace in what some analysts call a brighter outlook for the remainder of 2017. “I personally am optimistic that we will see higher prices. Some other people will dispute

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on bargain buying, temperature outlook

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer July 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures jumped more than one per cent on Friday on bargain buying after steep losses during the past two sessions, traders and analysts said. Midday weather forecasts also predicted hot temperatures next week in the U.S. Midwest, potentially stressing developing crops and further buoying corn and soy

Columns, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Warm, with scattered thunderstorms

By Daniel Bezte July 13, 2017

Well, for once, our weather over the last forecast period played out fairly close to what the weather models were calling for and we didn’t get hijacked by an upper-level low. What didn’t pan out as forecast was the extreme heat that was expected to move in — at least, not yet. The weather models

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy tumble on better weather, technicals

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer July 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures plummeted on Thursday, with wheat easing as much as five per cent in a technical selloff amid outlooks for slightly cooler temperatures and chances for rain next week in Midwestern growing regions, traders and analysts said. Wheat, corn and soybeans extended steep losses from Wednesday that

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans set four-month top

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a four-month high Tuesday on worries about stressful crop weather in the Midwest and as traders squared positions one day ahead of monthly reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn futures ended fractionally lower on profit-taking after a one-year high, while wheat ended higher after a

A close-up screengrab from near 100 Mile House on the B.C. Wildfire Animal Resource Map. Tags in red denote producers with livestock needing to be moved; tags in green denote offers of space or transport for affected livestock.

Livestock, Weather

BCCA connecting ranchers, haulers in wildfire areas

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 11, 2017

Livestock producers needing to move animals out of wildfire zones in British Columbia’s Interior are being asked to contact the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association. The BCCA, on its website, said it’s helping to co-ordinate haulers with producers who need to evacuate livestock. “With closures of highways and evacuation orders, permits are needed to re-enter evacuated areas

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise for third straight day

Prairie soybeans growing well ahead of key pod-filling time

U.S. grains: Corn, soy extend gains on outlook for dry weather

AIM for Hart: An informative first day

Declining lentil prices should level off, improve

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on bargain buying, temperature outlook

Forecast: Warm, with scattered thunderstorms

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy tumble on better weather, technicals

U.S. grains: Soybeans set four-month top

BCCA connecting ranchers, haulers in wildfire areas

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