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Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 30, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Problems with Canada’s canola crop are driving up the oilseed’s price, cutting processors’ margins to their lowest levels in two years and threatening to boost the price of a key ingredient of salad dressings and potato chips. Frost and dry conditions on the Canadian Prairies have damaged the crop, which processors,

Crops, Markets, Weather

Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 30, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canadian farmers seeded a bit more canola and a bit less wheat than originally expected, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada, released Tuesday. However, worsening drought conditions in the western Prairies over the past month and the need for reseeding due to frost damage earlier in June mean actual yields

The result of a severe thunderstorm on the afternoon of Saturday June 27 that hit near the Roseisle area west of Carman. Many fields in the area were destroyed or damaged by hail including this corn field south of Roseisle along PR 240.

Crops, Local news, Weather

VIDEO: MASC still assessing hail-damaged crops in Roseisle-Miami area

A hail storm damaged or destroyed some crops June 27

By Allan Dawson June 29, 2015

Crop insurance officials were still assessing the damage Monday caused by a vicious hail storm that hit the Roseisle-Miami area the afternoon of June 27. As of noon Monday the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) had received around 100 claims province-wide, David Van Deynze, MASC’s manager of claim services said in an interview. About half

Crops, Weather

SW Ont. county gets soybean planting extension

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 29, 2015

Soybean growers in southwestern Ontario’s Essex County have a seven-day extension on the province’s crop insurance deadline to get their crop planted. Agricorp, the province’s crop insurance and farm funding agency, said Monday it would give Essex County farmers until July 7, 2015 to plant their soybeans for this crop year, and until July 10

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

Frost takes greater toll on mustard crops than dryness

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 27, 2015

CNS Canada — Freezing temperatures at the end of May took a toll on Saskatchewan’s mustard crops, industry specialists say. Walter Dyck, seed division manager for Olds Products, said many growers have reduced acreage this year. “We had early seeding, but the frost — not just one frost, but many frosts had an impact this

Crops, Markets, Weather

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 26, 2015

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada will release its updated acreage estimates for the year on Tuesday, but the timing of the survey could lead to more questions and second-guessing than normal given the likely adjustments and yield losses over the past month. The survey was conducted before a drought took hold in Alberta and Saskatchewan,

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Markets, Weather

U.S. corn, DDGS imports likely as drought tightens feed supply

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells June 26, 2015

CNS Canada –– Livestock producers in Western Canada will likely have to import feed grains such as corn and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) this year, as drought is seen trimming domestic barley and other feed production. “We’ve seen droughts before, and when it’s happened, usually what has to happen is we import other

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week up 15 per cent on U.S., global weather woes

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures notched their biggest weekly advance in three years on Friday as worries about excessive rains in the Midwest and uncertainty over global crop prospects triggered aggressive fund short-covering, analysts said. Corn and soybeans also rose but pared gains as farmers took advantage of the rally and sold supplies

Hayland north of Livelong, Sask. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Forages, Weather

Dry spring puts Sask. grass, hay in short supply

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther June 26, 2015

A dry, cool spring has checked pasture growth in Saskatchewan and a hay shortage is looming. The province’s latest crop report notes topsoil moisture in hay fields and pasture is rated 42 per cent short and 24 per cent very short. Crop district 7A, in west-central Saskatchewan, has the dubious distinction of being the driest

Crops, Markets, Weather

Sask. dryness could impact global canaryseed prices

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 26, 2015

CNS Canada –– Dryness in Saskatchewan could support global canaryseed prices, as the province produces nearly all of Canada’s crop. Canada is the world’s largest producer and exporter of canaryseed worldwide, according to a federal government report. Kevin Hursh, executive director for the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan, expects global canaryseed prices will eventually react

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slow descent

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat plummet from highs on limited Chinese demand

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices starting to pick up

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Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

VIDEO: MASC still assessing hail-damaged crops in Roseisle-Miami area

SW Ont. county gets soybean planting extension

Frost takes greater toll on mustard crops than dryness

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

U.S. corn, DDGS imports likely as drought tightens feed supply

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week up 15 per cent on U.S., global weather woes

Dry spring puts Sask. grass, hay in short supply

Sask. dryness could impact global canaryseed prices

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