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Crops, Machinery

CP offers assurances for 2016-17 grain handle

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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) says it’s ready and willing to move a bumper Prairie crop in 2016-17. “Operationally, CP is eager and prepared to move grain this coming crop year,” company CEO Hunter Harrison said in a letter to federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau. The letter, dated Tuesday, was also circulated to Prairie transportation and […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

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Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto is in talks with Bayer and other companies regarding “alternative strategic options,” a month after it rejected the German company’s US$62 billion takeover offer, the U.S. seed producer said on Wednesday. Monsanto’s options include combinations with other companies and businesses in the sector beyond Bayer. Potential deals could involve BASF […] Read more
A sclerotinia-infected canola stem. Eastern Prairie crops are expected to face added disease pressure. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Crops, Weather

Rain increases disease pressures on eastern Prairies

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CNS Canada — The recent batch of wet weather across parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been a welcome relief to some fields that were suffering from excess dryness. However, soggy conditions have also enabled certain disease pressures to rear their ugly head, according to some government specialists. “Root rot is showing up in peas […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

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Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission is extending by 18 months its approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Tuesday. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the centre of a dispute between EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers. Campaign groups urged […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

More canola and pulses, less wheat expected in Canada

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CNS Canada — Canadian farmers likely seeded more canola and pulse acres than originally thought this spring, but less wheat, according to average trade estimates ahead of Statistics Canada’s next official survey results due out June 29. Poor returns per acre and frustrations over grading issues had some farmers backing away on wheat, said Jerry […] Read more
(CanolaWatch.org)
Crops, Weather

Little critters causing big problems for Alberta crops

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CNS Canada — They may look cute and harmless, but gophers have been wreaking havoc on crops across Alberta. Gophers have been reported causing problems in southern, central and northeastern Alberta for canola crops and pastures, according to the provincial Crop Report. “It’s been dry again this year and that triggered them; it’s been quite […] Read more
November 2016 canola as of June 21, 2016. Chart includes 100-day (red) and 200-day (green) moving averages. (Barchart.com)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola charts turn bearish

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CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have crashed hard the past few days, losing roughly $40 per tonne since hitting some of their highest levels of the past year the previous week, as speculators bailed out of long positions. The most active November contract settled at $493.60 per tonne on Tuesday, its weakest […] Read more

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