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Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as attention turns to new crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in the key cattle feeding area of southern Alberta are coming under some pressure, as attention begins to turn to the new crop. “Demand is dropping off here a little bit,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Feedlots have extended coverage through the spring and into the […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide as export sales data disappoints

By Julie Ingwersen April 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Thursday on disappointing weekly export sales data and expectations of large South American harvests that should dampen U.S. export prospects, analysts said. Wheat futures were higher on short-covering after a five-session slide and worries that wintry weather in the Dakotas will curb plantings of […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Neonic-treated canola not an ‘unacceptable risk’ for pollinators

By Dave Bedard April 11, 2019

Already facing federally mandated phase-outs from many major on-farm uses in Canada over risks to aquatic insects, neonicotinoids aren’t expected to pose “unacceptable risks” to pollinators when used on canola seed or hothouse vegetables in the meantime. Health Canada said as much Thursday as it released its final re-evaluation decisions for three neonic pesticides — […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — The slowing pace of Canadian canola exports, linked to the country’s trade dispute with China, saw the U.S. Department of Agriculture lower its forecast for Canadian canola exports in the current 2018-19 marketing year. In its latest Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said actual Canadian exports could end […] Read more

ICE May 2019 canola with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

By Glen Hallick April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts one the ICE Futures platform held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, waiting for a catalyst to push futures one way or the other. To Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, canola’s path is connected to a trade deal between the U.S. and China, which be a […] Read more

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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets brace for weather, trade war

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — With the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report in the rearview mirror, the Chicago Board of Trade is trading largely on weather forecasts and flood reports. Markets did react, however, when the WASDE report dropped on Tuesday. “We did see some short covering in the market yesterday […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up a bit on weather woes, trade hopes

By Julie Ingwersen April 10, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed higher on Wednesday on light technical buying as a blizzard bore down on portions of the Plains and Midwest, threatening to delay plantings, analysts said. Wheat futures fell, recording a fifth straight lower close, as traders focused on plentiful world supplies. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more

Barley, Crops

Four tips for better barley production

By Lee Hart April 10, 2019

Four tips to better barley production Whether or not you’re using variable rate technology in your malting barley crop, it is important to use due care and attention when establishing the cereal crop, say two long-time Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers. John O’Donovan, now retired malting barley agronomist ,and Kelly Turkington, a plant pathologist with[...]
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Crops, Markets

USDA raises corn stocks projections, lowers soybeans

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News April 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — Updated supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came largely in line with expectations, with larger U.S. and world corn and wheat stocks and slight downward revisions to soybean carryout numbers. Expected U.S. corn ending stocks for the current marketing year were raised by 200 million bushels, to 2.035 billion bushels, in[...]
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Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm April 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — India’s tariffs on Canadian pulses hit green and yellow peas particularly hard over the past year — and the market is still hurting as producers plan acres for 2019. Since yellow pea exports dropped significantly in the middle of the year, “there’s going to be a lot of carryover in yellow peas for[...]
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Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as attention turns to new crop

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide as export sales data disappoints

Neonic-treated canola not an ‘unacceptable risk’ for pollinators

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy up a bit on weather woes, trade hopes

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USDA raises corn stocks projections, lowers soybeans

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

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