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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybean futures rise

By Mark Weinraub July 26, 2017

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. wheat futures firmed on Wednesday, with MGEX spring wheat contracts posting the biggest gains as results from a crop tour confirmed that drought in the northern Plains severely crimped harvest potential in that key growing region. Traders also noted bargain buying in wheat futures as the benchmark Chicago Board of […] Read more

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Drought hits parts of North Dakota spring wheat prospects

By Julie Ingwersen July 26, 2017

Minot / Reuters – Spring wheat crops in central and northwestern North Dakota were showing the effects of hot, dry conditions and yield prospects were down sharply from a year ago, scouts on an annual crop tour said Wednesday. “The early-planted stuff looks the toughest,” said Dave Green, executive vice president of the Wheat Quality […] Read more

Crops, Livestock, Reuters

Want free farmland? Grab your parka and head North

By Chris Arsenault July 25, 2017

Toronto / Thomson Reuters Foundation – In Canada’s far north, the government of Yukon Territory wants to attract small farmers to the frigid region with a simple pitch: free land. And as global warming makes Canada’s northern regions more hospitable to agriculture by opening once frozen land to farming, the opportunities are growing. Bordering on Alaska […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn and soybean futures post sharp declines

By Mark Weinraub July 25, 2017

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, with investors shrugging off bigger-than-expected declines in U.S. crop ratings to focus on forecasts for better weather, traders said. “Rains expand tonight through Thursday from northwest Midwest into Ohio Valley,” Commodity Weather Group said in a note to clients. Wheat […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

Federal government extends food policy discussions

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 25, 2017

Citing a strong response from across the country, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay has extended the public consultations on a national food policy until Aug. 31. “Canadians’ responses to our online survey show they truly care about food issues. I encourage everyone to take advantage of the extended comment period, and I look forward […] Read more

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CSTA welcomes its 66th president

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 24, 2017

Dan Wright, of Monsanto Canada, has been named the 66th President of the Canadian Seed Trade Association, the association says in a release. Wright has been involved with the CSTA for a number of years. In that time, he has served on the board of directors for two years and on the executive for three […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat drops to lowest since June 29

By Mark Weinraub July 24, 2017

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in more than three weeks on Monday on profit taking as traders said damage from a drought in the U.S. Plains has been fully priced into the market. Corn and soybean futures also weakened on better harvest prospects as the weather improved in key […] Read more

Lana Popham. (B.C. NDP via Flickr, license at Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Crops, Grapes

B.C. NDP’s ag critic named ag minister

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 23, 2017

The agriculture critic for British Columbia’s opposition New Democrats will be the minister of agriculture as the party takes the governing reins. Lana Popham, the MLA for the Vancouver Island riding of Saanich South, was named Tuesday as ag minister in Premier John Horgan’s cabinet. Horgan took over as premier after Christy Clark’s Liberals, who […] Read more

(Photo courtesy ARS/USDA Northern Plains Ag Research Lab, Sidney, Montana.)

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Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Aerial crop sprayers are spending more time on the ground than in the air in Western Canada this season, with hot and dry weather limiting disease pressures and changing the economic threshold for insect applications. “The crops came out of the ground very aggressively and good, but there was a prolonged hot […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Improving forecast weighs on corn, soybeans

By Mark Weinraub July 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday, pressured by outlooks for some relief for crops stressed by hot and dry weather during the past few weeks, traders said. “It is a little bit of a moderation in the weather forecast,” said Bill Gentry, a broker at Risk Management Commodities. “The […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybean futures rise

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn and soybean futures post sharp declines

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