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Hothouse produce grower to devote site to marijuana

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 8, 2017

Canada’s only publicly traded greenhouse produce-growing company plans to put up one of its British Columbia greenhouses for a new venture in cannabis production. Vancouver-based Village Farms announced Tuesday it has partnered with Victoria-based medical cannabis producer/processor Emerald Health Therapeutics in a 50/50 joint venture to grow cannabis for medical use and, pending changes to […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the Pacific for the week centred on May 31. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino unlikely through fall

By Reuters June 8, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said there are no active El Nino or La Nina patterns and that neutral conditions are likely in the Northern Hemisphere during fall 2017. However, chances for El Nino remain elevated, between 35 and 50 per cent, relative to the long-term average into the fall, the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn near one-year high, spring wheat soars

By Julie Ingwersen June 8, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spot corn futures hit their highest level in nearly a year before paring gains on Thursday and Minneapolis spring wheat neared a two-year top on worries about hot and dry weather stressing crops in the northern Plains and Midwest, analysts said. Soybean futures also firmed. Chicago Board of Trade July […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy up ahead of USDA data

By Jade Markus June 7, 2017

CNS Canada — Corn and soybeans at the Chicago Board of Trade advanced ahead of a key report due out at the end of the week — but from there, it’s back to weather-watching, one analyst says. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to release its supply and demand estimates on Friday. “There are […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertainty to underpin canola in short term

By Jade Markus June 7, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures advanced on the week and are likely to keep near-term support, one analyst says, as traders mull over the question: Just how much canola is out there? “There’s still a lot of uncertainty about canola numbers; we’re still not certain about how big the last crop was; […] Read more

A close-up of emerging corn seedlings north of London, Ont. on May 24, 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-year high on adverse weather

By Julie Ingwersen June 7, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spot corn futures hit a near one-year high on Wednesday on forecasts for potentially stressful crop weather in the Midwest, while Minneapolis spring wheat futures retreated from a near two-year high. Soybeans followed corn higher. The weather jitters come as commodity funds hold large net short positions in corn, wheat […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Forages, Research

Making dollars out of sense

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen June 7, 2017

Aside from price insurance (in provinces where it is available), cow-calf producers can’t do much to control the price they receive for their calves, so managing input costs is often the biggest opportunity to improve profitability. The Western Beef Development Centre has found that annual production costs differ by at least $100 per cow between […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Parched soils threaten canola, spring wheat

By Rod Nickel June 7, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s western farm belt, dogged by excessive rain in some areas this spring, is now facing parched conditions in others, threatening wheat and canola crops, crop analysts say. A large area of southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba has received less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation during the 30-day period […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Lower U.S. corn acres raise optimism for Manitoba growers

By Dave Sims June 6, 2017

CNS Canada — A wet spring in the U.S. has forced many farmers to switch out corn acres in favour of alternative crops — a practice that could potentially raise prices for Manitoba farmers, an industry watcher said. “It’s encouraging on the price outlook to see they (U.S. farmers) put less acres in,” said Myron […] Read more

Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

By Eric Knecht, maha-el-dahan June 6, 2017

Cairo | Reuters — An Egyptian court has decided to reinstate a zero tolerance policy on common grain fungus ergot, lawyers on the case told Reuters on Tuesday, plunging trade with the world’s largest wheat importer back into uncertainty. Egypt last year scrapped a ban on ergot in grain imports after it effectively halted purchase […] Read more

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Hothouse produce grower to devote site to marijuana

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino unlikely through fall

U.S. grains: Corn near one-year high, spring wheat soars

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy up ahead of USDA data

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertainty to underpin canola in short term

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-year high on adverse weather

Making dollars out of sense

Parched soils threaten canola, spring wheat

Lower U.S. corn acres raise optimism for Manitoba growers

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

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