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Canpotex aims for ‘material’ potash price bump from China

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 12, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian potash exporter Canpotex is pressing Chinese buyers to pay a “material” price increase for the fertilizer in their annual supply contract, as spot values in other markets rise off multi-year lows, Canpotex’s chief executive said on Monday. “We’re not interested in some kind of ratcheting down. That is for sure,” […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Mixed conditions loom over Manitoba winter cereals

By Jade Markus April 12, 2017

CNS Canada — A mix of freezing and warming conditions put Manitoba’s winter cereals in uncertain condition, following months of promising weather, according to the head of an industry group. Manitoba’s winter wheat and fall rye crops had ample snow cover throughout the winter, which supported crops, but more recently, conditions turned slushy, then froze […] Read more

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Crops, Reuters

China clears ChemChina’s Syngenta deal

By Reuters April 12, 2017

Zurich | Reuters — ChemChina’s US$43 billion planned takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta has received approval from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the two companies said Wednesday. “This represents a further step towards the closing of the transaction, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2017,” they said […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy rebounds from one-year low

By Julie Ingwersen April 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose nearly one per cent on Wednesday on bargain buying and short-covering, one day after a U.S. government forecast for record global soy inventories pushed the front contract to its lowest level in a year. Corn futures advanced as traders focused on uncertain planting weather in the U.S. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Forages

Target sustainable grazing

Cover crops and holistic management practices on the Richards' farm in Saskatchewan

By Heather Smith Thomas April 12, 2017

Garry Richards is seeing positive results from holistic management on the farm where he grew up near Bangor, Sask. He and his wife Lynn and three children are making it work with little outside input. “This farm was homesteaded in 1902 by my grandfather. My mother and father farmed here, then I went away to […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching weather

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 12, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell to their lowest levels of the past year on Tuesday, but bounced off of those lows as new-crop uncertainty and chart-based buying provided support. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast larger-than-expected world and U.S. soybean ending stocks in its monthly supply/demand report, which […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks to rise with commercial interest

By Dave Sims April 12, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished mixed during the week ended Wednesday as intermonth trading took hold with traders exiting the May contract in favour of the more deferred values. The May contract gained $5.70, while some of the outside contracts lost a few days. Ideas that supplies of canola are tightening […] Read more

Quality samples are taken from every plot, assessing diseases, stand establishment and re-growth, among other observations.

Crops, Forages

At Pickseed, forages are No. 1

Acquisition by a Danish company has allowed a sharp increase in research trials across the country

By Ralph Pearce April 11, 2017

Forages may lack for attention in Canada’s overall research budget, but not at Pickseed, which has long focused most of its attention on the forage and turf sectors. Now owned by Denmark’s DFL-Trifolium, Pickseed operates seven research stations across Canada, with its main facility in Lindsay, Ont., and another near Port Hope. There are also […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy falls to one-year low

By Julie Ingwersen April 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to the lowest levels in a year on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its estimates of South American crops and domestic soy ending stocks. Corn futures closed modestly lower while wheat ended higher as traders covered short positions. Chicago Board of Trade May soybean […] Read more

Crops, Forages

Grass is a crop too

Just because forage is on marginal land doesn’t mean it should get marginal management, says a recent Beef Cattle Research Council study

By Ron Friesen April 10, 2017

If grain farmers routinely fertilize their crops to get higher yields and profits, why don’t forage producers do the same to their pastures? That question is at the heart of a recent Beef Cattle Research Council study into improving forage yields in Canada. The study notes that while annual crops have seen significant yield increases […] Read more

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Canpotex aims for ‘material’ potash price bump from China

Mixed conditions loom over Manitoba winter cereals

China clears ChemChina’s Syngenta deal

U.S. grains: Soy rebounds from one-year low

Target sustainable grazing

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At Pickseed, forages are No. 1

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