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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures hit 7-1/2-month highs

By Mark Weinraub February 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied for the fifth day in a row on Monday, hitting a 7-1/2-month high as investment funds continue to add the grain to their portfolio despite ample global supplies. Corn futures also firmed on a technical bounce and signs of strong demand for U.S. supplies. But soybeans eased, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Grainews editor, investment columnist Andy Sirski, 73

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 13, 2017

Memorial services will be held Friday in Winnipeg for Andy Sirski, the ag rep turned farm writer who encouraged Prairie producers to expand their views of financial planning beyond the farm gate. Sirski was best known to farmers in his role as editor of Grainews from 1995 to 2006 and as the farm journal’s “Off-Farm […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Pasture

Have you herd? You have to move it

Grazing with Steve Kenyon

By Steve Kenyon February 10, 2017

herd | noun – a large group of animals that live, feed, or migrate together or are kept together verb – (with reference to a large group of people or animals) move in a particular direction When you read the above definitions, you may think of a herd of livestock grazing out on a hillside. […] Read more

A view from Minnesota Soybean Processors’ crush plant and biodiesel facility at Brewster, Minn. (MNSoy.com)

Crops, Soybeans

U.S. soy grower co-op plans North Dakota crush plant

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 10, 2017

A U.S. soybean growers’ co-operative has picked its site for what it says would be the first soybean processing plant of its kind in North Dakota. Minnesota Soybean Processors and its North Dakota Soybean Processors (NDSP) subsidiary announced Tuesday their site will be on 150 acres near Spiritwood, N.D., 260 km south of the Manitoba […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise to multi-month highs

By Michael Hirtzer February 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures extended gains to set multi-month highs on Friday on follow-through buying after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed domestic stockpile estimates in a monthly report on Thursday. Soybeans also were higher as investors defended their net long position despite expectations for a record-large harvest in top […] Read more

Crops

Ocean freight rates pointed down, but well off year-ago lows

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 10, 2017

CNS Canada — Ocean freight rates are trending down, but are still well off the record lows seen exactly a year ago. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), compiled daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange, provides an assessment of the price of moving major raw materials by sea, including grain. The BDI was quoted at 702 […] Read more

BNSF crews clear track near Lemmon, S.D., about 300 km northeast of Rapid City, in late December 2016. (BNSF.com)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Snow, avalanches, rain delay grain movement to U.S. ports

By Reuters February 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Severe winter weather has slowed rail deliveries of crops to shippers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, sending freight rates soaring and prompting Asian buyers to seek fill-in loads as they wait for the backlog at ports to clear. Blizzards, avalanches and heavy rain in recent weeks have hit transport of corn, […] Read more

An Agrium fertilizer distribution facility west of Portage la Prairie, Man. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Reuters

Agrium forecasts less profitable year than expected

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 10, 2017

Reuters — Fertilizer maker Agrium, the world’s biggest farm retailer, on Thursday forecast a less profitable year than expected and said its quarterly profit plunged. The Calgary-based company said after normal trading hours that it expects to earn $4.50-$6 per share in 2017. The midpoint of $5.25 fell below analysts’ average estimate of $5.45, according […] Read more

Crops

Sunflowers fight for acres in crowded Manitoba fields

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News February 9, 2017

CNS Canada — Better prices have created some optimism for sunflower growers in Western Canada — a feeling that may be needed to help the crop maintain acres in the face of so much competition. “I think in Manitoba we’re going to be battling for acres compared to some of those competitive crops,” said Darcelle […] Read more

Snow on farmland at Turtle Lake in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 14, 2016. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan snowpack points to below-normal runoff

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 9, 2017

Thanks to above-normal temperatures that drew down much of Saskatchewan’s snowpack in January, the province now sees “below normal runoff potential” in most areas outside the southeast. Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released its 2017 preliminary outlook for spring runoff, noting the province has another six to 10 weeks of possible snowpack development. The […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures hit 7-1/2-month highs

Grainews editor, investment columnist Andy Sirski, 73

Have you herd? You have to move it

U.S. soy grower co-op plans North Dakota crush plant

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise to multi-month highs

Ocean freight rates pointed down, but well off year-ago lows

Snow, avalanches, rain delay grain movement to U.S. ports

Agrium forecasts less profitable year than expected

Sunflowers fight for acres in crowded Manitoba fields

Saskatchewan snowpack points to below-normal runoff

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