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Ritchie Bros. buys Saskatchewan’s Kramer Auctions

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 15, 2016

One of the Prairies’ major farm auction houses has become part of the world’s biggest industrial auction firm. Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. announced Tuesday it has bought Kramer Auctions of North Battleford, Sask. for an undisclosed sum. The company, set up in 1949 by the late Eiling Kramer, today runs about 75 on-farm dispersal auctions, four […] Read more

Barley, News, News Roundup

Barley research gets a boost

News Roundup from the October 24, 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 15, 2016

The barley breeding program at the University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre (CDC) received a boost of $2.4 million over five years from barley growers across the Prairies. The commitment was announced in September by the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and three provincial commissions — Alberta Barley, SaskBarley and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley […] Read more

Corn, Crops

Monsanto to bring DuPont corn treatment to East

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 15, 2016

A DuPont insecticide will be rolled into use next spring in Eastern Canada as a seed treatment on Monsanto’s DeKalb corn. The two companies on Tuesday announced they will market DuPont’s Lumivia insecticide seed treatment in Eastern Canada on seed corn for the 2017 sales season, as part of Monsanto’s Acceleron Seed Applied Solutions offerings. […] Read more

Foliar symptoms of SDS in a soybean crop. (APSnet.org)

Crops, Soybeans

First soy seed treatment cleared against SDS

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 15, 2016

A Bayer CropScience fungicide is being pressed into service against sudden death syndrome (SDS) in Canadian soybeans. Bayer on Monday launched a new soybean seed treatment dubbed ILeVO, a suspension containing its Group 7 fungicide fluopyram at a rate of 600 grams per litre. ILeVO will be the first soybean seed treatment registered for use […] Read more

Temple ruins at Palmyra in central Syria. (CIA.gov)

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Food production in Syria reported at all-time low

By stephanie-nebehay November 15, 2016

Geneva | Reuters — Food production has dropped to an all-time low in Syria where millions of hungry civilians are struggling through their sixth winter in a war zone, United Nations agencies said Tuesday. Many farmers have had to abandon their land, unable to afford the soaring cost of seeds, fertilizers and tractor fuel, the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Weaker loonie underpins Prairie wheat bids

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 15, 2016

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat and durum bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Monday, as weakness in the Canadian dollar helped underpin basis levels. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up $1-$5 per tonne compared to the previous week. Average prices ranged from […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat down as U.S. dollar pressures commodities

By Julie Ingwersen November 14, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell about two per cent on Monday, joining a broad decline in commodities as the dollar roared to an 11-month high, analysts said. Soybeans and corn also sagged, with a sell-off in Chinese soy futures adding pressure. Chicago Board of Trade December wheat settled down nine cents at […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s canola meal sales to China at five-year high

By Hallie Gu, Rod Nickel November 14, 2016

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters –– Canadian canola meal shipments to China have jumped to their highest level in five years, boosting profits of crush plants and firming prices as farmers slog through a difficult harvest. Canada shipped 415,000 tonnes of canola meal to China from January through August, the most since 2011 and following zero shipments […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

EPA approves Monsanto’s dicamba weed killer

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 10, 2016

U.S. seeds and agrochemicals maker Monsanto Co. has secured approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a new dicamba-based weed killer designed for its next generation biotech soy and cotton varieties, the company said on Wednesday. While approval had been expected, it is seen as a major step forward for the company’s newest herbicide […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rebound on technical buying; wheat lower

By Michael Hirtzer November 10, 2016

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. soybean futures rallied on Thursday, rebounding on technical buying after the previous session’s steep losses, while corn edged higher and wheat lower in choppy trading as the dollar rose, traders said. All three commodities pared earlier gains, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly forecast on Wednesday for larger-than-expected and record-large U.S. […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

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Ritchie Bros. buys Saskatchewan’s Kramer Auctions

Barley research gets a boost

Monsanto to bring DuPont corn treatment to East

First soy seed treatment cleared against SDS

Food production in Syria reported at all-time low

Weaker loonie underpins Prairie wheat bids

U.S. grains: Wheat down as U.S. dollar pressures commodities

Canada’s canola meal sales to China at five-year high

EPA approves Monsanto’s dicamba weed killer

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rebound on technical buying; wheat lower

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