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Spring wheat yields puny in dry Alberta: CWB tour

By Rod Nickel July 22, 2015

Lethbridge/Reuters — Spring wheat yields measured less than half of last year’s results in drought-stricken southeastern Alberta, but were on track to set a record high in southern Manitoba, during a Canadian crop tour that saw the results of wildly contrasting weather. The tour organized by CWB Market Research Services is travelling on three routes […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Manitoba crops decline moving west: CWB tour

By Jade Markus July 22, 2015

Brandon, Man. — As this year’s CWB crop tour moves west through Manitoba, crops have started looking thinner as the area has been drier than in the eastern part of the province.. Canola around Killarney doesn’t look good compared to its eastern Manitoba counterparts. Canola in western Manitoba is still flowering. The later bloom is […] Read more

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Saskatchewan farm groups talk transportation

Transport review won't be complete until after the election

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News July 21, 2015

Saskatoon — Grain transportation should be an election issue, says Cam Goff, chair of the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission, which hosted the Farmers’ Forum on Grain Transportation here Monday along with the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission. The forum coincided with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s announcement in Winnipeg of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on bargain buying, corn firms, wheat weak

By Mark Weinraub July 21, 2015

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.1 percent on Tuesday, snapping a streak of five straight declines on a round of bargain buying after prices fell to their lowest levels since late June, traders said. Corn also rose, but gains were muted by declines in the wheat market as well […] Read more

Canola

Farmers offered a prize for 100-bushel canola

By Agri-Prize release July 21, 2015

Producing bigger crops on the same amount of land is the challenge for ensuring world food security. North American canola growers who want to meet that challenge now have an extra incentive — a complete John Deere equipment package if they’re the first to grow 100 bushels per acre on 50 acres of canola. Canola […] Read more

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Transportation review recommendations

Ritz says shippers should be able to charge for cars not delivered on time

By Shannon VanRaes July 20, 2015

Winnipeg — Ongoing assessment of the grain transportation system and better protection for small shippers are two of the eight recommendations made by the Crop Logistics Working Group (CLWG). They will now be submitted to the Canada Transportation Act Review for consideration. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was in Winnipeg Monday to announce the findings of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Dollar strength, harvest pressure “smokes” wheat; corn, soy weak

By Mark Weinraub July 20, 2015

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank 3.4 percent on Monday to their lowest in more than three weeks, the fifth straight losing session, on pressure from dollar strength and a pick-up in the pace of harvest, traders said. Soybean and corn futures also fell, weighed down by improving weather for […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Central Alberta receives weekend rainfall

Up to two inches in some areas will help fill crops

By Terryn Shiells July 20, 2015

Commodity News Service Canada — Many regions of central Alberta saw some beneficial rainfall going into the weekend, which provided some relief to dry fields and aided crops as they head into the filling stage. “What it’s basically going to do is help fill the crops. In some places they had up to two inches of rain […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat prices down but durum bids up

Average CWRS wheat prices were down by $7 to $12 per tonne over the week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 20, 2015

Commodity News Service Canada — Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada moved lower during the week ended July 17, as losses in the U.S. futures and improving weather conditions in some parts of the Prairies weighed on values. However, durum was the one bright spot from a pricing standpoint, with declining Canadian crop prospects […] Read more

(Fertilizer Safety and Security Council)

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Fertilizer spill halts water use from Alta. river

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 18, 2015

Officials are urging users of water from southern Alberta’s Little Bow River and Travers Reservoir to shut down those uses until further notice, following a farm fertilizer spill. The province’s environment department said about 9,800 litres of liquid urea ammonium nitrate were “accidentally released” Wednesday from a container on private land in Vulcan County, northeast […] Read more

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley seeing low prices, demand

2025/26 canola production jumps nearly 13 per cent

Crop tour finds strong corn, soy potential along with diseases in Illinois, western Iowa

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Feed Grain Weekly: Barley seeing low prices, demand

2025/26 canola production jumps nearly 13 per cent

Crop tour finds strong corn, soy potential along with diseases in Illinois, western Iowa

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Spring wheat yields puny in dry Alberta: CWB tour

Manitoba crops decline moving west: CWB tour

Saskatchewan farm groups talk transportation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on bargain buying, corn firms, wheat weak

Farmers offered a prize for 100-bushel canola

Transportation review recommendations

U.S. grains: Dollar strength, harvest pressure “smokes” wheat; corn, soy weak

Central Alberta receives weekend rainfall

Prairie cash wheat prices down but durum bids up

Fertilizer spill halts water use from Alta. river

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