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Prairie wheat bids down with U.S. futures, rising loonie

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 15, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat dropped during the week ended Friday, as the combination of a rising Canadian dollar and dropping U.S. futures weighed on prices across the Prairies. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were C$12-$16 per tonne lower, with bids ranging from about $204 per tonne in north-central […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Weather view weighs on CBOT corn, wheat

By Mark Weinraub June 15, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank 2.9 per cent on Monday, hitting a two-week low on expectations that drier conditions in the U.S. Plains will allow farmers to harvest a bumper crop, traders said. Corn futures also fell, hitting new contract lows amid pressure from good weather for crop development […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

By Rod Nickel June 15, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Light rains sprinkled Western Canada’s crops and pastures during the weekend, but amounts fell well short of what’s needed to remedy dry conditions that have stunted growth, analysts said Monday. Rains were scattered across the Prairies and similar light amounts are expected during the next two weeks, Commodity Weather Group said […] Read more

Late blight has cost potato growers worldwide billions in damaged crops. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Potatoes

Soil bacteria may offer weapon against late blight in potatoes

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News June 13, 2015

Potato producers may soon have a new ally in their battle against late blight, and it’s right under their feet. Researchers have discovered bacterial strains in the soil that show promise as disease controls. Some bacteria suppress or inhibit late blight by over 90 per cent, according to an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) release. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Reactions mixed on U.S. biofuel policy role in Canadian market

By Jade Markus June 13, 2015

CNS Canada — The climate of the Canadian renewable fuel market could shift when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalizes its new targets, some industry professionals say. Revised biofuel targets recently proposed by the EPA would reduce standards put in place in 2007. The changes would adjust Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulations by reducing volume […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prices to rise as yield prospects drop for durum

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 12, 2015

CNS Canada — Mounting dryness concerns in some of the prime durum-growing regions of Western Canada have likely already cut into yield prospects, which should support prices going forward. Canadian farmers intended to plant 5.5 million acres of durum this year, well above the 4.75 million seeded the previous year and the largest crop since […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil’s grain ports seen facing record volumes

By Reuters June 12, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s grain ports will endeavour to move the last of a record soybean crop just as a huge corn harvest starts competing for terminal space, testing the country’s export capacity, an analyst at local consultancy Agroconsult said. Brazil is exporting much of a record 96 million-tonne soybean crop and, starting […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Western states to get US$110M in drought aid

By Reuters June 12, 2015

Washington | Reuters — The White House said Friday it would spend an additional US$110 million to help farmers and communities in western states hit hard by drought and wildfires. The drought has affected a third of the western United States, and President Barack Obama was slated to discuss it with western governors in a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California curtails some senior water rights due to drought

By Reuters June 12, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — California’s water board curtailed senior water rights on Friday in the state’s Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento regions due to drought, in the first move of its kind during the current drought, officials said. The curtailment affects more than 100 senior water rights holders, with most of those located near […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as supply risks ease

By Michael Hirtzer June 12, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest level in 1-1/2 weeks on Friday, surrendering more gains from a recent rally, weighed down by plentiful supplies and slow export sales. Corn and soybean prices also eased, with overall favourable U.S. crop conditions contributing to the downward pressure on prices. Wheat slid from […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

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Prairie wheat bids down with U.S. futures, rising loonie

U.S. grains: Weather view weighs on CBOT corn, wheat

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

Soil bacteria may offer weapon against late blight in potatoes

Reactions mixed on U.S. biofuel policy role in Canadian market

Prices to rise as yield prospects drop for durum

Brazil’s grain ports seen facing record volumes

Western states to get US$110M in drought aid

California curtails some senior water rights due to drought

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as supply risks ease

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