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CWRS bids mixed, CPSR weakens with U.S. futures

By Terryn Shiells July 13, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) bids were mixed during the week ended Friday, as prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan followed U.S. futures lower, but basis levels in Alberta saw some improvements due to unfavourable dry growing conditions. Average CWRS wheat prices were anywhere from C$6 per tonne lower to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year high on supply outlook, crop conditions

By Michael Hirtzer July 13, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday for the fifth straight session, hitting a one-year high on better-than-expected demand and as heavy rains limited the yield potential of the new crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued Friday, surprised investors, showing corn and soybean supplies at levels smaller […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Manitoba buckwheat in need of higher temperatures

By Jade Markus July 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s buckwheat crops are off to a good start, little affected by storms, but now the crops need heat. According to Rejean Picard, a provincial farm production extension advisor at Somerset, Man., the crops started off strong, as June’s weather provided good establishing conditions. The same can’t be said for July, however. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

ConAgra names activist investor nominees to board

By Reuters July 10, 2015

Reuters — ConAgra Foods said it would add two directors, including a former Nestle executive nominated by Jana Partners, three weeks after the activist investor took a stake in the food processing company and called for changes. ConAgra will appoint former Nestle USA CEO Bradley Alford and former Walgreens Boots Alliance CFO Timothy McLevish to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sets one-year highs on tighter old-crop U.S. supply

By Tom Polansek July 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures reached one-year highs and soybeans jumped on Friday as the U.S. Agriculture Department made bigger-than-expected cuts to its estimates for stocks of crops left over from last year’s harvests. The reductions, revealed in a monthly USDA report, added to concerns about supplies among traders worried that persistent rains […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Russia, Ukraine may cut grain crop forecasts as temperatures rise

By Pavel Polityuk, Polina Devitt July 10, 2015

Moscow/Kiev | Reuters — Major Black Sea wheat exporters Russia and Ukraine may cut their official 2015 grain crop forecasts as recent hot weather has raised the risks to plants and rains elsewhere have delayed the harvest and dented quality, farmers and officials said. Russia and Ukraine’s agriculture ministries have said if hot weather persists […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. old-crop soy, corn stocks miss forecasts

By Mark Weinraub July 10, 2015

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday cut its outlook for the supply of corn and soybeans that will be left over at the end of the 2014-15 marketing year by more than expected, sending futures prices sharply higher. But new-crop corn and soybean stocks came in above expectations due to large […] Read more

One concern is the increasing spread of alfalfa weevil.

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Alberta’s alfalfa bug survey yields mixed results in first year

News Roundup from the June 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 9, 2015

Year one of a three-year benchmark insect survey across Alberta yielded mostly good news and a few surprises, even for Alberta Agriculture entomologist Scott Meers of Brooks who is heading up the project. The biggest surprise was the sheer abundance of life in alfalfa fields. Sweep net samples of 100 sweeps each captured several thousand […] Read more

Crops, Hay, Pasture, Weather

Parched Prairie forages hang in under stress

By Dave Sims July 9, 2015

CNS Canada — Sporadic rains and prolonged periods of dryness are taking their toll on forage crops in Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan. According to Terry Kowalchuk, a forage crop specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Regina, the eastern half of the province is managing, but the situation is worse in the province’s west. The western […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

K+S investors see PotashCorp deal within reach despite rebuff

By Andreas Kroner, Ludwig Burger July 9, 2015

Frankfurt | Reuters — Shareholders in takeover target K+S say a deal could be done because suitor PotashCorp’s main aim is to get control over its German rival’s ambitious Canadian project and scale it back. K+S’s Legacy mine, being built northeast of Moose Jaw near Bethune, Sask., would be the first built from scratch in […] Read more

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CWRS bids mixed, CPSR weakens with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year high on supply outlook, crop conditions

Manitoba buckwheat in need of higher temperatures

ConAgra names activist investor nominees to board

U.S. grains: Corn sets one-year highs on tighter old-crop U.S. supply

Russia, Ukraine may cut grain crop forecasts as temperatures rise

U.S. old-crop soy, corn stocks miss forecasts

Alberta’s alfalfa bug survey yields mixed results in first year

Parched Prairie forages hang in under stress

K+S investors see PotashCorp deal within reach despite rebuff

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