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ICE weekly outlook: Canola mixed after wild week

By Dave Sims June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts ended narrowly mixed for the week ended Wednesday, but not before shooting above the $500 per tonne mark amid concerns over persistent dryness across a large portion of Western Canada. “If we don’t get those rains or if they’re disappointing then I think this thing is going […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Thirsty Alta. crops could use a drink, analyst says

By Jade Markus June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Alberta’s dry weather and cooler nights have hit some crops in the province hard, but one specialist says he isn’t worried yet. Neil Whatley, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry in Stettler, said only some parts of the province have seen rain. “There’s no general rain, just showers. Where there’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

By Michael Hirtzer June 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent for their largest losses in two weeks on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its production forecast for the winter wheat crop in a monthly supply and demand report. Corn futures posted their largest daily declines since March at the […] Read more

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Prairie canola reseeding done ‘in a hurry’

By Terryn Shiells June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Farmers are reported to have mainly finished reseeding canola fields that were damaged by a frost event in the eastern Prairies in late May. “It happened in a hurry. A lot of producers, retail agronomists and seed companies were working overtime to get it all done. It’s pretty impressive, a lot of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Nearby spring wheat charts looking bullish

By MarketsFarm Team June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Nearby technical signals for MGEX spring wheat futures in Minneapolis have turned bullish, as prices rallied during the first part of June. However, the market remains rangebound from a longer-term perspective. The July wheat contact in Minneapolis has climbed by 50 cents per bushel since June 1, and settled Tuesday at US$5.8275. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pasture, Weather

Dry areas of Prairies still waiting for rain

By Jade Markus June 10, 2015

CNS Canada –– The continued lack of moisture across a large portion of Alberta and Saskatchewan is becoming more of a concern for farmers in the region, but there is a chance of rain in some nearby forecasts. Shannon Friesen, a cropping management specialist for Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw, said some livestock producers are […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

Ontario’s corn and soybean growers and seed dealers will have slightly more time to manage some of their new duties as the province’s limits on neonicotinoid pesticides become legally binding. Ontario’s environment ministry on Tuesday announced its new provincial regulations — with a handful of changes from the draft legislation first published in March — […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

By Michael Hirtzer June 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped as much as one per cent on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session to a two-month high as investors bet that heavy rains would hit yields of the winter wheat crop in the southern U.S. Plains. Soybeans also rose, reaching a three-week peak as a broad-based […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 9, 2015

Monsanto’s offer of a US$2 billion break fee if it can’t get regulatory approval for a merger with crop biotech and ag chem rival Syngenta has been rejected. The offer, made in a letter from St. Louis-based Monsanto on Saturday, “represents the same inadequate price, same inadequate regulatory undertakings to close, same regulatory risks and same […] Read more

(Giuseppe Carotenuto photo courtesy FAO)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Threat of food crisis seen fading as grain stocks climb

By Nigel Hunt June 8, 2015

London | Reuters — A sudden change in the weather no longer raises the spectre of a food price crisis, with grain stocks rebuilt and governments now paying much closer attention to agriculture, a senior United Nations economist said in an interview Monday. “The buffer is big and unexpected shortfalls can be met by (grain) […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola mixed after wild week

Thirsty Alta. crops could use a drink, analyst says

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

Prairie canola reseeding done ‘in a hurry’

Nearby spring wheat charts looking bullish

Dry areas of Prairies still waiting for rain

Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

Threat of food crisis seen fading as grain stocks climb

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