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U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

By Karl Plume May 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Tuesday as pressure from a strong dollar and technical selling outweighed concerns about crop damage due to heavy rain in the southern U.S. Plains. Corn prices slid about 1.5 per cent on spillover weakness from tumbling wheat and generally favourable crop […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids rise with improving basis

By Terryn Shiells May 25, 2015

CNS Canada –– Cash bids for Canadian wheat were stronger during the week ended Friday, as basis levels improved. A firmer tone in U.S. wheat futures was also supportive. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were C$6-$12 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $204 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $223 […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Russian wheat prices follow global benchmarks higher

By Reuters May 25, 2015

Tikhoretsk | Reuters — Russian wheat export prices rose last week following an increase in global benchmarks and concerns over dry and hot weather in the European part of Russia, analysts said. Russia, one of the world’s big wheat exporters, competes with other global suppliers, including France, where Western European wheat prices hit the highest […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California water board approves voluntary cutback program by growers

By dan-whitcomb May 25, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — California water regulators on Friday said they had approved a plan by some of the state’s most senior water rights holders to voluntary cut back water use by 25 per cent in exchange for assurances that they would not face further cuts during the growing season. So-called riparian growers in […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Hay, Markets

Arrest made in alleged Alberta hay fraud

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 23, 2015

A Lethbridge businessman is due in court next month to answer to charges that a Taber, Alta.-area farm business was defrauded out of six figures’ worth of hay. The Taber Police Service said Friday it had completed a “lengthy investigation” into allegations of fraud in which hay was obtained “under false pretenses” from a local […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Sunflowers off to good start in Manitoba

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 22, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s sunflower crop is off to a good start this year, having largely missed out on any damage from adverse weather over the May long weekend. “We had a good early start (to spring seeding) in the eastern part of the province and things went into some nice warm ground,” said Troy […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Monsanto’s move on Syngenta could mean move away from glyphosate

By Carey Gillam May 22, 2015

Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, is also known for the popularity of its Roundup herbicide, beloved by farmers and homeowners alike for its speed and deadly assault on tough weeds. But Monsanto’s ongoing efforts to try to take over Swiss ag chem firm Syngenta, a rival whose product portfolio offers an array […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

By Michael Hirtzer May 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains and oilseeds fell more than one per cent on Friday, with soybeans tumbling to the lowest levels since October in a broad commodities selloff as the dollar rallied against a basket of global currencies. Soybeans, corn and wheat each reversed earlier gains and fell to session lows as the […] Read more

These golden nematode cysts, shown here on potato roots, are about a third to half a millimetre in diameter. (Xiaohong Wang photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Potatoes

Potato ‘fields’ clarified for cross-border trade

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News May 22, 2015

Canadian and U.S. food inspectors have agreed on what they mean by a “field” in any restrictions they place on potato trade on account of potato cyst nematodes. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Tuesday announced new revisions to their Guidelines on Surveillance and Phytosanitary […] Read more

Crops, Livestock, Straight from the hip

We need a return to healthy soil

The relationship between soil health and human health has been recognized throughout history

By Brenda Schoepp May 21, 2015

Back in 1400 BC Moses sent his scouts ahead to Canaan to see what the soil was like and bring back fruit. By 400 BC Hippocrates was relating soil health as part of the overall evaluation of patient health. Flash forward to 1940 and R.A. Hayne proclaimed that “only healthy soil can produce healthy people.” […] Read more

Saskatchewan harvest lags behind

More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

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Saskatchewan harvest lags behind

More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

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U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

Prairie wheat bids rise with improving basis

Russian wheat prices follow global benchmarks higher

California water board approves voluntary cutback program by growers

Arrest made in alleged Alberta hay fraud

Sunflowers off to good start in Manitoba

Monsanto’s move on Syngenta could mean move away from glyphosate

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

Potato ‘fields’ clarified for cross-border trade

We need a return to healthy soil

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