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Jury still out on Prairie crop damage from Victoria Day weekend

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Cold temperatures across much of Western Canada over the May long weekend may have caused damage to early-emerging crops — but it will take a few more days to determine how many acres will need reseeding. “We have to wait and see, because freeze damage is always sporadic in nature,” said CWB […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

GrainCorp to boost U.S. malt output, target craft beer boom

By Colin Packham May 18, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– Australian agribusiness GrainCorp plans to nearly double output capacity at one its U.S. malt plants, to capitalize on soaring North American demand for craft beer. Typically produced by small, local brewers, the popularity of craft beers has grown rapidly in recent years in the U.S. as drinkers seek new tastes, with […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on more U.S. rains, frost fears

By Michael Hirtzer May 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat surged more than two per cent to the highest level in a month on Monday as forecasts for rains in the U.S. Plains revived concerns about crop damage and encouraged buying among investors with large short positions. Worries that frost and cold temperatures could reduce yields in the northern […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 16, 2015

The federal government’s new target, to cut the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels in the next 15 years, will involve new regulations on fertilizer and chemical companies’ output. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the government’s new target and general plans on Friday in Winnipeg, but hasn’t yet specified […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 16, 2015

The rise of soybeans as a cash crop in and around Manitoba, and the availability of hogs to dine on soy meal, could support Western Canada’s first-ever soybean crushing plant, a new study finds. The feasibility study, run by Winnipeg-based Mercantile Venture Consulting and backed by the federal and Manitoba governments, shows a Manitoba crushing […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Alta. beet growers, Rogers Sugar reach four-year deal

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 16, 2015

Sugar beet growers in Alberta will have a growing season in 2015 after all, having reached a last-minute deal with Canada’s lone sugar beet processor. Montreal-based Rogers Sugar on Wednesday announced its Lantic subsidiary has reached a new four-year agreement with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Association to supply the company’s beet sugar plant at […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Drought prompts cuts to farm irrigation in California, Oregon

By Courtney Sherwood May 15, 2015

Portland | Reuters –– The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will cut the amount of federal irrigation water available to farmers along the Oregon-California border to half the annual norm as it grapples with a fourth year of regional drought, the agency said on Friday. Though the roughly 1,200 affected farms in the Klamath Basin had […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Colombia calls off aerial coca spraying

By Reuters May 15, 2015

Bogota | Reuters –– Colombia will suspend aerial fumigation of illegal coca plants in light of a number of studies linking the herbicide involved to cancer, a move that marks the end of a decades-long strategy in the country’s fight against drug trafficking. Spraying coca leaves, which are used to make cocaine, has been a […] Read more

Crops, Finishers, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie feed wheat relatively strong against milling wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 15, 2015

CNS Canada –– Relative strength in the feed wheat market in Western Canada compared to milling wheat is making feed channels a more attractive option for some growers with lower-end milling wheat left to sell. “Right now, feed is pretty well on par with a lot of the base milling-grade wheats,” said Jared Seitz, trade […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids up sharply as U.S. futures rally

By Terryn Shiells May 15, 2015

CNS Canada –– Cash bids for Canadian wheat were stronger during the week ended Thursday, as U.S. wheat futures rallied sharply higher and basis levels improved, in general. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were C$10-$13 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $196 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $214 per […] Read more

China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid U.S. trade war, sources say

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mostly lower

U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured by lack of Chinese demand; corn rises on export sales

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China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid U.S. trade war, sources say

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mostly lower

U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured by lack of Chinese demand; corn rises on export sales

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Jury still out on Prairie crop damage from Victoria Day weekend

GrainCorp to boost U.S. malt output, target craft beer boom

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on more U.S. rains, frost fears

Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

Alta. beet growers, Rogers Sugar reach four-year deal

Drought prompts cuts to farm irrigation in California, Oregon

Colombia calls off aerial coca spraying

Prairie feed wheat relatively strong against milling wheat

Prairie wheat bids up sharply as U.S. futures rally

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