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Looking for a payoff from energy-dense forages

By Heather Smith Thomas June 5, 2015

Clayton Robins, the current executive director of the Manitoba 4-H Council, has been researching forages for a number of years. In 2008 he was part of a team from Canada that went to Argentina to look at the forage-fed beef value chain. “We spent most of our time there with Dr. Anibal Pordomingo who was […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

By Mark Weinraub June 5, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday on end-of-week profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. It was the first time all three commodities posted losses on the same day since May 26. Some position-squaring ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly supply and demand report on Wednesday was noted. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats, Reuters, Soybeans, Spring Wheat

CME bars grain traders for years over wash trades, spoofing

By Reuters June 5, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group said Friday it barred a grain trader from its markets for three years for executing noncompetitive transactions and suspended another for two years for market manipulation. The traders, Aleksey Vsemirnov and Stephen Duggan, could not immediately be reached for comment. Vsemirnov executed numerous non-competitive transactions in wheat, oats, rice, […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 5, 2015

Distribution of clubroot spores across Manitoba now suggests it’s time for more widespread testing to keep the disease in check, the provincial ag department recommends. Since the disease appeared in Manitoba in 2009, fewer than five per cent of the province’s farms have so far been tested for the spores that cause the yield-robbing disease […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Sask., Man. soybeans survive with minor complications

By Jade Markus June 4, 2015

CNS Canada — Soybean crops have persevered through the frosty spring for the most part, agricultural experts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan say. Though farmers are still in the process of assessing damage, most plants had not yet emerged from the ground in both provinces when temperatures fell below freezing at the end of May. Kristen […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops, Weather

U.S. canola crop also hurt by frost, likely off early estimates

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 4, 2015

CNS Canada — Recent frost that forced farmers to reseed canola fields across a large portion of Western Canada also reached into canola-growing regions of the northern U.S., with production likely taking a hit south of the border as well. “We’ve had at least 200,000 acres that have been reseeded, and a small number of […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn crops likely unscathed

By Terryn Shiells June 4, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn crop was nearly fully seeded ahead of crop insurance deadlines in late May, but frost events in Manitoba during the same time frame didn’t likely cause any damage. Parts of southwestern Manitoba saw a significant frost event on May 29 and 30, which killed off many canola crops and sparked […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

Bayer postpones plant opening to meet canola seed demand

By Leeann Minogue June 4, 2015

Frost, wind, moisture and even flea beetles have already devastated Prairie canola crops this season, leading to unprecedented reseeding — and seed companies are struggling to meet the extra demand. Bayer CropScience announced Thursday it will postpone Friday’s scheduled grand opening of its new Lethbridge, Alta. seed processing plant, so staff can focus on meeting […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Weather concerns prompt short-covering in wheat

By Mark Weinraub June 4, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures jumped 2.3 per cent on Thursday, posting their third gain in the last four sessions as some weather concerns provided the impetus for traders to cover short positions. The forecast for more rain, which could slow the tail end of seeding in parts of the […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Prairie farmers scramble for canola seed after frost

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 3, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Western Canadian farmers are scrambling to find scarce canola seed as they reseed crops snuffed out by frost and insects. Farmers in the region have until mid- to late June to plant ahead of insurance deadlines, but the later they sow canola, the higher the risk of damage later from heat […] Read more

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Crops

Looking for a payoff from energy-dense forages

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

CME bars grain traders for years over wash trades, spoofing

Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says

Sask., Man. soybeans survive with minor complications

U.S. canola crop also hurt by frost, likely off early estimates

Manitoba corn crops likely unscathed

Bayer postpones plant opening to meet canola seed demand

U.S. grains: Weather concerns prompt short-covering in wheat

Prairie farmers scramble for canola seed after frost

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