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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean/corn ratio too wide, expected to narrow

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 29, 2015

CNS Canada — The widening spread between corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) should be supportive for corn but a bearish factor in soybeans, as the two crops have moved in opposite directions over the past week, according to an analyst. Soybeans moved to their highest levels in a month […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Warm weather aids seeding, but winter still lingers

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 29, 2015

CNS Canada — A late spring snowstorm will delay seeding operations in northern Saskatchewan, but better weather across most other areas of the Prairies is allowing producers to make headway getting this year’s crop in the ground. Up to 30 centimetres of snow fell in and around Saskatoon on Saturday and Sunday, knocking out power […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifts downward in rangebound trading

By Dave Sims April 29, 2015

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around in sideways trading during the week ended Wednesday, before settling slightly lower. Activity was volatile with values generally staying within a $10 range, analysts said. Gains in the U.S. soy complex were responsible for much of the support canola saw over the five-day period, along […] Read more

Samples are taken from a load of corn at IGPC’s Aylmer, Ont. ethanol plant. (IGPC.ca)

Corn, Crops, Markets

Ont. co-op swaps corn supply line for ethanol plant

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 29, 2015

Corrected, April 30, 2015 — Farmer co-operative IGPC plans to switch to Thompsons from Cargill as the main corn supplier for its southwestern Ontario ethanol processing plant, starting this fall. Thompsons Ltd. will start buying corn immediately for deliveries from Oct. 1 onward to the Aylmer, Ont. ethanol plant, IGPC (Integrated Grain Processors Co-operative) said in a […] Read more

(University of California-Davis Olive Center photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Reuters

EU moves to stop spread of ‘olive tree leprosy’

By Reuters April 28, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– EU governments backed on Tuesday new measures to stop the spread of a bacterial disease that has attacked Italy’s olive oil production, the European Commission said. The new measures mean EU countries must reveal all outbreaks in the European Union, carry out official surveys and destroy all infested plants, as well […] Read more

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Man. bean area likely to beat StatsCan forecast

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 28, 2015

CNS Canada — Early indications from Statistics Canada call for a sharp reduction in edible bean plantings in Manitoba, but actual area likely won’t be down by that much on the year, a provincial specialist says. StatsCan’s planting intentions report on Thursday predicted Manitoba farmers intend to plant 75,000 acres of edible beans in 2015, […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

By Michael Hirtzer April 28, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday, rising in a short-covering bounce after tumbling to their lowest levels since June of 2010 earlier in the session. Bargain buying, coupled with a weaker dollar, offset pressure from stable U.S. crop conditions and recent rains in dry portions of the southern Plains. […] Read more

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GFO seeks longer comment period on neonic regs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 27, 2015

Grain Farmers of Ontario wants the province’s environment ministry to reconsider the rush on the comment period for its proposed new controls on neonicotinoid seed treatments. The province has given the public, farmers included, a 45-day period ending May 7 to comment on its proposed regulations. “This is one of the busiest times of the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Wheat bids edge lower across Prairies

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 27, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat were down during the week ended Friday, as values reacted to adjustments in the U.S. futures and the foreign exchange markets. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by C$3 to $5 per tonne, with bids ranging from $181 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

By Reuters April 27, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The European Union’s crop monitoring service on Monday lifted its yield forecasts for this year’s soft wheat, barley and rapeseed harvests with growing conditions remaining mostly favourable despite a recent dry spell. Yields will stay below levels seen in 2014, when the EU posted record production in several crops, but exceed […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean/corn ratio too wide, expected to narrow

Warm weather aids seeding, but winter still lingers

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifts downward in rangebound trading

Ont. co-op swaps corn supply line for ethanol plant

EU moves to stop spread of ‘olive tree leprosy’

Man. bean area likely to beat StatsCan forecast

U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

GFO seeks longer comment period on neonic regs

Wheat bids edge lower across Prairies

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

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