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Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

By Dave Sims May 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Feedlot demand for cash barley is weakening slightly as cattle producers prepare to turn animals loose on pastures, but prices are still hanging in there, according to one participant. “Farmers aren’t really selling a whole lot at these levels,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in the feedlot alley near Lethbridge, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Cash wheat market up slightly with U.S. futures

By Terryn Shiells May 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Prairie wheat were steady to slightly higher during the week ended Friday, finding support from strength in U.S. wheat futures markets. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were steady to C$3.50 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $186 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $204 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on planting pace

By Mark Weinraub May 11, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Monday, pressured by expectations that a government report will show the pace of planting of both commodities was well ahead of the typical schedule. Wheat futures were mixed, with hard red winter wheat contracts supported by concerns about the crop in the U.S. Plains […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Wheats in CWRS, CPSR classes up for review

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 9, 2015

Owners of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat varieties have until month’s end to decide whether to put their products through more trials, or let their varieties be reclassified. The Canadian Grain Commission on Friday announced a review of the CWRS and CPSR wheat classes will start immediately, citing […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Flaxseed acres likely to top official estimates

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 8, 2015

CNS Canada — The relative strength in flaxseed bids, recent uncertainty in other cropping options and a general need to mitigate risk could see a few more acres sway towards the oilseed in Western Canada this spring, according to some market watchers. Statistics Canada recently forecast flaxseed plantings for 2015-16 at 1.63 million acres, which […] Read more

(Alberta Farmer Express photo by Jennifer Blair)

Canola, Crops

Clubroots beating all resistant canolas across Alta.

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 8, 2015

A study of 27 canola fields across Alberta has found 16 infected with clubroot pathotypes able to cause “high levels” of the disease — in canola plants with clubroot-resistant genetics. What’s more, the clubroot pathogen isolated from “many” of the infected fields in the study was virulent on all clubroot-resistant canola cultivars, the Canola Council of Canada […] Read more

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Benigno Aquino, president of the Philippines, leave Parliament Hill at the end of Aquino’s visit to Ottawa. (Deb Ransom photo courtesy PMO)

Cereals, Livestock, Markets

Canada, Philippines to talk about free trade talks

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 8, 2015

Canada and the Philippines have launched “exploratory discussions” toward a possible free trade agreement, from which Canadian livestock and grain producers could expect to gain. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Philippines’ President Benigno Aquino announced the discussions Friday in Ottawa during Aquino’s state visit, which ends Saturday. A Canada-Philippines free trade agreement “would strengthen […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Crop tour results boost wheat

By Mark Weinraub May 8, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, supported by results from an annual crop tour that projected below-average yields in Kansas, the top production state for the grain, traders said. End-of-week short covering and some bargain buying following a 1.4 per cent decline on Thursday also buoyed prices. Corn and soybeans firmed […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Major Syngenta shareholders would back Monsanto bid, if higher

By Simon Jessop May 8, 2015

London | Reuters — Major investors in Swiss agrochemicals firm Syngenta are confident a deal with Monsanto will come off if the U.S. firm ups its initial US$45 billion bid by at least 10 per cent. After rebuffing the takeover offer announced earlier Friday, Syngenta said the bid fundamentally undervalued the firm and that its […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Quality, not quantity key to chickpea sales

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 8, 2015

CNS Canada –– Chickpeas may be relatively small in terms of acreage in Western Canada, but the quality aspects of the country’s crop, especially the larger-calibre varieties, may help command some premiums in the global market. Canadian farmers intend to plant 140,000 acres of chickpeas in 2015, down from the 170,000 seeded the previous year […] Read more

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Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

Cash wheat market up slightly with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on planting pace

Wheats in CWRS, CPSR classes up for review

Flaxseed acres likely to top official estimates

Clubroots beating all resistant canolas across Alta.

Canada, Philippines to talk about free trade talks

U.S. grains: Crop tour results boost wheat

Major Syngenta shareholders would back Monsanto bid, if higher

Quality, not quantity key to chickpea sales

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