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Year-round grazing systems

By Steve Kenyon March 17, 2015

I have referred to a Year-Round Grazing System quite often in my articles but never actually defined it. That’s because the definition is different for everyone. We all live in different environments and have different advantages and disadvantages. What works for one farm might not always work for another. The most important part of year-round […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

By Mark Weinraub March 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures sagged 1.5 per cent to their lowest in almost five months on Tuesday, with export demand for U.S. supplies fading amid the expanding harvest in Argentina and Brazil, traders said. “The fundamentals are not friendly here; the South American crops are coming in with good yields,” Charlie Sernatinger, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Long liquidation looms in canola futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 17, 2015

CNS Canada –– Fund traders are still holding large long positions in canola, but could be poised to start liquidating some of those positions as prices near key chart support. Funds are sitting on a long position in “the mid-40,000 area”, according to a canola broker. “Further technical weakness would likely bring in some long […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Markets, Reuters

Feared plant disease found on Australian banana farm

By Colin Packham March 17, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — An outbreak of a feared disease affecting banana plants has been confirmed on an Australian farm, raising worries over the outlook for the country’s A$550 million (C$537 million) industry. The so-called Tropical Race 4 strain of Panama disease was confirmed at a farm in Tully in the country’s northeast after tests […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Argentina creates grains stimulus fund in election year

By Richard Lough March 17, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentina will create a 2.5 billion-peso (C$360 million) stimulus fund for small and medium-scale grains producers which will be funded by existing taxes on the exports of large farms, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said on Monday. Kicillof said small-scale farmers of soy, wheat, and corn had struggled with a 30 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Ammonium sulphate seen tougher to find, afford

By Dave Sims March 17, 2015

CNS Canada — A shortfall in production seems to have made granular ammonium sulphate, the prime fertilizer used by canola growers in Western Canada, relatively scarce just weeks away from seeding. “Last year (it was) $470 a tonne, now it’s $525 a tonne; if you can get it. Those were the words from my supplier,” […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 16, 2015

Four of five groups of Canadian National Railway (CN) employees have voted to ratify the new collective labour deals that kept them from being locked out last month. CN said Monday its unionized clerical/intermodal/fleet mechanic, CNTL and excavator-operator units, all represented by Unifor locals, have all voted in favour of agreements with 51-month terms. The […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids rise with U.S. futures, improving basis

By Terryn Shiells March 16, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) cash bids moved higher in Western Canada during the week ended Friday, underpinned by strength in U.S. wheat futures and improving basis levels. Average CWRS wheat prices were C$6 to more than $9 per tonne higher during the week, with bids […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on concerns about crop

By Mark Weinraub March 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose for the sixth time in seven sessions on Monday on concerns about dry conditions in the U.S. Plains hindering growth as the winter wheat crop emerges from dormancy. Corn futures sagged due to pressure from lower-than-expected U.S. export inspections data. Soybeans also dropped as traders anticipated huge […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Pulses

Legumex Walker puts sale, merger options on table

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 16, 2015

Pulse, canola and special-crop processing firm Legumex Walker has declared itself open to “strategic alternatives” for its future, including a sale or merger. The publicly-traded Winnipeg company said Monday its board of directors has set up a review committee to “identify and consider strategic and financial alternatives… with the ultimate goal of maximizing shareholder value.” […] Read more

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Year-round grazing systems

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

Long liquidation looms in canola futures

Feared plant disease found on Australian banana farm

Argentina creates grains stimulus fund in election year

Ammonium sulphate seen tougher to find, afford

Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

Prairie wheat bids rise with U.S. futures, improving basis

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on concerns about crop

Legumex Walker puts sale, merger options on table

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