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Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 13, 2015

Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid out in GFO’s Ontario Pollinator […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Grains retreat as dollar soars

By Julie Ingwersen March 13, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures retreated on Friday after a five-session rally, led by declines in corn and soybeans as a surging dollar prompted broad weakness in commodities. The dollar set a fresh 12-year high against the euro on expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike. At the Chicago Board of Trade, […] Read more

How early of a spring will it be? A tractor and air seeder were spotted Tuesday travelling north on Highway 23 near Roland in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather

Spring seeding fast approaching in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– An early melt in many areas of Western Canada should allow farmers to get on their fields within the next few weeks, although the uncertainty of spring weather remains a wild card in the background and seeding won’t begin in earnest until late April or May as the fields warm up. Areas […] Read more

Apples, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Markets, Potatoes

Loblaw’s ugly-duckling produce to get swan moment

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 13, 2015

Produce growers supplying Canada’s Loblaw grocery chains with fruit and vegetables are expected to benefit in sales through a new in-store marketing program for “misshapen” wares. Through its Real Canadian Superstore chain, some of its No Frills stores in Ontario and some of its Maxi stores in Quebec, Loblaw on Thursday launched “Naturally Imperfect” fruit […] Read more

Washington state’s drought declaration regions as of March 13, 2015. (Ecy.wa.gov/drought)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Washington’s governor declares drought emergency

By Rory Carroll March 13, 2015

San Francisco | Reuters –– Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a drought emergency across three regions including key agricultural hubs of the U.S. Northwest state on Friday, citing near-record-low snowpack levels ahead of the spring runoff. Watersheds on the Olympic Peninsula, east side of the central Cascade Mountains including Yakima and Wenatchee, and Walla […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

State of Prairie winter wheat still unknown

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 12, 2015

CNS Canada — Snow cover is rapidly disappearing across Western Canada, but it will still be a few weeks until the extent of any damage to winter wheat across the Prairies is fully known. “It’s still wait-and-see,” said analyst Bruce Burnett of Winnipeg grain firm CWB. The crop won’t start re-growing until the overnight temperatures […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Decisions on new-crop canola acres still pending

By Terryn Shiells March 12, 2015

CNS Canada — With the 2015-16 growing season fast approaching in Western Canada, decisions on how many acres will be seeded to canola remain up in the air. “I think a lot of people aren’t getting a lot of feedback from growers, as they haven’t really indicated a lot of big changes in acres,” said […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on short-covering, dryness

By Julie Ingwersen March 12, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose for a fifth straight session on Thursday, hitting a 1-1/2-week high on short-covering and worries over potential yield losses due to poor weather in parts of the U.S. crop belt, analysts said. Corn and soybeans closed lower, with both commodities retreating from early gains on disappointing weekly […] Read more

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, shown here with Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) president Ray Orb in Saskatoon on Thursday, said Canada’s big two railways can’t be allowed to define “satisfactory” in terms of grain handling service. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Railways can’t dictate terms on grain backlog, Harper says

By Randall Palmer March 12, 2015

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway have such huge market power that they cannot be allowed to dictate how Canada’s grain shipment backlog is cleared, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. Harper said in an appearance in Saskatchewan that the grain backlog was not nearly as bad as it was a […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s trading range moving higher

By Terryn Shiells March 11, 2015

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market was stronger during the week ended Wednesday, and is expected to stay in a higher trading range going forward. “For the front month May, C$448 per tonne is the support area. And right now we’re more than $20 above that,” said Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications […] Read more

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

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New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

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Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

U.S. grains: Grains retreat as dollar soars

Spring seeding fast approaching in Western Canada

Loblaw’s ugly-duckling produce to get swan moment

Washington’s governor declares drought emergency

State of Prairie winter wheat still unknown

Decisions on new-crop canola acres still pending

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on short-covering, dryness

Railways can’t dictate terms on grain backlog, Harper says

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s trading range moving higher

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