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Cabbage seedpod weevil larva. (CanolaCouncil.org)

Cabbage seedpod weevil could cause problems for Prairie canola

By Terryn Shiells March 3, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canola growes in Western Canada will have to keep an eye out for cabbage seedpod weevils in fields this year, according to government officials. “For cabbage seedpod weevil, the survey from last year was showing that it’s extended well eastwards (in Saskatchewan) with some pretty good numbers now moving more into traditional […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Rail problems continue as Prairie ag groups tackle CTA review

By Dave Sims March 3, 2015

CNS Canada — Better data, equitable service regardless of where you live and service contracts with teeth are just some of the ideas being tossed around by Prairie farm leaders taking part in the Canadian Transportation Act review. “Producers want to see equitable service for everyone,” said Norm Hall, chairman of the Agricultural Producers Association […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-week low on Brazil strike pause, harvest

By Michael Hirtzer March 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to a one-week low on Tuesday in a technical selloff sparked by a weakening truckers strike in Brazil and the advancing harvest of what’s expected to be Brazil’s biggest soy crop ever. Soybean futures trimmed their losses late in the session while corn and wheat each reversed earlier […] Read more

Can you spot the difference between the two sides of this wheat plot? Probably not, AAFC researchers say. (Environmental Science and Technology)

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Wheat in study finds P where soil tests don’t

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 3, 2015

A long-term yield study in Saskatchewan shows wheat crops will use the phosphorus built up in soils over years of fertilizing — even where soil tests don’t show the nutrient is handy for use. While the results still need to be tested elsewhere, with other crops, the study’s findings may help Canadian farmers rethink how […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Argentina tracks soy hoarding by registering silo bag sales

By Hugh Bronstein March 2, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina will keep an eye on how much soy is being hoarded on farms throughout the country by requiring that the sales of silo bags be reported to tax authorities, according to a government resolution announced Monday. The oblong industrial-strength plastic bags have come to dot the Pampas grains belt […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids mixed; CWRS down, CPSR up

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Wheat cash bids across Western Canada only saw some minor adjustments during the week ended Friday, with some classes seeing small gains and other wheat classes down slightly. Average Canada Western Red Spring wheat prices were steady to as much as $3 per tonne lower during the week, with bids ranging from […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

PotashCorp buys stake in Heringer to expand in Brazil

By Ashutosh Pandey, Guillermo Parra-Bernal March 2, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the world’s largest fertilizer company by market value, agreed on Monday to pay about $69.8 million for a 9.5 per cent stake in Brazilian rival Fertilizantes Heringer SA, the latest effort by PotashCorp to grow in Latin America’s largest economy. The deal, which is expected to […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Rail consolidation unlikely to involve CP for now: CEO

By Allison Martell March 2, 2015

Toronto | Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway is unlikely to be involved in the consolidation of the North American industry in the short term, CEO Hunter Harrison said on Monday. Canada’s No. 2 railway, which also has operations in the U.S., discussed a deal with CSX Corp. last year but could not reach an agreement. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy post big losses on weakening export demand

By Mark Weinraub March 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped 2.5 per cent on Monday on poor export demand and lessened concerns about damage to the dormant U.S. crop, traders said. Poor export demand also weighed on soybeans. Traders added that easing worries about a truckers’ strike in Brazil slowing shipments of newly harvested supplies from that […] Read more

Flea beetle feeding (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Pests likely to survive Manitoba winter

By Terryn Shiells, GFM Network News February 28, 2015

CNS Canada –– Sufficient snow cover will likely help insect crop pests survive the winter in Manitoba, despite a recent bout of extremely cold weather. “Snow is a great insulator, so even though we have had some quite cool temperatures the last several weeks, where the insects are beneath the snow it’s actually nice and […] Read more

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Crops

Cabbage seedpod weevil could cause problems for Prairie canola

Rail problems continue as Prairie ag groups tackle CTA review

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-week low on Brazil strike pause, harvest

Wheat in study finds P where soil tests don’t

Argentina tracks soy hoarding by registering silo bag sales

Prairie wheat bids mixed; CWRS down, CPSR up

PotashCorp buys stake in Heringer to expand in Brazil

Rail consolidation unlikely to involve CP for now: CEO

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy post big losses on weakening export demand

Pests likely to survive Manitoba winter

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