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Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 3, 2015

A clutch of Prairie grain industry stakeholders says its pool of weekly data on rail car spotting is getting deeper and still shows significant shortfalls in car delivery from Canada’s big two railways. The Ag Transport Coalition on Tuesday released a performance measurement update, which it says now includes aggregate data from shippers representing about 85 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn gets biggest boost of new year as dollar slips

By Christine Stebbins February 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures climbed four per cent on Tuesday amid a broad-based rally in commodities led by crude oil as the dollar slipped to a near-two-week low on weaker domestic economic data, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade grain markets were overdue for a short-covering rebound after falling to […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

StatsCan canola stocks expected to drop from year-ago mark

By Terryn Shiells February 3, 2015

CNS Canada –– With Statistics Canada releasing its estimates Wednesday for crop stocks as of Dec. 31, canola supplies are generally expected to fall compared to year-ago levels. The lower stocks estimates are mainly linked to smaller production in 2014-15, compared to the record large crop grown in 2013-14, analysts say. “Stocks were pretty high […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

ADM profit jumps as big U.S. harvest boosts ag services

By Karl Plume February 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland on Tuesday reported higher quarterly earnings as a record-large U.S. harvest boosted grain volumes and supported strong exports, though revenue fell short of expectations. Earnings in agricultural services, ADM’s biggest business segment in terms of revenue, grew as bumper U.S. corn and soybean crops replenished thinned […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China said planning bigger role for market in grains pricing

By Dominique Patton, Niu Shuping February 3, 2015

Beijing | Reuters –– China wants to give the market a bigger role in setting farm prices and move away from a controversial state stockpiling policy that has led to bulging grain inventories and a surge of cheap imports, a top agricultural official said Tuesday. That policy, in which grains are bought at artificially high […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

By Tom Polansek February 2, 2015

Reuters — Cargill has started selling a variety of genetically modified Syngenta corn seed that previously disrupted U.S. grain trading, now that China has approved imports of the biotech crop. Cargill, one of the top U.S. grain exporters, began selling seed containing the Agrisure Viptera trait last month and scrapped a policy that required farmers […] Read more

CS2000, shown here in field trials in August 2014, is billed as having “intermediate” resistance to the recently-discovered clubroot pathotype 5x. (BehindTheSeeds.ca)

Canola, Crops

Canola variety’s clubroot claim taken with caution

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 2, 2015

A new variety of canola with “intermediate” resistance to a new type of clubroot may be cause for optimism, but Alberta’s canola grower group says farmers need to know more before they buy. The Alberta Canola Producers Commission (ACPC) warned Monday that growers will need more specifics about claims that a new canola variety has […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie CWRS bids weaken slightly

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat generally moved lower during the week ended Friday. Average CWRS prices lost about C$1-$4 per tonne, with prices ranging from about $197 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $216 per tonne in Manitoba, according to bids from a cross-section of delivery points […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Markets sag under pressure from hefty global supplies

By Tom Polansek February 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped to a four-month low on Monday while corn and soybeans hovered near multi-month lows as large crop inventories kept a lid on prices. Traders focused on hefty grain supplies as crop weather improved in South America, with scattered showers in Brazil easing concerns about drought curtailing soybean […] Read more

The rocket carrying the SMAP soil moisture observatory lifts off Jan. 31 at California’s Vandenberg AFB. (Bill Ingalls photo courtesy NASA)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

NASA launches satellite to map soil moisture

By Irene Klotz January 31, 2015

Reuters — An unmanned Delta 2 rocket was launched Saturday to put a NASA satellite into orbit that is expected to improve drought monitoring and flooding forecasts. The 39-metre rocket, built and flown by United Launch Alliance, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:22 a.m. PT, the U.S. National Aeronautics and […] Read more

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Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

U.S. grains: Corn gets biggest boost of new year as dollar slips

StatsCan canola stocks expected to drop from year-ago mark

ADM profit jumps as big U.S. harvest boosts ag services

China said planning bigger role for market in grains pricing

Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

Canola variety’s clubroot claim taken with caution

Prairie CWRS bids weaken slightly

U.S. grains: Markets sag under pressure from hefty global supplies

NASA launches satellite to map soil moisture

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