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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 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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Argentina to restrict wheat export permits if low prices paid

By Reuters January 31, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Wheat exporters who buy the grain from Argentina’s farmers will not be issued permits if they pay the growers significantly less than the international price for the crop, the government said Friday. The announcement, by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof, followed complaints by local producers that government restrictions on wheat exports […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Manitoba canola pest lab backed for equipment, research

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 30, 2015

A new Manitoba lab with federal, provincial and canola industry backing has been opened with the goal of staying a step ahead of canola diseases such as clubroot and verticillium wilt. The federal and Manitoba governments on Thursday announced $969,000 for equipment, including a polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) machine, and $250,000 for research at the […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Wheat basis muddied in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 30, 2015

CNS Canada — The difference between futures markets and cash markets for any exchange-traded commodities can usually be brought into focus by the basis — that is, except in Prairie wheat, where that focus has now gone fuzzy. Typically, a wide or narrow basis provides some indication of how representative the futures market is of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on month-end fund selling

By Julie Ingwersen January 30, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell to multi-month lows Friday on commodity fund liquidation at the month’s end amid ample world stocks and fears of slowing growth, traders said. “We are building in record crops in South America, and we are washing out some spec length. Nobody can look at […] Read more

Crops, Markets

All crops not equal in face of weakening dollar

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 29, 2015

CNS Canada –– With the Canadian dollar falling to its weakest levels relative to its U.S. counterpart in six years, the general sentiment holds it should be good news for exporters, such as Canadian grain farmers. However, any net benefit may depend on what exactly is being exported and who is doing the buying, according […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

PotashCorp’s profit beats on higher potash sales

January 29, 2015

Reuters — PotashCorp, the world’s biggest fertilizer company by market capitalization, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strong potash sales, but its 2015 outlook disappointed. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp sold 2.5 million tonnes of potash, the most ever in a fourth quarter and up 42 per cent year over year. Its average realized potash price was $284 per […] Read more

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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

Argentina to restrict wheat export permits if low prices paid

Manitoba canola pest lab backed for equipment, research

Wheat basis muddied in Western Canada

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on month-end fund selling

All crops not equal in face of weakening dollar

PotashCorp’s profit beats on higher potash sales

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