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USDA sets coronavirus aid payments for corn, soy, wheat

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 20, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers that grow crops including corn and soybeans will receive coronavirus assistance payments based on either half of their 2019 production or the supplies they had on hand as of Jan. 15, the government said on Tuesday. The coronavirus aid is the latest in a round of government payments that […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

Drones to be tested against Africa’s locust swarms

U.N.'s FAO testing drones to detect, spray pests

By Nita Bhalla, GFM Network News February 11, 2020

Nairobi | Thomson Reuters Foundation — The United Nations is to test drones equipped with mapping sensors and atomizers to spray pesticides in parts of east Africa battling an invasion of desert locusts that are ravaging crops and exacerbating a hunger crisis. Hundreds of millions of the voracious insects have swept across Ethiopia, Somalia and […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Gaza farmers return to lands along volatile Israeli border

By Nidal al-Mughrabi February 5, 2020

Gaza | Reuters — Returning to his fields for the first time in 14 years, Palestinian farmer Naser Abu Isaeed surveyed the toll taken by conflict on formerly productive soil. “I saw an empty area full of holes and dry weeds,” said Abu Isaeed, who once grew fruit on the tracts along Gaza’s volatile border […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Alberta snow further delays canola harvest, boosts prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm September 30, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola futures finished up at Monday’s close, boosted by a weather premium after a low-pressure system brought considerable snowfall to parts of Alberta over the weekend. Snow was mostly concentrated in the southern region of the province. Calgary and surrounding areas received around 30 centimetres of snow, according to preliminary results from Environment […] Read more

Crops

Statistics Canada boosts crop production estimates

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm September 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Updated model-based production estimates on Thursday from Statistics Canada expect larger yields for most of the major crops grown in the country — and while harvest operations are still ongoing, the actual crops may end up larger still. “All of the numbers are bigger, whether it’s durum, spring wheat, canola,” said analyst Mike […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s monsoons catch up, but crops still at risk

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm August 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Heavy rains in recent weeks have brought India’s monsoon rainfall back to normal levels after a slow, dry start to the season, according to reports out of the country. However, flooding and uneven distribution of moisture could still hurt crop production. A normal monsoon is defined as 96-104 per cent of the 50-year […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Flexibility available for farmers on FCC loan payments

By GFM Staff June 24, 2019

Farm Credit Canada says it remains willing to work around the various forces majeures standing between its farmer clients and their cash flows this year. The Crown lending agency reiterated Monday it will work with customers “to come up with solutions for their operations on a case-by-case basis” in view of this spring’s weather worries […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

U.S. EPA wins new chance to argue against pesticide ban

By jonathan-stempel February 7, 2019

Reuters — The Trump administration has persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reconsider its recent decision ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos, which critics say can harm children and farmers. In an order on Wednesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it will again review former EPA administrator […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat surpass one-month highs

By Tom Polansek September 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures jumped on Monday to their highest levels in over a month on technical buying as well as concerns about rain stalling the country’s autumn harvests. Soybean futures slumped as China — the world’s top buyer of the oilseed — and the U.S. imposed fresh tariffs on […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Hay

The economics behind bale grazing

Grazing with Steve Kenyon

By Steve Kenyon November 10, 2017

I started bale grazing in 1999 and have had many producers over the years thank me for sharing my bale grazing information with them. The usual comment is that they will never go back to the traditional method of feeding cattle. For me, bale grazing was a no-brainer once I looked at the cost savings. […] Read more

COVID-19 and the farm: Stories from the GFM network

Klassen: Feeder market in summer mode

Canola fund short position smallest in six months

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