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Drought conditions in Canada at June 30, 2018. (Agr.gc.ca)

Drought’s effects linger on Prairies

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm July 27, 2018

CNS Canada — After a dry growing season last year in Western Canada, effects of the drought are still evident with news that most livestock producers won’t be doing a second cut of hay. “Pastures and hay fields didn’t get the moisture that they needed to really recharge over that winter period and get a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats after nearing six-week peak

By Tom Polansek July 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures pulled back on Monday after approaching a six-week high on concerns about dry weather eating into harvests in some of the world’s main exporting countries. Corn futures advanced for the sixth consecutive session to reach their highest prices in three weeks, while soybeans neared a two-week high before […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Beef, eggs, feed fatten Cargill’s profits

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek July 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Strong global demand for beef and animal feed fattened grain trader Cargill’s profits in fiscal year 2018, which were also boosted by trade tensions and South American weather woes, the company said on Thursday. For the full year, adjusted operating earnings reached $3.2 billion, up six per cent from fiscal 2017 […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market focused on weather

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm July 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Western Canadian feed grain buyers aren’t concerned if they’ll have crops to buy at the end of the summer, but they are concerned what the quality of those crops will be. “At this point it’s a weather market. So we kind of wait and see as it unfolds and respond accordingly,” said […] Read more

Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dry weather fears

By Karl Plume May 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped more than two per cent on Friday and ended the week up nearly five per cent as worries about dry weather in key global production regions fueled short-covering and speculative buying. Soybeans advanced for the fifth time in six sessions on renewed Chinese buying of U.S. export […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices hang tight, await new crop

By Dave Sims May 24, 2018

CNS Canada — The thought of sizzling days near the end of May 2017 is helping keep feed barley prices in Western Canada well supported, according to a market-watcher. “There is that memory of last year’s drought and seeing temperatures in the high 20s and 30s at the end of May,” said Allan Pirness of […] Read more

A wheat crop in progress on May 24, 2016 north of London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 10-month high on weather, turns lower

By Karl Plume May 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures eased from 10-month peaks on Thursday as profit-taking eroded early gains stemming from dry weather in the U.S. Plains and other major growing areas around the world. Soybeans slipped from three-week highs as hedge-related selling offset earlier support from signs of renewed export demand from top buyer China. […] Read more

General, Markets, Weather

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Prices of Canadian farmland were seen rising in 2017, with most sales happening in the first half of 2017 before interest rate increases and the drought in Western Canada hit. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report released Monday by Farm Credit Canada (FCC), based on 90 per cent of farmland […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

By Julie Ingwersen April 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday to a one-week low, pressured by forecasts for much-needed rain late next week in the southern Plains winter wheat belt, analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower amid a lack of fresh supportive news, and soybeans turned down, erasing early advances, as nervous traders booked profits […] Read more

If you don't have suitable grasses for grazing, herd expansion plans are going to suffer.

Beef Cattle, Markets, Prime cuts

Drought might end further expansion

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

By Steve Kay March 23, 2018

Beef cattle producers in North America largely owe their livelihoods to a simple but precious crop — grass. The more they have, the more they expand their herds because no producer can bear to see pasture being underutilized. The less they have, the more likely they are to cut their numbers. Producers in the U.S. […] Read more

CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

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CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

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Drought’s effects linger on Prairies

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats after nearing six-week peak

Beef, eggs, feed fatten Cargill’s profits

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market focused on weather

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dry weather fears

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices hang tight, await new crop

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 10-month high on weather, turns lower

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

Drought might end further expansion

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