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Plant growth can vary greatly. For example, smooth bromegrass is at the 2 1/2-leaf growth stage in North Dakota's McLean County on April 20, 2017, and it is at the 3 1/2-leaf stage a day earlier in Grant County.

Proper timing of pasture turnout critical for drought recovery

Grazing cattle too early can end up reducing your stocking rate

By NDSU Extension Service March 19, 2018

North Dakota’s drought-stressed pastures, especially pastures stressed during the fall of 2017, should receive special care this spring to help them recover from the drought, North Dakota State University Extension Service grazing experts advise. “It is critical that these pastures are given adequate time to recover,” says Miranda Meehan, livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “Grazing too […] Read more

A gaucho drives a carriage through the pampas (lowland plains), a primary farming and ranching region of Argentina. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

Argentina’s soybean season ‘dead’

By Hugh Bronstein March 12, 2018

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Hope has withered for any recovery in Argentine soy yields hit by a four-month drought that shows no signs of abating, farmers and analysts said Monday, prompting China to step in to fill the gap in soymeal exports from the world’s No. 1 supplier. The dryness that has blighted the […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Late-season snowstorm brings Prairies moisture

March 8, 2018

CNS Canada — After a winter spent waiting for snow, farmers across the southern Prairies were happy when the forecast was right and Western Canada received a late winter snowstorm. “We’ve heard moisture’s coming before and it doesn’t show up or it goes around us. So when it started snowing and it started adding up […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat eases on stable crop conditions after price surge

By Michael Hirtzer March 6, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. winter wheat futures fell on Tuesday as crop conditions stabilized in the dry Plains growing region and buying interest waned following a surge that brought prices to an eight-week high last week, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat futures eased 2-1/4 cents to $5.07 per bushel, trimming declines […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat notches fifth day of gains

By Mark Weinraub February 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures jumped 3.3 per cent on Wednesday to their highest level in more than seven months, breaking through key technical barriers on support from concerns about crop development in the U.S. Plains, traders said. The gains in the wheat market spilled over into […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn traders shift gaze to U.S.

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm February 28, 2018

CNS Canada — As February ends, attention is shifting from South America to the U.S. for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade. “We’re about to flip the calendar into March, when people start paying more attention to the conditions in the U.S.,” said Rich Feltes of RJ O’Brien in Chicago. Attention for the past […] Read more

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans near one-year high

By Tom Polansek February 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures neared a one-year high on Friday as concerns mounted about crop losses from a searing drought in Argentina, the world’s biggest exporter of soymeal and soyoil. Argentina, which is also the world’s No. 3 supplier of soybeans and corn, has been grappling with dry weather since late last […] Read more

Mature winter wheat. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairie winter wheat conditions no cause for alarm, yet

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm February 13, 2018

CNS Canada — While it’s been a cold winter with little snow cover, there is still hope for the Prairies’ winter wheat crop as soil temperatures haven’t hit danger levels yet. “I checked the soil temperatures this morning across the Prairies and most of the soils are about -10 C and winter wheat at this […] Read more

Forages, Livestock, Weather

Saskatchewan, B.C. areas up for livestock tax deferrals

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 6, 2018

Livestock producers in several more parched municipalities in Saskatchewan and British Columbia will be able to defer income from sales of animals on their 2017 tax returns. The federal government on Tuesday announced its final list of designated regions for 2017, including 20 more municipalities in Saskatchewan and seven in British Columbia. The initial list, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Southern Plains drought slows U.S. cattle herd growth

By Reuters January 31, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Encroaching drought in the U.S. southern Plains contributed to the smallest rise in the nation’s cattle population in three years, analysts said after the government’s semi-annual cattle inventory report on Wednesday. Insufficient moisture in parts of Texas and Oklahoma, along with areas of persistent dryness in the northern Plains, hurt winter […] Read more

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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

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Proper timing of pasture turnout critical for drought recovery

Argentina’s soybean season ‘dead’

Late-season snowstorm brings Prairies moisture

U.S. grains: Wheat eases on stable crop conditions after price surge

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat notches fifth day of gains

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn traders shift gaze to U.S.

U.S. grains: Soybeans near one-year high

Prairie winter wheat conditions no cause for alarm, yet

Saskatchewan, B.C. areas up for livestock tax deferrals

Southern Plains drought slows U.S. cattle herd growth

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