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A close-up of emerging corn seedlings north of London, Ont. on May 24, 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)

StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

By John Greig, GFM Network News December 9, 2016

Statistics Canada has confirmed what most farmers in Ontario knew this past summer: Hot and droughty conditions drove production of corn and soybeans almost 10 per cent lower than 2015 levels. StatsCan’s harvest report, released this week, also showed the large wheat crop in Ontario was a record, with a 56 per cent increase in […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. farmers surprisingly boost corn plantings, soy acres at record

By Mark Weinraub June 30, 2016

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers seeded more corn and soybeans than they had initially planned to during the spring, taking advantage of a rallying futures market and good weather to plant as much acreage as possible, government data showed on Thursday. The robust plantings will likely add to an ample supply base of both […] Read more

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

Cereals, Crops

Wheat crops excel in Ontario

By Erin DeBooy June 9, 2016

CNS Canada — Ontario wheat producers are having a great start to the season, with healthy crops doubling in acreage from last year, according to a provincial cereals specialist. “Winter wheat crop this year is looking excellent,” said Joanna Follings, who works for the Ontario ministry of agriculture in Guelph. “We have some disease pressures […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans moving lower, corn up

By Jade Markus April 6, 2016

CNS Canada — Soybeans and corn at the Chicago Board of Trade are both stuck in a trading range, one U.S. analyst says. Neither market is expected to see any dramatic swings on the week, but soybeans have downside potential, while corn could advance. Soybeans were able to break through a 200-day moving average, but […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Manitoba soybean acreage looks to inch upward

By Dave Sims April 5, 2016

CNS Canada — U.S. farmers may be seeding fewer soybean acres this spring but expectations for the crop remain relatively steady north of the border, according to Francois Labelle, executive director of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. “Our first indications are that acreage will be the same as last year to up a little bit,” […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

China’s farmers switch to soy amid corn market reform

By Naveen Thukral, Niu Shuping, GFM Network News April 4, 2016

Reuters — Wang Zhonghai, a 49-year-old farmer in China’s top corn producing province of Heilongjiang, plans to switch 80 per cent of his land to cultivate soybeans this year as the government ends a near-decade-old corn price support scheme. China announced last week it will stop its corn stockpiling program and allow markets to set […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. acreage plans not set in stone as corn price drops

By Mark Weinraub March 31, 2016

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers could plant more soybean acres than suggested in the government’s acreage forecast issued Thursday, as recent gains in the futures market tempted them to alter their corn-heavy seeding plans, growers and analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department report showed farmers intend to plant 93.601 million acres of corn this […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

USDA sees farmers boosting corn, cutting soy acreage

By Reuters December 11, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday forecast that U.S. farmers will raise corn plantings and cut back on soybean acreage in the 2016-17 marketing year. USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist estimated that farmers would seed 90.5 million acres of corn during the spring, 2.1 million more than they did in 2015-16. […] Read more

Western corn rootworm larvae. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Court rejects Ont. growers’ bid for stay on neonic regs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 23, 2015

The association for Ontario corn and soybean growers is “evaluating several options” after its request for a stay of the province’s new limits on neonicotinoid seed treatments was rejected. The Ontario Superior Court denied the request from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) for a stay and interpretation on the neonic regulations, which became law in […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

By Tom Polansek September 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) unit is reviewing its procedures after posting incorrect crop data online on Wednesday, an error that temporarily pressured grain prices. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) inadvertently issued the wrong data on crop acreage around 5 a.m. CT and posted corrected data four hours later. The agency […] Read more

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StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

U.S. farmers surprisingly boost corn plantings, soy acres at record

Wheat crops excel in Ontario

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans moving lower, corn up

Manitoba soybean acreage looks to inch upward

China’s farmers switch to soy amid corn market reform

U.S. acreage plans not set in stone as corn price drops

USDA sees farmers boosting corn, cutting soy acreage

Court rejects Ont. growers’ bid for stay on neonic regs

USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

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