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Patchy canola points to smaller crop, harvest dilemma

By Rod Nickel June 22, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canola crops are rising across the Prairies like bad haircuts, reflecting multiple plantings and growth stages during a spring of frost and dry conditions. The most uneven canola crop in roughly a decade, according to provincial oilseed specialist Murray Hartman at Lacombe, Alta., points to lower yields in the world’s top […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

By Jade Markus June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Fababeans are increasing in popularity across the Prairies, but much like other crops in Alberta and Saskatchewan, dry weather is taking its toll — and if it continues, yield could be impacted. Fababeans require a lot of moisture to produce well, according to Dale Risula, a Saskatchewan provincial specialist for special crops […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Dry conditions causing production concerns across large areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan are certainly bad for the crops, but the weather could prove ideal for grasshoppers. Grasshopper forecast maps put out over the winter were not initially all that bad for Alberta and Saskatchewan, given the conditions in 2014, but weather in […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

By Dave Sims June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the province’s south. Stripe rust and leaf rust appear to have blown in from the United States. Pam de Rocquigny of Manitoba’s agriculture department said the […] Read more

Corn, Livestock, Soybeans, Weather

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 18, 2015

Early data from federal pesticide regulators appear to suggest Ontario’s bee yards are moving past a spell of unusually high death losses seen around the 2012 and 2013 planting seasons. Combining the numbers of acute honey bee mortality “incidents” by bee yard in Ontario in the 2015 pre-planting and planting periods, up to June 11, Health Canada’s […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

By Dave Sims June 17, 2015

CNS Canada –– Excess moisture across broad swaths of the the U.S. Midwest and southern Plains has dampened the outlook for U.S. corn and soybean crops in the near future. Both crops finished higher on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to cap off the week ended Wednesday; however, the current outlook is dim, according […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rise on weather outlook

By Mark Weinraub June 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday as concerns about rain forcing some farmers to dial back their plantings sparked a round of short-covering, traders said. Corn and wheat futures also closed higher, supported by technical buying as well as some weather-related concerns. Soybeans, which notched a second straight day of double […] Read more

Crops, Potatoes, Weather

Man. potato acres expected to top previous year’s

By Jade Markus June 16, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s potato acres are expected to be up from last year, despite some light reseeding, according to two people involved in the industry. Dan Sawatzky, manager with the Keystone Potato Producers Association, said most growers are ahead in terms of crop stage development so far this year. “I know in the process […] Read more

Farmland south of Turtleford benefited from recent rain. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Hay, Pasture, Weather

Guenther: Rain drops in on NW Sask.

By Lisa Guenther June 15, 2015

Farmers and ranchers in northwestern Saskatchewan received much-needed rain late last week and over the weekend. Tom Brown raises cattle and is a crop reporter for Saskatchewan Agriculture and the reeve for the Rural Municipality of Mervin. His farm at Turtleford, about 80 km east of Lloydminster, received 11 mm of rain on Thursday night, […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

By Rod Nickel June 15, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Light rains sprinkled Western Canada’s crops and pastures during the weekend, but amounts fell well short of what’s needed to remedy dry conditions that have stunted growth, analysts said Monday. Rains were scattered across the Prairies and similar light amounts are expected during the next two weeks, Commodity Weather Group said […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally peters out on position squaring

Moe to go to China to discuss canola tariffs

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rebound on technical trading, bargain buying

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Moe to go to China to discuss canola tariffs

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Patchy canola points to smaller crop, harvest dilemma

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rise on weather outlook

Man. potato acres expected to top previous year’s

Guenther: Rain drops in on NW Sask.

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

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