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Indonesia plans cloud seeding effort to avoid crop failure

By Bernadette Christina July 22, 2019

Jakarta | Reuters – Indonesia is preparing to carry out cloud seeding in an effort to trigger rainfall to prevent harvest failure and forest fire, the disaster mitigation agency’s spokesman said on Monday. The agency’s data shows that on July 22 about 20,269 hectares of agricultural land were at risk of harvest failure because of […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Hay, Markets, Weather

Prairie hay shortage on horizon

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — While rain across the Prairies has eased concerns of an all-out drought, worries of a hay shortage going into winter haven’t ceased. Darren Chapman, a Virden, Man. producer and chair of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA), explained that regrowth following the first cut of hay has been strong. First-cut hay crops […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on rains, crop ratings

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News July 16, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures extended losses on Tuesday as crops in the U.S. Midwest were poised to benefit from rains, traders said. Technical selling and better-than-expected U.S. Department of Agriculture crop condition ratings added pressure on prices. Showers in parts of the Midwest and Mississippi Delta temporarily eased concerns about […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn pulls back from five-year high

By Barbara Smith, GFM Network News July 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain futures settled down on Monday after corn touched a five-year high and soybeans reached a one-year peak, as forecasts for rain in U.S. crop-growing areas eased concerns about hot, dry weather. A recent warm, dry spell had fueled worries that corn could be damaged during crucial […] Read more

A chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

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Pulse weekly outlook: Weather threatens India’s crops

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm July 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — India is experiencing abnormal rain and weather patterns that have resulted in almost half of the country receiving drastically less rain than usual. In total, the entire country is experiencing about 12 per cent less precipitation than is normally expected. Particularly, provinces in India’s key pulse-growing region are experiencing significant droughts during a […] Read more

CBOT December 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn tops three-week high on heat wave

By Tom Polansek July 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures exceeded a three-week high on Friday and soybeans advanced as forecasts for a heat wave fuelled concerns about potential damage to crops growing in farmers’ fields. Traders focused on worries about hot, dry conditions after heavy rains and flooding caused unprecedented delays in corn planting this spring. The […] Read more

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Cargill quarterly profit drops on trade tensions, U.S. floods

By Karl Plume July 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a 41 per cent drop in adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday, citing supply disruptions stemming from the U.S.-China trade war and also flooding in the central United States that hit marketing and transportation of grains and livestock. Cargill, the largest privately held U.S. company, said adjusted […] Read more

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El Nino seen transitioning to neutral in next month or two

By Reuters July 11, 2019

Reuters — The El Nino weather pattern is likely to transition into ENSO-neutral conditions in the next month or two, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. “ENSO-neutral” refers to periods in which neither El Nino nor La Nina is present, according to the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC). ENSO-neutral conditions are […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

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Large Manitoba edible bean crop likely, weather willing

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — Manitoba could be looking at its largest edible bean crop in over a decade, as acres were up and early development generally looks good. Manitoba farmers seeded an estimated 163,700 acres of edible beans in 2019, according to Statistics Canada data. That would be up 20 per cent on the year and marks […] Read more

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U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By Stephanie Kelly, GFM Network News July 11, 2019

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late […] Read more

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Indonesia plans cloud seeding effort to avoid crop failure

Prairie hay shortage on horizon

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on rains, crop ratings

U.S. grains: Corn pulls back from five-year high

Pulse weekly outlook: Weather threatens India’s crops

U.S. grains: Corn tops three-week high on heat wave

Cargill quarterly profit drops on trade tensions, U.S. floods

El Nino seen transitioning to neutral in next month or two

Large Manitoba edible bean crop likely, weather willing

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

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