Reuters — Western Canada spring wheat and durum yields this year look to fall from last year’s high levels, but the still bountiful production should offset some losses from flooded farms, leaders of a crop tour said on Thursday. The inaugural Cereals North America Canadian crop tour pegged spring wheat yield potential in the region […] Read more
W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour
Aug. 1 brings grain grading and other changes
A number of grain grading and variety classification changes take effect Aug. 1, the first day of the new 2014-15 crop year, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) said in a news release. Producer cars also must now be ordered online, although farmers still have the option of ordering via fax. The new online ordering system […] Read more
Western Canada wheat yields higher than average
Yorkton, Sask.— Spring wheat and durum yields are trending above average in Western Canada, but large pockets had no crop after heavy rain earlier this month, a crop tour observed on Wednesday. Much of the crop that survived is also developing late in western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan and will need extra time to ripen […] Read more
ICE Canada canola drops following cash market sales
ICE Canada canola futures eased in early trading on Wednesday, pressured by some recent farmer sales, traders said. * Losses in U.S. soybean futures added further pressure to the market. * A weaker Canadian dollar, which boosts export interest, kept declines in check. * Scouts on Cereal’s North America Canadian crop tour found some spring […] Read more
Saskatchewan canola crop development variable: crop tour
CNS– The development of canola was clearly at varying stages of development in east central and southeast Saskatchewan during the third day of a crop tour organized by CWB (formerly the Canadian Wheat Board). On July 30, participants took a circuitous tour starting in Yorkton, then going northwest to Melfort, before once again heading south […] Read more
GRAINS – U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat drop after recent gains
CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures fell 2.8 per cent to fresh contract lows on Tuesday due to plentiful global supplies as well as strong competition on the export market, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also fell as forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest next week alleviated concerns about dry conditions reducing harvest prospects for both […] Read more
Stripe rust update: July 24, 2014
Weather providing good infection conditions, but development progressing slowly
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr. Denis Gaudet at AAFC-Lethbrige, and his crew, surveyed fourteen winter wheat and 22 spring wheat fields were surveyed for stripe rust in the Lethbridge, Warner, Taber, Forty Mile and Cypress counties of southern Alberta. Regular thunder showers and cool evening temperatures have provided good infection conditions for development of stripe rust. However, stripe rust […] Read more
GRAINS: Corn bounces but posts 5th weekly loss on supply pressure
Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on bargain buying Friday but posted a fifth consecutive weekly loss as expectations of record yields in this autumn’s harvest continued to hang over the market, traders said. Wheat rose on short-covering buying as the market consolidated above contract lows set this week, while soybeans ended mixed. At […] Read more
Hybrid rye to be tested in Manitoba
FP Genetics and Paterson Grain are rolling out a demonstration program for a new hybrid fall rye in Manitoba. The new hybrid, dubbed Brasetto, yields about 25 per cent higher than existing varieties, says Ron Weik, seed portfolio manager with FP Genetics. Brasetto is also four to six inches shorter than Hazlet, he adds. “And […] Read more
GRAINS: U.S. soybeans extend advance on exports, weather worries
Reuters — U.S. soybean prices rose to a near two-week high on Thursday on firm export demand and concerns that dry weather in parts of the Midwest crop belt might jeopardize yield prospects, traders said. Corn futures fell to fresh four-year lows, retreating from early gains, and wheat also fell. At the Chicago Board of […] Read more
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