CNS Canada — For sunflowers it was a tough year that began with dry conditions at seeding time, then more dry weather in July and August, only to be topped off by a cold, wet fall. The quality of sunflowers, however, is said to be pretty good in Western Canada. Darcelle Graham, executive director of […] Read more
Cold, wet weather delays Prairie sunflower harvest
U.S. grains: Corn higher on export demand, short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent on Friday to their highest in more than a week, buoyed by end-user demand and fund short-covering, analysts said. Wheat and soybean futures declined but still recorded weekly advances. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled up 4-3/4 cents at $3.57-1/4 per […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Big U.S. corn yields surprise market
CNS Canada — An unexpected upward revision to this year’s U.S. corn yields sent prices dropping Wednesday, and more losses are likely, according to market analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report released Wednesday, pegged average corn yields at 181.3 bushels per acre — up by about three bushels per acre from the […] Read more
Manitoba soy growers likely face light yields
CNS Canada — Manitoba soybeans will be ready for harvest well ahead of normal, provincial pulse crop specialist Dennis Lange said, fresh from fields where he was conducting maturity ratings. He said he was out around Morris on Tuesday and some soybean varieties there are already nearing full maturity. Throughout Manitoba, farmers could be taking […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields
CNS Canada — Temperatures as high as 38 C were recorded in the western Prairies over the weekend — and with that heat comes questions about crop impact. Lentils and peas are far enough along that the recent heat wave is unlikely to affect them from a yield perspective, according to Carl Potts of Saskatchewan […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead
CNS Canada — Canadian farmers planted their largest chickpea crop in more than a decade in 2018, with the bigger crop likely to lead to a wider price spread between larger- and smaller-calibre supplies. Statistics Canada has placed chickpea acreage for 2018 at 468,900 acres, which would be well above the 160,000 acres planted in […] Read more
U.S. spring wheat, durum expected to surge
CNS Canada — Data released today from the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service showed large expected increases in spring wheat and durum production this year. Spring wheat production in the country, not including durum, is forecast at 614 million bushels, up 48 per cent from 2017. Of that, 584 million bushels, or 95 per cent […] Read more
Consider canola crop’s potential yield before spraying
As July approaches and crop canopies close, sclerotinia will be on the minds of many canola growers. But will it pay to spray? Fungicide applications are more likely to be profitable when the canola hits 30-40 bushels per acre, said Colleen Redlick, senior technical development specialist at BASF. Justine Cornelsen, agronomy specialist with the Canola […] Read more
Coffee may profit more than soy in Brazil’s new farming frontier
Luis Eduardo Magalhaes, Brazil | Reuters –– Farmers tending vast, flat soy and cotton fields that spread as far as the eye can see in northeastern Brazil are finding that coffee crops might provide higher profits in the country’s agricultural frontier. More coffee farms are being developed in the western part of Bahia state, which […] Read more
U.S. grains: Front-month soy tops US$10
New York | Reuters — U.S. spot soybean futures closed above US$10 a bushel on Friday, the highest in 2-1/2 months, on follow-through buying a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its estimate of the U.S. average soy yield, analysts said. Corn futures rose on a bigger-than-expected weekly export sales tally and wheat […] Read more
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