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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Big crop keeps market under pressure

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada’s canola contracts were up and down during the week ended Wednesday, lacking any clear direction as values consolidated above the nine-month lows set the previous week. “Canola is a follower and does not have a mind of its own,” said analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend. The underlying fundamentals were […] Read more
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Canola, Crops

Canola crushing steady

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canada’s domestic canola crushing remains steady year over year. Statistics Canada data show 742,573 tonnes of canola seed crushed in June this year, which marks a slight rise from 731,124 in June 2017 and 702,716 in the same month of 2016. Domestic crushers processed 765,216 tonnes of seed in May of this […] Read more
Spraying Herbicides or Fungicides in Blooming Canola Crop
Crops

‘Spray Guy’ puts the nix on ‘cavalier’ fungicide application

Fungicide drift should earn the same prevention as herbicide, according to one of Western Canada’s best-known spraying experts

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Most farmers are more worried about drift if they’ve got herbicide in the tank, but at least one spray expert says those same concerns should apply to fungicide and insecticide. “I can’t tell you how often I hear, ‘Oh, it’s just a fungicide, fog it in,” said Jason Deveau, the fondly nicknamed “spray guy” from […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Machinery, Markets

Crude oil and canola part company, for now

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The symbiotic relationship that crude oil and canola used to enjoy seems to have hit a snag. Chart structures have proven that crude prices have pushed and pulled canola up and down in recent years. However, since the start of 2018, the gains enjoyed by crude oil have failed to lift canola. […] Read more
Farming Smarter deep banded immobile nutrients at a depth of six inches using a seed drill with a basic stealth opener system.
Crops

Research digs into the question of deep banding

The practice could make immobile nutrients more available for three major crops

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The jury is still out on whether deep banding fertilizer is worth the time and money — but researchers across Alberta are hoping to settle the debate once and for all. “I don’t think there’s any proof yet that deep banding works,” said Ken Coles, general manager of Farming Smarter. “We want to have some […] Read more
The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)
Crops, Reuters

U.S. EPA scraps plan to force refiners to blend more biofuels

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Reading Time: 3 minutes New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ditched a detailed plan that would have forced refiners to blend more biofuels into their gasoline and diesel in 2019 to compensate for volumes likely to be exempted under the agency’s small refinery hardship waiver program, according to newly released EPA documents. The plan would […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

U.S. judge allows Roundup-related suits to go to trial

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto Co. by cancer survivors or families of those who died can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, finding there was sufficient evidence for a jury to hear the cases that blame the company’s glyphosate herbicide for the disease. The decision by U.S. District Judge Vince […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

U.S. biofuels industry, advocates see hope in Pruitt’s successor

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters — Corn growers and biofuel producers cheered the resignation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt in the hope that his successor may give them more access and fewer threats to reducing domestic requirements. Pruitt led U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive efforts to roll back environmental protections. He drew the […] Read more

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