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I’m using my family farmer instinct to see what is worth pursuing,” explains research manager Lana Shaw.
Crops, Guide Business

Crowd research

Is this crowdfunded program a sign of the way farmers will have to go to get the research that governments are slow to pay for?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It was a cold, mid-April morning near Redvers in the south-east corner of a decidedly un-spring-like Saskatchewan, and the flat fields all around us were still blanketed in white. Between the snow and the clouds, you could hardly tell where the sky ended and the earth began. I had arranged to meet research manager Lana […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins deteriorate

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canola crush margins have deteriorated over the past few months to hit some of their weakest levels of the past two years. However, domestic processors continue to show good demand despite their declining profit margins. As of Monday, the Canola Board Crush Margin calculated by ICE Futures Canada was about $44 above […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. EPA won’t force refiners to make up waived biofuels volumes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it cannot make large oil refineries blend additional biofuels into their gasoline to make up for volumes waived under the small refinery hardship waiver program, unless Congress authorizes it. The agency’s decision was certain to anger the powerful U.S. corn lobby and […] Read more
Three short season soybeans were grown at four plots to study their nutrient benefit.
Crops, Pulses

New Saskatchewan study compares soybeans to peas, lentils

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Jing Xie et al. at the University of Saskatchewan recently published results from a study comparing soybeans, peas and lentils for their nutrient benefit for following crops.* The small-plot study was repeated at four Saskatchewan locations: Scott (dark brown), Saskatoon (dark brown), Rosthern (black) and Yorkton (black). At each site, three cultivars each of short-season […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola facing uncertainty

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in more than three months during the week ended Wednesday, but could still have more room to the downside given the general sense of global trade uncertainty. “Every commodity trader in North America or globally is scared to death right now,” said […] Read more
ICE Futures Canada’s head office in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola technicals turn bearish

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts settled at their weakest levels in nearly three months on Thursday, with more room to the downside as the technical bias has shifted lower. After hitting contract highs within the past two weeks, the canola market has found itself in a steady downtrend. The nearby July contract […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola braces for turbulence

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market could go on a choppy ride this summer as weather challenges and the topsy-turvy world of international trade battles threaten to fill the next few months with volatility. “Particularly in the summer months, Trump issues and weather issues will be the primary drivers; both are hard […] Read more
The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)
Corn, Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. biofuels deal reported to be delayed indefinitely

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — The Trump administration has indefinitely delayed a proposed overhaul of U.S. biofuels policy aimed at reducing costs for the oil industry, under pressure from corn state lawmakers who worry the move would undermine demand for ethanol, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The White House had been poised to announce reforms […] Read more
Flea beetle. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops

Flea beetles take advantage of late seeding

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A heat wave in late May and a slow start to the planting season have created some ideal conditions for flea beetles. Pest specialists in Saskatchewan and Manitoba say farmers have already begun to spray for the beetle in certain locations. “They’ve been getting good conditions to feed under, they like it […] Read more
Bayer’s wheat breeding station at Pike Lake, Sask., southwest of Saskatoon. (Cropscience.bayer.com)
Crops

Canada clears Bayer’s Monsanto play, with conditions

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s Competition Bureau says it’s “actively reviewing” BASF’s suitability as a buyer of the crop seed and chemical assets Bayer has to sell to get the bureau’s blessing to buy Monsanto. The Competition Bureau said Wednesday it has an agreement with Bayer to deal with “concerns that the proposed transaction would have significantly harmed competition […] Read more

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