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Despite late-season symptoms of K deficiency, there was no yield difference between treated and untreated plots.
Crops, Soybeans

Manitoba soys are K-reluctant 

Soybeans use a lot of potassium, but getting them to use it from added fertilizer is a bit of a challenge

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Soybeans are now a regular crop in a Manitoba rotation, and since they use a lot of potassium, you’d think that it would make sense to provide them with enough to keep them happy. But a study funded by the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers and Western Grains Research Foundation found little response to added […] Read more
File photo of the Hernando de Soto Bridge as viewed from the Mud Island River Park at Memphis. (Akrassel/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Ukraine talks, low Mississippi River pressure prices

Outside forces pile on seasonal harvest pressures

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Ongoing harvests for corn, wheat and soybeans in the U.S. and a strong U.S. greenback are putting pressure on markets in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). However, other factors have caused prices to come down during the week ended Tuesday. While the war in Ukraine continues to rage on, negotiations persist between […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat weak on export concerns

Chicago November soybeans end firm

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures fell on Wednesday as weak demand on the export market weighed on prices. Soybeans ended in positive territory, but concerns that global purchasers will shift their demand for soybeans to South American suppliers as soon as possible kept the gains in check. “You can at least […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans, corn fall on demand concerns

CBOT December wheat touches four-week low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday on concerns that overseas buyers will turn to alternative supplies to meet their import needs, traders said. “Consistently high prices are slowly doing their job of eroding demand across the board, with Brazil in particular among a group of global players that […] Read more
While corn is generally more sensitive to yield loss from weeds, soybeans are more sensitive to Canada fleabane. In field trials, Peter Sikkema found the average yield loss in soybean to be 61 per cent versus 52 per cent in corn.
Corn, Crops

The Canada fleabane problem

At current corn and soybean prices, the value of control is at an all-time high

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Reading Time: 4 minutes If you think you’ve heard the same message about glyphosate-resistant Canada fleabane more than once, you’re probably right. But that doesn’t mean you should pay less attention, especially since it’s particularly important if you’re growing corn. The problem of resistant biotypes isn’t getting much better, says Peter Sikkema, weed scientist with University of Guelph’s Ridgetown […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (black line), MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures end firm

Chicago December corn weakens

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures ended slightly higher on Monday but closed well off their session peaks as traders monitored developments in efforts to keep a Black Sea shipping lane open for Ukraine grain exports. Corn futures sank on seasonal harvest pressure while soybeans firmed on bullish export data, traders said. Wheat surged […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2), MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on firm dollar, hopes for Black Sea talks

Lower wheat, dull demand weigh on corn, soybeans

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, surrendering all the prior session’s gains on a stronger dollar and hopes of progress in negotiations to maintain a Ukrainian Black Sea grain export corridor. Corn and soybeans followed wheat lower, weighed down by lacklustre demand and pressured by lower energy and equities markets. On […] Read more
Finding new uses for corn and its byproducts is one way to encourage continued production of corn (and soybeans).
Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Are corn and soybeans on the wane?

Could other crops erode their dominance in Eastern Canada, and if so, which ones?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes In the next 10 to 30 years, could corn and soybeans became lesser crops in Ontario and Eastern Canada? What would that look like and how might that unfold?  Before you say, “It’ll never happen,” think back to 1992 and changes such as transgenics, GPS and precision ag technologies and production capabilities that have virtually […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (dark green line), MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as Russia threatens to quit Black Sea deal

Corn, soybeans pare losses as wheat gains

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Thursday from two days of declines on concerns that a Black Sea export corridor deal may not be renewed next month, which could again disrupt grain shipments from Ukraine. Corn and soybeans pared earlier losses on spillover support from wheat and follow-through buying after the U.S. […] Read more
Another example of good weed control in soybean with Roundup.
Crops, Soybeans

Impact of delayed post-emergence herbicide in soybean

#CropPatrol: Consider a two-pass treatment tailored to the weed spectrum in each field

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The landscape for soybean production in Eastern Canada continues to evolve, influenced by newer cultivars, herbicide-resistant technologies and longer growing seasons. In 2021, Ontario growers planted more than 2.9 million acres of soybean, with a farm-gate value of nearly $1.5 billion. Despite these advances and the money at stake, growers still risk yield losses averaging […] Read more

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