Crops

Pest Patrol: Planning for cover crops

Posted 18 hours ago by Mike Cowbrough

Crops

Recognize the threat of these invasive weeds

Posted 5 days ago by Ralph Pearce

Crops, Equipment

Keep an eye on water quality

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Ralph Pearce

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• Crops, Soybeans

  A new insecticide for soybean aphids

  Much anticipation always arrives with each new growing season. Successes are kept in perspective while past challenges are minimized, and…

  June 10, 2019

• Hogs, Soybeans

  Definitely the road less travelled

  Brett Israel is looked upon as a young, entrepreneurial producer with one eye firmly fixed on the road ahead, while…

  June 5, 2019

• Crops

  Capturing nitrogen from thin air

  The air around us and in every nook and cranny between soil particles is 78 per cent nitrogen, yet farmers…

  June 4, 2019

• Crops, Equipment

  ‘My sprayer’s a mess’

  There may be no better phrase that symbolizes agriculture than “timing is everything.” Planting, fertilizing and harvesting are obvious fits,…

  June 3, 2019

• Crops, Soybeans

  A new yield genetics

  For years, there’s been a concern that soybean breeding somehow lags behind that of corn, and that for some reason…

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• Crops, Soybeans

  Sharing the lessons learned on dicamba in soybeans

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Crops, Markets

Commodities firm INTL FCStone enters Canadian market

By GFM Staff 12 hours ago

Already handling ag commodities via partners north of the border, U.S. commodities brokerage and financial services firm INTL FCStone is bringing its own name into the Canadian market. The New York firm announced Tuesday it became a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) effective May 17, clearing the company to offer […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

By Julie Ingwersen 16 hours ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined on Tuesday as government data showing a rain-delayed planting campaign was nearing an end encouraged a pause in a rally that took prices to a five-year high a day earlier. Wheat futures sank on profit-taking and competition for global export business. Soybeans edged higher, supported by ongoing […] Read more

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Crops

Pest Patrol: Planning for cover crops

#PestPatrol with Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA

By Mike Cowbrough 18 hours ago

Q: I want to plant cover crops after harvest. Should I be concerned about any herbicide residues that would make it harder to get them established? A: Two important factors influence the potential for herbicide carryover that could negatively affect establishment of a desired cover crop: The sensitivity of the cover crop to herbicide residues. […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sets five-year high, soybeans up on poor weather

By Julie Ingwersen 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures touched a five-year high on Monday and soybeans advanced, supported by forecasts for more rains in the Midwest where wet conditions have delayed plantings and cast doubts on production prospects, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat closed modestly higher after a choppy session. CBOT July corn settled […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

By Tom Miles 2 days ago

Geneva | Reuters — Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinized by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

Canola export forecast raised for 2019-20

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm 2 days ago

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola exports in 2019-20 should beat earlier forecasts, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Friday. While the improved exports will cut into ending stocks, the carryout is still forecast to be record-large. Citing a seasonal weather market rally and expectations for an increase in prevent planting acres […] Read more

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Crops

Senior P.E.I. ag official to fill deputy minister post

By GFM Staff 4 days ago

The post of top bureaucrat in Prince Edward Island’s agriculture department now has its third occupant in as many months. Premier Dennis King on June 7 named Brian Matheson, previously director of policy and agriculture resources at the agriculture and land department, as its acting deputy minister, replacing Laurie Loane. Loane, who’d been named deputy […] Read more

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Barley, Canola, Crops, Spring Wheat

Visible Canadian canola stocks back above one million tonnes

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm 4 days ago

MarketsFarm — Solid deliveries into the commercial pipeline and lacklustre export movement saw visible Canadian canola supplies climb back above one million tonnes during the week ended June 9, according to the latest grain handling report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Farmers delivered 422,500 tonnes of canola during week 45 of the 2018-19 crop year […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn reaches five-year high on crop uncertainty, firm cash

By Julie Ingwersen 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures climbed to their highest level in five years on Friday as forecasts for more showers in the eastern Midwest next week clouded U.S. production prospects, analysts said. Soybeans also advanced on the weather worries and wheat closed higher after a choppy session. Chicago Board of Trade July corn […] Read more

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Crops

Cannabis edibles clear for legal launch before year-end

By GFM Staff 5 days ago

Food products containing cannabis are expected to be on the retail market by mid-December at the earliest under new federal regulations announced Friday. Health Canada on Friday announced amendments to the Cannabis Regulations will be published June 26 to come into force Oct. 17, laying out rules for legal production and sale of edible cannabis, […] Read more

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