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Results of a Farming Smarter study in Alberta suggest that a narrower row spacing of 20 inches and a seeding rate of 30,000 seeds per acre give better emergence and significantly more yield than on a 30-inch row spacing at lower seeding rates.
Corn, Crops

Corn adoption on the Prairies set to speed up

Projections of eight million acres may be optimistic, but breeders are making fast progress in adapting corn hybrids to Western Canada

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Reading Time: 7 minutes Two years ago, Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer announced ambitious plans for expanding corn acreage in Western Canada to eight to 10 million acres within 10 years, and grain corn acres have indeed increased in traditional corn-growing areas like southern Manitoba, where growers seeded a record 410,000 acres in 2017, up more than 18 per cent […] Read more
(Lisa Guenther photo)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

CBOT weekly outlook: Futures get weather boost

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The troublesome weather that gave Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn, soybean and wheat contracts a boost over the past week should remain supportive, despite nearby technical setbacks, according to a trader. “I’m still slightly bullish on beans, corn and wheat given the unfavourable weather situation in South America, with too much […] Read more
Palmer amaranth has become a serious issue in the U.S. Midwest but hasn’t made a large-scale intrusion into Ontario… yet.
Corn, Crops

The next tipping point for Canada’s corn growers

Some Illinois growers are already at the tipping point for resistant weeds. Are Canadian corn growers far behind?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes The march of glyphosate-resistant Canada fleabane through Ontario has been nothing short of striking, going from Essex County in 2010 to the Ottawa Valley by 2015. And now other resistant weeds are also spreading. In the U.S., waterhemp and Palmer amaranth are the new “dynamic duo” with their own resistance movement. It’s to the point […] Read more
Canada fleabane continues to challenge farmers in Ontario, especially as the biotype that’s resistant to glyphosate continues to spread.
Corn, Crops

Dealing with those early weeds

Forget the old arithmetic. Your losses from early weeds are probably much more costly than you’ve ever imagined

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Reading Time: 6 minutes In a time of low commodity prices and a growing incentive to maximize profit on every acre, it’s hard enough to accept that some growers are giving up $14 per acre on corn. It’s unfathomable that they might be losing $84 per acre. Yet that’s the startling assessment of the impact of delayed herbicide application […] Read more
Lower basis may be a short-term challenge but interest rates can’t rise out of sync with the global economy.
Corn, Crops

Ready for the NEW cost of production?

It's a bit more complex, but a lot more accurate

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Calculating your farm’s cost of production (CoP) has been a focus of discussion for more than 20 years. According to some in the agri-food industry, it’s been embraced by more growers in the past 10 years, particularly with cyclically low commodity prices, comparatively higher land costs, plus seed and technology costs and the need to […] Read more
Hot fall pulls Ontario corn yields above average
Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Hot fall pulls Ontario corn yields above average

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario’s corn crop yielded better than expected, at 184 bushels per acre average, while soybeans were closer to their 10-year average at 44 bushels per acre, according to Agricorp. Why it matters: The provincial crop insurance agency has some of the most solid crop production numbers in Ontario, as its members have to report their […] Read more
To Canadian farmers hoping for $6 corn again, I say, “Keep hoping,” but at the same time, always remember that hope is not a marketing plan.
Corn, Crops

What’s in store for corn markets in 2018?

For Canada’s corn growers, it is the best of times and the worst of times

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Reading Time: 5 minutes There is no question that growing corn is a rewarding thing to do. Increases in productivity over the last several years have helped farmers boost yields across Canada as well as throughout the greater American Corn Belt. This has led to an abundance of corn on the ground almost everywhere, but with a corresponding drop […] Read more
Margins in corn production are tightening to the point where growers need to maximize every last acre to stay ahead.
Corn, Crops

The ‘precise’ in precision agriculture

Making cost-of-production decisions is possible using available software

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Reading Time: 8 minutes In the world of precision agriculture, each new growing season seems to bring a fresh batch of brand new technologies, complete with upgrades to existing systems. No question, it can be a challenge just to keep up with the variety and capability of some of these innovations, let alone figuring out which might have the […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets stabilize following USDA reports

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Corn and soybean contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are catching up following the release of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports last Friday. Corn “went down on Friday in response to the report. We couldn’t file through it all yesterday. So we actually ended up finding some short-covering and […] Read more
(Allan Dawson file photo)
Corn, Crops, Markets

Manitoba corn rides strong yields through bearish market

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Even as large world supplies continue to weigh down the North American corn market, farmers in Manitoba can continue to hang their hats on strong yields, according to an industry expert. Manitoba’s average yield from the 2017 crop was 134 bushels an acre, according to Myron Krahn, president of the Manitoba Corn […] Read more

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