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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans excite ahead of holiday

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While corn futures sat quietly this week on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), soybean futures were another story ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend. On Tuesday, “there was a lot of talk that Argentina was going to have some very good rains; the (soybean) market was understanding of that,” said Steve […] Read more
The Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-operative will do all the mowing, baling and transportation for the co-op members.
Corn, Hay, News

Cellulosic sugars co-op offer improves, hosting baling demos

First demonstration takes place on Nov. 14 in Watford, Ont.

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers continue to sign up for an Ontario co-operative that will pay them for their corn stover and wheat straw. Brian Cofell, general manager of the Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-operative (CSPC) says that the co-op has about 40 per cent of the acres committed that it needs by next fall, when it plans to harvest […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybeans down after USDA report
Corn, Crops, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybeans down after USDA report

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell following the United States Department of Agriculture’s crop production report which raised corn estimates and kept soybeans at previous estimates. “I expect the low volatility environment to continue with soybeans remaining in tight trading short term. And for corn prices eventually […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto halts U.S. seed treatment launch after complaints of rashes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto put on hold the launch of a seed treatment on Wednesday, following reports it causes rashes on people, in the latest instance of complaints about a company product that was approved by U.S. environmental regulators. Monsanto froze plans for commercial sales of the product called NemaStrike, which can protect corn, […] Read more
“Most farmers I speak with want to reduce synthetic chemical inputs to their land.” – Dr. Russell Hynes, AAFC-Saskatoon and 
University of Saskatchewan
Corn, Crops

A ‘bio’ that works

Commercial use is still a couple of years away, but this bioherbicide is already raising eyebrows

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Reading Time: 5 minutes When it comes to biopesticides, most researchers say that despite today’s limited selection of bio-based fungicides, insecticides and herbicides, the technology’s potential is extraordinary. Public and private scientists are especially excited by an “all natural” basis for developing new active ingredients. Since most of the elements for these biopesticides come from natural sources, they point […] Read more
(Lisa Guenther photo)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy futures maintain status quo

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have kept rangebound this week with little excitement. During the week ended Wednesday the December corn contract rose slightly, by 2.5 cents, to $3.51 per bushel (all figures US$). The dominant November contract for soybeans fell 3.25 cents, to $9.9675 per bushel. […] Read more
Kim Jo Bliss credits her grandmother, Gladys Smith, with instilling the love of farming she carries with her today.
Corn, Crops

About the northwest

To this farmer, northwestern Ontario offers loads of advantages over the hustle of the southwest

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Whether it’s through the longer days of spring and summer in northwestern Ontario or the darker nights that mark the passage of winter, Kim Jo Bliss puts a lot into every hour of every day. A full-time farmer, manager of the Emo Agricultural Research Station, a passionate advocate for farming, and a mentor for young […] Read more
(Lisa Guenther photo)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy steady as attention turns to South America

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Reading Time: 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are both keeping rangebound as attention shifts from last week’s U.S. Department of Agriculture supply/demand report to South American growing conditions. During the week ended Wednesday the December corn contract rose 2.5 cents, to $3.485 per bushel (all figures US$). On the […] Read more
Researcher Magda Rogalsky stands in an unfertilized check plot with a field of canola in the background. Studying the relationship between corn and canola, which is non-mycorrhizal, is part of the four-year Corn Agronomy Project.
Corn, Crops

Prairie corn: Agronomics and economics

A four-year project in Manitoba has some notable findings on tillage economics and the reliability of heat unit ratings

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Reading Time: 8 minutes As Prairie farmers consider growing some of the shorter-season corn hybrids coming onto the market, they still have questions whether they should even risk trying them, and which hybrids have the best chance of success. After completing three years of the four-year Corn Agronomy Project, researchers are beginning to provide a few answers — and […] Read more

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