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New in corn hybrids for the West
Corn, Crops

New in corn hybrids for the West

New hybrids prove that corn is migrating to Western Canada

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Reading Time: 4 minutes In Eastern Canada, the saying is “Corn is King.” Although the migration of corn westward isn’t as brisk as in soybeans, indications still point to continued growth for corn acres. Manitoba seeded 410,000 acres of corn for grain in 2017, an increase of 18.8 per cent, and a record for grain corn seeding in the […] Read more
(Lisa Guenther photo)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Sideways soy, corn still await spark

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are both stuck in sideways trading ranges, looking for a catalyst to break one way or the other. The U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its latest supply/demand report on Thursday, with the updated production estimates possibly providing that spark. “If something’s going […] Read more
(Allan Dawson file photo)
Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn harvest off and running

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Manitoba’s corn harvest is just getting underway as many producers hold off combining to provide extra drydown time. More farmers will likely get into their grain corn this week and next, said Pam de Rocquigny, general manager of Manitoba Corn Growers. “The weather looks great so hopefully corn continues to dry down.” […] Read more
New in corn hybrids for Eastern Canada
Corn, Crops

New in corn hybrids for Eastern Canada

2018 is bringing a host of new options for growers in the east

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Reading Time: 14 minutes In the history books, 2017 will go down as a tale of two extremes. In parts of Eastern Canada, there was flooding while drought in the U.S. Great Plains reached north into Canada. And in between, growing conditions were anything up to and including perfect. So what’s in the cards for 2018? Few decisions are […] Read more
Seed dealers, agronomists and advisers are very vocal in 2017 about scouting for Western bean cutworm egg masses.
Corn, Crops

More than cutworms “bugged” corn crops in 2017

Pests in 2017 have been a more complicated picture, based largely on a mixed bag of weather-related challenges

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Coming out of winter and looking ahead to any growing season, it’s impossible to predict which insect pests will be the biggest challenge for growers. In 2001, for instance, soybean aphids first became a widespread issue for Ontario farmers, and the fear took such firm root that we’d have to deal with them in 2002 […] Read more
Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)
Corn, Crops, Reuters

ADM, Cargill still pursue Syngenta over corn rejections

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Syngenta moved closer to putting a troubled biotech corn seed launch behind it with a US$1.5 billion settlement with farmers this week, but grain traders who filed two remaining lawsuits may be less ready to compromise, legal experts said. The company was sued three years ago by the farmers and traders […] Read more
(Lisa Guenther photo)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — U.S. harvest operations are just getting started, which should keep soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade under pressure over the next few weeks. Both commodities are expected to “grind a little lower” over the next few weeks, according to Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago. The U.S. […] Read more
Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)
Corn, Crops, Reuters

Syngenta agrees to settle GMO corn litigation

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Syngenta has agreed to pay close to US$1.5 billion to resolve lawsuits stemming from its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Swiss company confirmed that it has reached a settlement, without confirming the financial terms. […] Read more
Calculating your break-even cost is as challenging as any field job, and according to agronomist Greg Stewart, it’s just as valuable.
Corn, Marketing

Determining your true break even point

What market price do you need to break even? The answer depends not just on your costs, but your goals

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Every winter, talk turns to production costs, with a focus on how to get your break-even price even lower. But what is your break-even? Most of us believe it’s a reasonably simple figure to calculate: just divide your yield by your expenses, including the cost of seed, fuel, fertilizer, herbicide and fungicide applications, a possible […] Read more

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