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Manage down-force
Corn, Crops

Manage down-force

New monitors and individual-unit controls give growers a better shot at top yields

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Reading Time: 8 minutes It was in March 2012 that Dr. Fred Below of the University of Illinois first published his list of the seven wonders of high-yield corn production, revolutionizing how North America’s farmers and agronomists think about corn management. Is it time to shake up that list? Even keeping in mind the differences between growing conditions south […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: South American weather still key for soy, corn

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — South American weather uncertainty is lending underlying support to soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade, with speculators likely to remain on the long side until production issues are more clearly sorted out, according to an analyst. “The funds don’t want to give up the ship, and there’s enough […] Read more
”It’s sort of an ‘evergreen’ question: is technology slowing down in agriculture?”— Dr. Glenn Fox, University of Guelph
Corn, Crops

Corn yields still on the rise

Check out the numbers when you use interpolated data to even out our year-by-year weather swings

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Reading Time: 5 minutes What if we could peer into the future and catch a glimpse of where our agriculture is heading? How would such a view shape the development of plant breeding and advances in technology, and maybe even the impact on farmers? A University of Guelph PhD student is working to develop a new yield model, first […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: South American weather steering markets

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Chicago corn futures chopped slightly higher during the week ended Wednesday, as concerns over South American weather, the U.S. dollar and the public musings of a newly-sworn-in U.S. president spurred some speculative buying. “Those are the three driving forces,” said Scott Capinegro, co-owner of Barrington Commodity Brokers. Both corn and soybeans are […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn can’t keep their distance from Argentina

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted sharp gains over the past week, as weather concerns in Argentina and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report sparked a rally. South American weather also underpinned the corn market — and both commodities will be following the forecasts out of the region […] Read more
Finding hope in 2017 corn markets
Corn, Crops, Markets

Finding hope in 2017 corn markets

It’s easy to be pessimistic due to global corn stocks, but demand is setting new records too. So consider posting some standing market orders, and watch prices daily

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Every year farmers go to the field hoping for something better than last year, and even though now is the dead of winter, plans are being made to raise a successful corn crop in 2017. For eastern Canadian farmers, corn has earned its status as the “go-to” crop for the region. A few years ago, […] Read more

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