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GRAINS: U.S. corn drops to four-year low as weather stays favourable

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures fell 2 per cent to a four-year low on Monday with all months notching contract lows as ideal weather in the heart of the Midwest signaled a bumper harvest, traders said. Soybeans were also sharply lower, with wheat following suit. At the Chicago Board of Trade at 12:05 p.m. CDT (1705 GMT), […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: Wheat futures fall a day after Ukraine crash price spike

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 3.4 per cent on Friday, erasing gains posted a day earlier following the downing of a Malaysian commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, while Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also declined and soybeans were mostly lower. Investors were worried an escalation of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, both […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. ag minister seeks ‘move away’ from wide neonic use

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario’s corn and soybean growers’ group says it’s insulted and disappointed to find out the provincial ag ministry plans to put new limits on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman Henry van Ankum said Monday the association is “extremely disappointed” to learn through the media — specifically, an article Sunday on […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Weather

Sunny weather doesn’t end Prairie flood risk

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Reading Time: 2 minutes A period of relatively dry and sunny weather in eastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba between now and the weekend may allow overland water to pass, but doesn’t end the flood risk, agencies say. A high pressure system has moved into Manitoba and is expected to bring sunnier weather for the next three days, the provincial […] Read more
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Corn, Crops

CropChatter: Why’s my corn going purple?

Reading Time: < 1 minute Some Manitoba producers are reporting purpling in the leaves of their recently-planted corn fields, according to provincial cereals specialist Pam de Rocquigny on the Manitoba CropChatter site. Purpling of corn plants indicates the plant is under some kind of stress, she wrote, and “in a lot of cases, these corn fields were planted after canola.” […] Read more
corn and soybean plants
Corn, Guide Business, Soybeans

The best strategy to market grains?

Here is an eye-opening study that all farmers should read and consider

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Coffee shops abound with the stories of farmers who have topped the markets by using a specific grain marketing strategy. Market advisers boast of the high prices that producers have earned by following their advice. But rarely do we hear of marketing mistakes or of the prices received by those who have sold in the […] Read more

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