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CBOT March 2021 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures sag on improving Brazil weather

CBOT March wheat rallies

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dipped to a 2-1/2 week low on Wednesday as forecasts for much-needed rains in portions of Brazil’s crop area prompted a round of long liquidation and profit-taking, traders said. Wheat futures rose, rebounding on bargain buying a day after the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) March contract […] Read more
ICE January 2021 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Two reports likely to increase canola values

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Although canola has seen some backpedalling this week, the markets should get two good shots in the arm from a pair of reports, according to Wayne Palmer, analyst with Exceed Grains in Winnipeg. The first will very likely come from the principal field crops report , to be released Thursday by Statistics Canada. […] Read more
CBOT January 2021 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy trade watching weather, export demand

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Soybean contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade tested contract highs around US$12 per bushel in overnight trade earlier in the week, but couldn’t maintain those levels due to a lack of support. A technical selloff put pressure on prices on Wednesday, with the nearby January contract closing down by nine cents at […] Read more
“For me opportunity, I think, lies in trying to partner with other farms.” – Erin Harris.
Crops, Guide Business, Livestock

Farm opportunities on your mind

Canada’s farmers tell us the new directions they’re planning for their farms

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Reading Time: 12 minutes Not so long ago, all the buzz was about unleashing Canada’s full agricultural potential on a world that desperately needs our farmers to produce more and more. Global population was booming, more countries were more prosperous, and consumers everywhere were changing and improving their diets. Now our country needs Canada’s farmers to succeed too. Whether […] Read more
(Viterra video screengrab)
Crops

Viterra brand goes worldwide

Glencore Agriculture begins rebranding in most countries

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Glencore Agriculture has officially taken the name of its Canadian subsidiary as its own worldwide. Glencore Agriculture, co-owned by commodity firm Glencore and two Canadian public-sector pension fund investment firms, announced Monday it has started to use the name Viterra — and a new brand, “Viterra: The Agriculture Network” — in most of the 37 […] Read more
CBOT March 2021 wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX (green line) and K.C. (orange line) March 2021 wheat. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit two-month low

Soybean, corn futures also decline

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures hit a two-month low on Tuesday, pressured by improving U.S. winter wheat crop ratings, strong export competition and rising estimates of Australia’s harvest, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also sagged, retreating from early strength as traders focused on forecasts for welcome rains in South American crop regions. […] Read more
A wheat crop in progress on May 24, 2016 north of London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Grain Farmers of Ontario to wind down wheat pool

Programs to end after 2020 marketing year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The remnants of Ontario farmers’ former single wheat marketing desk are set to disappear at the end of the 2020 crop marketing year. Grain Farmers of Ontario, which inherited the pooling system from one of its heritage organizations, the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board, announced Tuesday it will wind down its wheat pool and its […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s exports solid through first quarter

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse exports were leaving at the country at a solid pace through the first three months of the 2020-21 marketing year, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) monthly data. Canada exported 343,000 tonnes of peas in October, taking the 2020-21 year-to-date total to 1.136 million tonnes. That’s up by about […] Read more
In some locations tested, beneficial insect population was up to 20 times higher in field boundary sites compared to open fields.
Crops, Oilseeds

Putting a value on a shelterbelt

Yields drop immediately adjacent, but start to increase after 10 to 20 metres beyond

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Areas such as road allowances, wetlands and shelterbelts take up land that could otherwise be used to produce grain. But does that mean that if you remove them, you’ll have more grain production? Maybe not. You might even get less, says Shathi Akhter, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist at Indian Head, Sask. She’s […] Read more
A view from Globeways Canada’s office at Mississauga, Ont., from a 2011 video marking the presentation of the Mississauga Board of Trade’s award for Small Business of the Year. (MBOT video screengrab via YouTube)
Crops, Pulses

Suspended pulse crop handlers partly reinstated

Companies can't buy or receive more grain from growers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Three suspended pulse and special crop handling and processing companies are again licensed to move Canadian grain — but not to buy any. The Canadian Grain Commission announced Monday it has reinstated the licences for Globeways Canada Inc. and its subsidiaries: Canpulse Foods Ltd., a pulse and canary seed processor at Kindersley, Sask., and Global […] Read more

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