Crops & Crop Production Guide

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop commodities rangebound

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm May 28, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Favourable growing conditions across most of the U.S. — and a good start to the growing season — have kept commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade locked in a sideways range. In the crop progress report released Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. corn crop was approximately […] Read more

CBOT July 2020 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on slowed planting progress

Wheat rangebound as Northern Hemisphere weather watched

By Karl Plume May 28, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Wednesday as a slowdown in plantings in the Midwest and forecasts for more disruptive weather lifted prices to two-week highs, although technical selling kept a lid on gains. Corn also edged higher after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported slower-than-anticipated planting in a weekly crop […] Read more

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves B.C. Supreme Court on a lunch break during her extradition hearing in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Huawei executive loses key court argument in fight against extradition

By Moira Warburton, Tessa Vikander May 27, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Toronto/Vancouver | Reuters — Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has lost a key aspect of the trial on her extradition to the United States, a Canadian court announced on Wednesday. Meng, a Chinese citizen, was arrested in December 2018 in Vancouver on a warrant issued by U.S. authorities, who accuse her of bank fraud […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas recover from previous lows

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm May 26, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Chickpea prices have recovered slightly from lows hit around the end of 2019, but they’re still a long way off historic highs from years past. Ahead of the 2018 growing season, chickpea prices were around 50 to 60 cents/lb. for growers, according to Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities in Winnipeg. Currently, large chickpea […] Read more

CBOT July 2020 soybeans with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on China demand, economic optimism

Equities rally as economies reopen, dollar eases

By Karl Plume May 26, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed and soybeans posted their strongest advance in a month on Tuesday as rising equities and energy markets and a weakening U.S. dollar triggered short-covering in commodities battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Wheat followed corn and soy higher but reversed course amid forecasts for crop-boosting rains in rival […] Read more

Split-rate applications of fungicide to control fusarium and leaf diseases are no longer recommended as a half dose increases the chance of resistance.

Crops

Stay calm and spray on

A field guide to fungicide resistance management

By Clare Stanfield May 26, 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutes Do you have questions about fungicide resistance? Have you ever wondered if that fungicide you used before is still working as it should? Are you worried about losing fungicide tools? Well, you’re not alone. “There have been a lot more questions about fungicide resistance in the last two years than in the last 10,” says […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Farmer deliveries well above average in April

By MarketsFarm Team May 26, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Farmer deliveries of major grains into the Canadian commercial pipeline were up substantially in April, hitting their third-highest monthly total on record, according to updated data Statistics Canada released Monday. Farmers in April delivered 5.868 million tonnes of major grains, about a million tonnes above the monthly average during the 2019-20 crop-year-to-date, and […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer reporting progress in Roundup settlement talks

By Ludwig Burger May 25, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer said on Monday it had made progress seeking a settlement over claims its glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide causes cancer, after Bloomberg reported the company reached a verbal agreement on about 50,000 to 85,000 cases. The drugs and pesticides group is keen to draw a line under the legal dispute, which it […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

AAFC tightens canola stocks projections

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 24, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Corrected, May 25 — MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks for both the current marketing year and the upcoming 2020-21 season will be tighter than earlier forecasts, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Friday. The latest data take into account acreage estimates released by Statistics Canada earlier in the month. […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Labour shortages persist, hort sector says

Horticultural Council warns sector output will drop for lack of workers, support

By D.C. Fraser May 23, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa — The Canadian Horticultural Council warns the federal government is using inaccurate numbers to describe how many temporary foreign workers are currently in the country. During a virtual meeting of the Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food, CHC president Brian Gilroy said food security continues to be threatened as a result of labour […] Read more

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say