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Argentina’s Bioceres makes world’s first sales of genetically modified wheat seeds

By Marcelo Teixeira, Reuters May 16, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bioceres Crop Solutions has begun sales of genetically modified (GM) wheat seeds in Argentina, the first time the technology has been commercially available to farmers anywhere in the world, CEO Federico Trucco said on Wednesday.

Crops, News

Organic farmers invited to soil health benchmarking study

By Geralyn Wichers May 15, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Organic farmers across the country are invited to measure the benefits of soil management practices on their farms as part of a study led by Prairie organic organizations.

Crops, News

Manitoba crop report: Seeding speeds up to normal pace

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm May 15, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Planting progress greatly accelerated across Manitoba during the week ended May 12. The province’s crop report released on May 14 showed that seeding was at 30 per cent completion, compared to just four per cent the week before.

Crops, News

Feds invest in research to promote more diverse crop rotations

By Diana Martin May 14, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government is investing $5,733,852 million in funding to advance soybean, corn and oat research and promote diverse crop rotations across Canada.

Crops, Markets

Seeding in Alberta ahead of pace

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 10, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Overall spring seeding of all crops in Alberta was just over 18 per cent complete, according to the province’s first crop report of 2024. The pace was nearly seven points above the five-year average.

Crops, Markets

Manitoba seeding progress made, but behind average pace

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 8, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Planting progress in Manitoba advanced a little bit during the week ended May 7, with four per cent of the province’s crops in the ground. With the bulk of the seeding in the central region, that’s up two points from the previous week but five behind the five-year average.

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn futures extend surge on volatile global weather

By Renee Hickman May 6, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat, soybean and corn futures soared to multi-month highs on Monday on worries about potentially crop-damaging weather in Brazil and Russia. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) July wheat WN24 settled up 26-1/4 cents at $6.48-3/4 a bushel after climbing to $6.50-1/4, its highest level since late December. CBOT July corn CN24 ended up 8-3/4 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits 3-month high; soy, wheat climbs on weather

By Renee Hickman May 3, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures rose on Friday to their highest level since January before turning lower and soybeans reached a one-month peak as floods disrupted harvests in top exporter Brazil and disease ate into Argentina’s corn crop, analysts said. Wheat futures hit a one-week high on renewed concerns over dry weather in Russia, the world’s biggest […] Read more

Mike Sharman: “Don’t give up.” Persistence is a winner.

Features, Fruit/Vegetables, Guide Business

Advice for Young Farmers

If there was one piece of advice you wish somebody had given you (and that you had listened to) when you were just starting out on the farm, what would that be?

By Jeanine Moyer April 29, 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutes Once they’ve been in the biz for a few years, some farmers wish they hadn’t followed certain advice. Others wish they had. And others are happy with what they’ve accomplished based on advice they’d still follow if they had to do it all again. Here, a few farmers share what they’ve learned and offer their […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions

By Renee Hickman April 26, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures turned higher for a seventh trading day on Friday on a weather driven surge that pushed the most-active wheat contract on a continual chart Wv1 to prices not seen since December. Soybean futures inched down, and corn stayed fairly flat, as traders watched for U.S. planting delays as […] Read more

Daily Network News

Wheat breeding system no longer works, Canadian Wheat Research Coalition report says

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché

Crops

Argentina’s Bioceres makes world’s first sales of genetically modified wheat seeds

Organic farmers invited to soil health benchmarking study

Manitoba crop report: Seeding speeds up to normal pace

Feds invest in research to promote more diverse crop rotations

Seeding in Alberta ahead of pace

Manitoba seeding progress made, but behind average pace

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn futures extend surge on volatile global weather

U.S. grains: Corn hits 3-month high; soy, wheat climbs on weather

Advice for Young Farmers

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions

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