Reading Time: 5 minutes It was another banner year for Manitoba soybeans in 2014 with production hitting a record 1.1 million tonnes, up 3.7 per cent from 2013. Figures from Statistics Canada show that, although average yields dropped 14 per cent to 32.3 bushels per acre, a 21 per cent increase in harvested area more than made up for […] Read more
The West’s big challenge for soybeans
Soybean Guide: Despite their province’s soaring soy acreage, Manitoba’s hog industry is still locked into expensive imported soymeal. Worse, change may still be years away
Soybeans cut swath through Prairie wheat belt
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters –– Soybeans, once a novelty in western Canadian fields, are poised to reach record-large acreage again this year, and some of the world’s biggest seed companies are betting they have further room to grow in a region known for wheat and canola. Farmers on the eastern side of the Prairies are turning […] Read more
Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Proposed new controls on the use and sale of corn and soybean seed treated with neonicotinoid pesticides in Ontario are up for public comment between now and early May. The provincial government made its move Monday — three days ahead of a scheduled meeting between Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal and Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman […] Read more
Argentine soy stocks double as farmer-government tensions rise
Reading Time: 2 minutes Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers have stockpiled more than twice as much soy this year than last, defying a government desperate to increase export tax revenue needed to finance rising state spending ahead of the October presidential election. Growers say the increase in soybean reserves, to 7.4 million tonnes from 3.4 million, comes […] Read more
Disease risk for soybeans high
Soybean Guide: With so many rotations thrown out of sync, extra disease vigilance is essential for 2015
Reading Time: 8 minutes There’s only one word to describe the outlook for soybeans in 2015. It’s “more.” With a reasonable spring, Eastern Canada’s soybean crop may hit an amazing 3.25 million acres. But acreage isn’t the only number that may be up. We’re also likely to see more fields with second-year and some with third-year soybeans. Then, if […] Read more
Seed inoculation gains ground
Soybean Guide: OMAFRA’s Horst Bohner now recommends always inoculating. “There are some real benefits.”
Reading Time: 6 minutes In the world of agriculture, there are very few constants. Most practices and standards last only until new research shifts our thought processes, or until a new challenge or a new opportunity changes the landscape. There are plenty of recent examples. Within the past decade, the hard-and-fast rule of always planting corn first has changed; […] Read more
Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid out in GFO’s Ontario Pollinator […] Read more
The right time for soybeans
If there’s one thing soybeans won’t tolerate, it’s late planting
Reading Time: 4 minutes The optimum seeding time for soybeans throughout most of Manitoba is the end of May. It isn’t a date you want to miss, but you’ll also want to get the right seed. Whether you’ve grown soybeans before or are planting them for the first time, you’ll have the most success if you choose carefully among […] Read more
CBOT weekly: Bullish U.S. dollar seen pinning grain futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures remained largely unchanged over the past week but a bullish U.S. dollar, currently outperforming many of the world’s other currencies, will keep the long-term bias pointed lower, according to a U.S. analyst. “We’re going to need a weather event, we’re going to need a […] Read more
2015 soybean market outlook
Soybean Guide: Demand is keeping pace with increased production, but will that continue? Here’s what to watch
Reading Time: 5 minutes With every new year come great challenges. For Canadian farmers looking out into their 2015 planning horizon, soybeans are increasingly a large part of that. Where once soybeans were relegated to the deep southwest of Ontario, now there are three million acres in Ontario and 836,000 in Quebec, plus over one million acres in Manitoba […] Read more
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