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Weed resistance – Palmer amaranth marches north

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Three years ago, Dr. Ford Baldwin stood in a field near Widener, Arkansas, and spoke of the many challenges facing growers in the Mid-South of the U.S. He talked about the advance of resistant weed species and how, five years prior to that, he’d written about the looming “train wreck” represented by glyphosate resistance. He […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets

W. Cdn CWRS wheat bids down for fourth straight week

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cash bids for CWRS across western Canada moved lower for the fourth straight week during the period ended July 22, as weather conditions have been generally favourable for wheat development in North America, analysts noted. On July 22, average spot bids for 13.5% CWRS acrossManitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta came in at around C$255 per tonne, or […] Read more
General, Livestock

Klassen: U.S. feeder markets lead Canadian values higher

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian feeder cattle prices jumped $3/cwt to $5/cwt last week following the previous advances of U.S. markets. Overall sale numbers were slightly higher at certain locations but most auction barns remain in holiday mode in Western Canada.  Weakness in new-crop barley prices and stronger fed cattle values in the final quarter has set a […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets

Big crops seen in Europe

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Favourable growing conditions in the past month led the European Union’s crop monitoring unit to raise its 2013 yield forecasts on Monday for the bloc’s main cereal harvests. The move was in keeping with upward revisions made by other forecasters this month after EU crops recovered from a damp, chilly spring that had hampered plant […] Read more
General, Livestock

Maple Leaf unloads turkeys

Reading Time: < 1 minute Maple Leaf Foods says it has sold its commercial turkey farms to Ernald Enterprises Limited and its breeder farms and hatchery operation to Cuddy Farms Limited. Maple Leaf’s southern Ontario turkey operations include six breeder farms that supply turkey eggs and poults (day-old turkeys) to domestic and international markets and six commercial farms that supply […] Read more
Crops, General

Saskatchewan insects – hoppers aren’t only around during drought

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite wet weather, grasshoppers are plaguing Saskatchewan farmers this summer. Saskatchewan Agriculture’s most recent crop report notes grasshopper problems in every region except the east-central and west-central parts of the province. Dr. Julie Soroka, entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, said the economic threshold for grasshoppers is eight to 12 hoppers per square metre, but […] Read more
Crops, General, Weather

Cooler and damper outlook for pollinating U.S. corn crop

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cooler temperatures and occasional rainfall over the next week will boost U.S. corn and soybean crop prospects, according to Global Weather Monitoring (GWM). • GWM said the U.S. corn crop was void of any threats to pollination next week. • The U.S. corn crop is pollinating, or going through its reproductive stage of development, later […] Read more
Crops, General, Weather

Ontario crops: not just wet, but very wet

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Call it a lot of bad news contrasting against the potential for some upside. Yes, early July — particularly in the southwest corner of Ontario — was not only wet, it was very wet — a deluge that has damaged some crops and probably lowered yield. But the bright spot to this wet first half […] Read more

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