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“There are risks, but there are risks with growing any type of crop,” says Manitoba’s Pam de Rocquigny. 
“It’s up to each individual producer.”
Corn, Crops

Corn crops point their compass north

What do climate change and western corn share? “Plenty,” says Jeff Rubin

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Jeff Rubin is former chief economist for CIBC World Markets, now a bestselling author, and he believes a warmer climate will result in a longer growing season and more heat units on the Canadian Prairies. This, he suggests, could turn the region into the new North American Corn Belt as production inevitably creeps northward. “The […] Read more
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Corn, Crops

Large Brazilian corn exports to continue

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Commodity News Service Canada – Brazil could be on pace to export as much as 31 million to 34 million tonnes of corn by the end of the 2015/16 marketing year, according to Pedro Dejneka, the executive director of AgResource’s Latin America division, speaking at the Cereals North America conference in Winnipeg on November 3. […] Read more
Crops, Oats

Oats steady and low, but price-wise the worst is over

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba’s oat market is sitting low and stagnant, but since the commodity traditionally tracks corn futures, prices aren’t likely to depreciate further, says a U.S. analyst. “I think Manitoba farmers were expecting a lot better and Saskatchewan farmers were expecting a lot worse, but really when the combines got in the field—you know everything was […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Reuters

Monsanto clears USDA regulatory hurdle for new GM corn

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday signed off on a new genetically modified type of corn developed by Monsanto after a review concluded it posed no significant threat to agricultural crops, other plants or the environment. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it would deregulate Monsanto’s MON […] Read more
The precision with which practices can be measured means that everything done on the farm — planting, spraying, harvesting — can be layered together with other facets to create a complete picture of that farm.
Corn, Crops

Farming for profitability

Precision ag systems can take your ability to analyze profits way past yesterday’s cost-revenue calculations

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Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s been the mantra of agricultural economists, bankers and even agronomists for the past 20 years. “Know your cost of production.” At every podium at every conference, you can almost guarantee the question is going to get asked. How can a farmer farm successfully without knowing their cost of production? We’re always told every successful […] Read more
“When we do try something, we try it as a side-by-side comparison, so we know what’s going on.” — Billy Beaudry
Corn, Crops

Maximize efficiency above all else

East of Montreal, Billy Beaudry knows he’s under pressure to choose the right corn technologies

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Farming in Quebec typically calls to mind those long, narrow ribbons of land that run inland from the St. Lawrence River. But that’s not the reality that Billy Beaudry and his family face on their farm about a third of the way toward the U.S. border, on a plateau between the St. Lawrence and the […] Read more
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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed: Corn awaiting USDA, Sask. barley yields near average

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, Oct. 9. • CBOT corn futures were posting small gains Friday morning, but were holding rangebound overall as traders were squaring positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand report due out later in the […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn growers warily eye moisture content

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While harvest is underway for most farmers across Western Canada, many corn growers are busy eyeing the moisture content in their plants. “I know of guys testing at 32 per cent (moisture content of the kernels). That’s abnormal for this time of year,” said Morgan Cott, an agronomist with the Manitoba Corn […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China to stockpile corn during 2015-16 at lower price

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Beijing | Reuters — The Chinese government will continue its controversial corn stockpile policy during 2015-16 and will start to stock the grain from farmers at a lower price compared with last year, government bodies said in a statement late Friday. Beijing will pay 2,000 yuan (C$414) per tonne to farmers in the northeast, the […] Read more

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