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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario’s corn and soybean growers and seed dealers will have slightly more time to manage some of their new duties as the province’s limits on neonicotinoid pesticides become legally binding. Ontario’s environment ministry on Tuesday announced its new provincial regulations — with a handful of changes from the draft legislation first published in March — […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn crops likely unscathed

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn crop was nearly fully seeded ahead of crop insurance deadlines in late May, but frost events in Manitoba during the same time frame didn’t likely cause any damage. Parts of southwestern Manitoba saw a significant frost event on May 29 and 30, which killed off many canola crops and sparked […] Read more
Flea beetle feeding (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Crops, Weather

Cutworm, flea beetle pressure piling on Prairie crops

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — High levels of cutworms and flea beetles are damaging crops in Western Canada this spring, according to Manitoba’s crop entomologist. Manitoba growers started noticing damage from cutworms this week, said John Gavloski, extension entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development in Carman. “They were there in the fields, but they were […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario’s planned regulation to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments might as well be a ban from where the organization sits representing the province’s corn and soy producers. After reviewing the draft regulation, which provincial officials posted March 23 for public comment until May 7, Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday it “strongly opposes […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

USDA raises U.S. corn end stocks view; cuts wheat, soy

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. government raised its outlook for domestic corn supplies by less than expected on Thursday, while its lowered projection for soybean ending stocks was in line with market forecasts. Corn stocks for the end of the 2014-15 marketing year were seen at 1.827 billion bushels, 50 million bushels more than […] Read more
Three generations of the Cantelon family farming operation: Wayne (l), his son Mark and his dad George.
Corn, Crops

Once you get to the top…

Corn Guide: For the corn-growing Cantelon family, it just means you’re partway there

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Wayne Cantelon is a lot like other farmers. He works a substantial number of acres with his father, brother and son, and he’s always trying to improve conditions and production. And just like a lot of other farmers, too, he’s hesitant to consider himself a leader or an innovator. In spite of that reluctance, Cantelon, […] Read more
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I certainly wouldn’t be dumping half my 
acres into corn the very first year.” — Myron Krahn, MCGA
Corn, Crops

The West’s new Cinderella

Corn acres are surging across the West. Is it time for you to get on board?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Although widespread throughout southern Ontario and the U.S., corn is a crop you don’t normally associate with the colder Canadian Prairies. But don’t tell that to Monsanto, which is investing $100 million to develop early-maturing hybrids that the company hopes could make corn the new star in the West. “I think there’ll be millions of […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Brasilia | Reuters –– An important road for soy and corn shipments linking to ports in northern Brazil will not be paved until 2016, the country’s transport minister said on Tuesday. President Dilma Rousseff said last year that the highway, known as BR-163, would be ready by mid-2015 as the government tries to relieve crowded […] Read more

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