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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Wintry blast cuts both ways in U.S. cattle country

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — A major winter storm rolling across the U.S. Plains on Monday disrupted transportation of cattle to beef packing plants in sections of the region, said experts. However, they said, the rough weather supported cattle and wholesale beef prices struggling against abundant overall meat supplies and heavyweight animals. The storm, dubbed Goliath, […] Read more
Crops, Reuters, Weather

Rising Mississippi waters bring barge traffic near halt

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Rapidly rising floodwaters brought barge traffic to a near standstill on the middle section of the Mississippi River on Monday, halting shipments of goods such as soybeans, concrete and road salt, government officials and traders said. The deadly storms have killed more than 40 people in flooding and tornadoes, snarling air […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on improved Brazil weather forecasts

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell for a fifth straight session on Monday as forecasts for rains across Brazil’s key producing region Mato Grosso eased concerns of potential yield losses in the world’s largest exporter. Corn futures fell to life-of-contract lows on fears of slowing export demand, and wheat followed […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Rain in Brazil’s forecasts dampens soy futures

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a one-week low on Thursday as expectations for beneficial rains in top exporter Brazil overshadowed stronger-than-expected U.S. export sales. Concerns about large U.S. supplies and poor export demand pushed March corn to settle at a new contract low, while wheat futures reached a three-week low. Traders kept […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

India to launch new crop insurance scheme

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi | Reuters — India will launch a new farm crop insurance scheme early next year and use drones and other technologies to assess crop damage, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, in what could be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first major move to address rural hardship. The impact of unseasonal rains and two straight […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the U.S., according to scientists who produced the first national map of bee populations and identified numerous trouble spots. The researchers on Monday cited 139 counties as especially worrisome, with wild bee […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Russia aiming for steady grain crop in 2016

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Moscow | Reuters –– Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, is aiming for an unchanged grain harvest in 2016 compared with the current year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. If the weather remains favourable during the winter and spring, Russia, a major wheat supplier to Turkey, Egypt and Iran, will harvest a large […] Read more
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Crops, Forages, Hay, Markets, Weather

Hay producers see increased competition, lower prices

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canada’s export hay prices have come down from summer highs and now sit at less than half their previous levels, but despite competition from other growing regions, a weak loonie is helping Canadian producers. South Africa, Eastern Europe and Argentina have increased their alfalfa production, said Edward J. Shaw, director of market […] Read more
Larry Romaniuk
Weather

He knows the weather

Meet Larry Romaniuk, long-range weather specialist at Country Guide

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Reading Time: 3 minutes When you spend 60 years doing something, you get pretty good at it, and Larry Romaniuk is very good at forecasting the weather at least 75 per cent to 80 per cent of the time. Romaniuk prepares the long-range weather forecast for Country Guide, and he’s been doing it for 23 years since retiring from […] Read more

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