Agriculture Weather & Forecast

NW Sask. sees patchy canola, better cereals

By Lisa Guenther July 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring has been tough on many canola crops in northwestern Saskatchewan. “Canola — it’s kind of hit and miss. They’re just all over the place,” said Stephanie McMillan, an agronomist with AgriTeam Services at Glaslyn, Sask., about 90 km south of Meadow Lake. One field might have some plants at the two- to four-leaf stage, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather seen steering soybeans

By Jade Markus June 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — CBOT soybean futures posted solid gains over the past week, coming to a five-and-a-half month high on Tuesday. Weather guided the soybean trade, rather than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acreage and stocks reports. John Weyer, co-director of the commercial hedge division at Walsh Trading, said soybeans came in near or above […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

By Rod Nickel June 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters — Problems with Canada’s canola crop are driving up the oilseed’s price, cutting processors’ margins to their lowest levels in two years and threatening to boost the price of a key ingredient of salad dressings and potato chips. Frost and dry conditions on the Canadian Prairies have damaged the crop, which processors, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 30, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada –– Canadian farmers seeded a bit more canola and a bit less wheat than originally expected, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada, released Tuesday. However, worsening drought conditions in the western Prairies over the past month and the need for reseeding due to frost damage earlier in June mean actual yields […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

SW Ont. county gets soybean planting extension

By Country Guide Staff June 29, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean growers in southwestern Ontario’s Essex County have a seven-day extension on the province’s crop insurance deadline to get their crop planted. Agricorp, the province’s crop insurance and farm funding agency, said Monday it would give Essex County farmers until July 7, 2015 to plant their soybeans for this crop year, and until July 10 […] Read more

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

Frost takes greater toll on mustard crops than dryness

By Jade Markus June 27, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Freezing temperatures at the end of May took a toll on Saskatchewan’s mustard crops, industry specialists say. Walter Dyck, seed division manager for Olds Products, said many growers have reduced acreage this year. “We had early seeding, but the frost — not just one frost, but many frosts had an impact this […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Statistics Canada will release its updated acreage estimates for the year on Tuesday, but the timing of the survey could lead to more questions and second-guessing than normal given the likely adjustments and yield losses over the past month. The survey was conducted before a drought took hold in Alberta and Saskatchewan, […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Forages, Markets, Weather

U.S. corn, DDGS imports likely as drought tightens feed supply

By Terryn Shiells June 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Livestock producers in Western Canada will likely have to import feed grains such as corn and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) this year, as drought is seen trimming domestic barley and other feed production. “We’ve seen droughts before, and when it’s happened, usually what has to happen is we import other […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week up 15 per cent on U.S., global weather woes

By Julie Ingwersen June 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures notched their biggest weekly advance in three years on Friday as worries about excessive rains in the Midwest and uncertainty over global crop prospects triggered aggressive fund short-covering, analysts said. Corn and soybeans also rose but pared gains as farmers took advantage of the rally and sold supplies […] Read more

Hayland north of Livelong, Sask. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Forages, Hay, Pasture, Weather

Dry spring puts Sask. grass, hay in short supply

By Lisa Guenther June 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes A dry, cool spring has checked pasture growth in Saskatchewan and a hay shortage is looming. The province’s latest crop report notes topsoil moisture in hay fields and pasture is rated 42 per cent short and 24 per cent very short. Crop district 7A, in west-central Saskatchewan, has the dubious distinction of being the driest […] Read more

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NW Sask. sees patchy canola, better cereals

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather seen steering soybeans

Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

SW Ont. county gets soybean planting extension

Frost takes greater toll on mustard crops than dryness

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

U.S. corn, DDGS imports likely as drought tightens feed supply

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week up 15 per cent on U.S., global weather woes

Dry spring puts Sask. grass, hay in short supply

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