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Churchill caps off challenging year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The harsh winter of 2013-14 appears to have taken a toll on the tonnage of grain and oilseeds shipped through Hudson Bay during its now-concluded shipping season. Just 540,000 tonnes of wheat and other products including durum and canola were shipped through the Port of Churchill in 2014. Last year, that number […] Read more
Red lentils. (Pulse Canada photo)
Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Better-than-expected lentil crop faces market volatility

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Despite a summer of excess moisture across much of the Prairies, lentils fared better than earlier expectations, according to Bobby Leavins, operations manager for Rayglen Commodities in Saskatoon. However, the crop’s grade spread is still very wide and prices are expected to be wide-ranging over the winter. “With all the moisture a […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 2-1/2 month high on cold spell

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat rose for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, reaching a 2-1/2-month high on short-covering and worries about a cold spell in the U.S. Corn neared a four-month high and soybeans firmed, recouping some of the previous session’s losses. At the CBOT, December wheat settled up 11 […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Australian farmers hold back wheat sales as dryness curbs yields

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Australian farmers are holding back wheat crop sales as dryness in parts of the country’s eastern grain belt cuts yields, raising the likelihood for a boost to global prices that have dropped 13 per cent this year. Farmers in the world’s fourth biggest wheat exporter have sold only about a quarter of this […] Read more
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Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Man. cattle producers get AgriRecovery feed assistance

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Eligible livestock producers in parts of Manitoba excessively soaked during the growing season will get federal/provincial backing to buy and haul feed and forage. The federal and provincial governments on Wednesday announced AgriRecovery funding for what they call the 2014 Canada-Manitoba Forage Shortfall and Transportation Assistance Initiative. The program will offer support worth up to […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Manitoba extends fertilizer application window

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba crop producers who’d hoped to apply manure or fertilizers to their fields now have a couple of extra days before the province’s annual winter ban takes effect. Manitoba’s conservation and water stewardship department announced Friday it will delay the start of the annual provincewide winter nutrient application ban until Wednesday (Nov. 12). Soil temperatures […] Read more
Reuters, Weather

U.S. weather forecaster slightly reduces El Nino outlook

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Reading Time: < 1 minute New York / Reuters – The U.S. weather forecaster on Thursday projected a 58 percent chance of El Nino developing during the Northern Hemisphere winter, reducing its outlook for the likelihood of the weather phenomenon in its monthly report.The Climate Prediction Center, an agency of the National Weather Service, said the most recent atmosphere and ocean […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Polar vortex not back this winter: forecaster

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Commodity News Service Canada — Last year marked one of the coldest winters in recent history, as the polar vortex affected many parts of Western Canada. But this winter will be closer to normal, Scott Yuknis, owner and founder of Climate Impact Company said during a presentation at the Cereals of North America conference in […] Read more

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