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U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on growing global demand

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat rose for the fourth time in five sessions on Wednesday, in a rally that has been buoyed by strong export prospects and fund short-covering. Nearby corn ended slightly lower as traders adjusted positions ahead of Thursday’s U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Soybeans surrendered earlier gains on profit-taking and weakness in soymeal. A major new wheat […] Read more
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Frost, rains hit Australia’s wheat crop, drag on quality

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Unseasonal rains in Western Australia and frost on the country’s east coast have hit wheat crops in the world’s No. 2 exporter of the grain, dragging down quality and reducing harvests. A decline in supply of high-protein wheat from Australia could force major buyers such as Indonesia and China to seek more volumes from the […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Philippines typhoon crop damages worth $110M: FAO

Reading Time: < 1 minute The typhoon that hit the Philippines has resulted in crop losses worth US$110 million and an overall damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) showed on Tuesday. Some 153,495 hectares of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops such as coconut, […] Read more
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Pearce: Ont. farmers remain frustrated by wet fall

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Wet weather, now accompanied by the first significant snowfall for much of southern and western Ontario, is creating a new level of angst for a large number of farmers. Some soybean fields remain standing and the prospects of those fields seeing a winter wheat crop have likely disappeared with the turning of the calendar to […] Read more
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Brazil confirms spike in Amazon deforestation

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Deforestation in the Amazon increased by nearly a third over the past year, according to Brazilian government figures released Thursday, confirming a feared reversal in what had been steady progress over the past decade against destruction of the world’s largest rainforest. Satellite data for the 12 months through the end of July showed that deforestation […] Read more
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Some Prairie areas too dry heading into freeze-up

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Some areas across Western Canada are experiencing dry soils heading into the winter freeze-up — which could affect some crops trying to survive over the winter. “There are some concerns with pasture recovery and just starting up the season next year,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “In terms of native […] Read more
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Manitoba farmers seek extension on fertilizer deadline

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) farm group is still seeking a blanket extension of the province’s Nov. 10 deadline for applying fertilizer and manure to fields — but the government is betting the blast of winter in the current forecast will render the request moot. KAP president Doug Chorney said he saw lots of farmers […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Corn futures fall on big crop expectations

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures hit a fresh three-year low on Monday, their fourth straight day of declines, as expectations for a record crop in the United States continued to build, traders said. Wheat also dropped, under pressure from technical selling as well as spillover weakness from corn. Soybeans were mixed, with the nearby contract dropping on […] Read more
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Harvest winds up in Alberta

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The harvest of crops in Alberta has come to an end, and it was “a good year,” according to Harry Brook, crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. There may be some localized crops still standing, but everything else has come off the combine, he added. “I would say there would be only a very, […] Read more
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U.S. harvest seen snarled by widespread rains this week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvesting of the 2013 U.S. corn and soybean crops will grind to a halt in most areas this week as rainfall spreads across the entire Midwest crop region, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday. “We will be stalled for a few days, just about everybody will get the rains,” said John Dee, meteorologist for Global […] Read more

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