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Prairie CWRS wheat cash bids ease

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Cash bids for Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat eased across Western Canada during the week ended Sept. 3, as crop prospects were looking good amid generally favourable weather. Reports that harvest activities have begun for some crops in all three Prairie Provinces, as well as for spring wheat in the U.S., were also bearish. […] Read more
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World Food Programme says 2.2M in Zimbabwe face food shortages

Reading Time: < 1 minute Zimbabwe faces its worst food shortages in four years following a drought and poor harvest, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday, a month after President Robert Mugabe’s re-election. The agency said it was working with the government and other international aid organizations to provide food assistance to about a fifth of Zimbabwe’s 13 […] Read more
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Prairie canola, wheat ripen in ‘ideal’ weather

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canada’s canola and wheat crops look to ripen this week in greenhouse-like conditions, weather forecasts show, increasing the chances of bumper crops. Despite delayed spring planting and cool weather earlier in summer that slowed crop development, Canada is set to reap its biggest wheat crop in 22 years and the largest canola harvest ever, […] Read more
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CBOT soybeans rally as dry weather threatens U.S. yields

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures surged more than two per cent on Tuesday as dry weather in key production areas of the U.S. farm belt eroded crop conditions and threatened yield prospects. But corn futures fell more than one per cent on weak cash markets as the harvest crept northward from the southern U.S., where some farmers […] Read more
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Harvest work in early stages across Alta.

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest activities were in the early stages across Alberta at the end of August, according to a provincial crop specialist. “In the central Alberta area, there’s a little bit of barley off, some swathing going on, and starting of the swathing of canola,” said Mark Cutts of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s Ag-Info Centre at […] Read more
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Cooler, wetter weather outlook drags on CBOT soybeans

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures sank to a one-week low on Friday on forecasts for rain and cooler temperatures to relieve stressful crop conditions across the U.S. Midwest grain belt. Wheat and corn futures were mixed. Worries about crop damage from hot and dry weather have supported the soy market recently, with the new-crop November contract rising […] Read more
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Man. soybean crop expecting average yields and better

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite a recent bout of hot and dry weather across Manitoba, many soybean crops across the province are expected to see average to above-average yields this year. Concerns about similar hot and dry conditions in the U.S. have been reported recently, with talk that the conditions would reduce yield potential for the country’s soybean crops. […] Read more

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