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U.S. wheat up one per cent as China buys

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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. wheat rose over one per cent on Wednesday, posting its best advance in two weeks on reports that China bought large quantities of wheat from Australia and the U.S. Wheat also traded higher on a bargain buying spree, after a series of eight consecutive daily losses drove the market to a one-year low earlier […] Read more
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Prairie wheat bids soften

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cash wheat bids across Western Canada were mostly lower during the week ended Tuesday (July 2), as losses in the U.S. futures spilled into the Canadian market. However, while the general trend was down, there were some localized basis opportunities to be found. Average spot bids on Tuesday for 13.5 per cent-protein Canada Western red […] Read more
High River to resume cattle slaughter Wednesday
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High River to resume cattle slaughter Wednesday

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Cargill plans to resume harvesting of cattle Wednesday (July 3) at its beef slaughter and processing plant — one of Canada’s largest — at flood-battered High River, Alta. The news comes as local and provincial authorities assess residential and commercial buildings and re-open parts of the community to public access. About 1,500 residences and 219 […] Read more
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Klassen: Cattle market digests StatsCan, USDA reports

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady with week-ago levels as most auction barns are either closed for holidays or sold minimal volumes of feeder cattle. The weaker Canadian dollar should be supportive to the feeder complex, but there wasn’t enough trade to define the market. Cargill’s High River, Alta. beef plant was not actively […] Read more
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McMillan: Soggy spring leaves U.S. durum unsown

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Wet seeding conditions in the U.S. Northern Plains have reduced durum wheat area to well below trade expectations, according to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture acreage report. In North Dakota, the largest durum-producing state, sown area dropped to 850,000 acres, similar to the record low in 2011 when saturated fields limited seeding to only 750,000 […] Read more
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Alberta’s farms escape worst of flooding

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The impact of historic-high flooding on Alberta’s agriculture industry isn’t expected to be severe. “It is early. I would say at this point we don’t have any reports of catastrophic damage to crops and livestock,” said provincial Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson. “I’m sure there will be cases where there is some damage but for the most […] Read more
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Fall-harvest corn plunges as USDA shocks with acres jump

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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. futures prices for corn to be harvested this autumn plunged more than five per cent on Friday to the lowest point in more than a year after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said farmers have planted two million more acres of the crop than expected. Favourable crop weather around the U.S. Midwest reassured investors […] Read more
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High River beef plant back offline

Reading Time: 2 minutes Undamaged by the floods that swamped its community, one of Canada’s largest beef packing plants is now back offline until water service is restored. Cargill, which employs about 2,000 people at its slaughter and processing plant just north of flood-battered High River, Alta., had resumed production briefly this week to process beef carcasses remaining in […] Read more
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CropChatter: How does ‘floppy corn’ happen?

Reading Time: < 1 minute A few cases of “floppy corn” have been reported in various areas of Manitoba. What is this condition — and why does it happen? The Manitoba CropChatter website also touches on what can be done to help affected plants recover. CropChatter is a forum where farmers and public and private agronomists can share the latest […] Read more

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