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Late spring seen weighing on Prairie farmland demand

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Demand from Prairie farmers looking to add to their individual land bases was curbed by a late spring — but farmland prices were still up, according to real estate agents specializing in the field. “There is desire from farmers to add land, but weather conditions levelled off that demand,” said Grant Tweed of Century 21 […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Alta. assessing crop damage, other Prairie crops progressing

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Enough moisture, a bit too much moisture and way too much moisture — that was the picture that has emerged in recent days across the three Prairie provinces. Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development is continuing to assess how crop and livestock producers have been affected by dramatic flooding in the southeast part of that province. […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. soybeans rise on tight supplies, firm cash markets

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures rose for a second straight session on Tuesday, supported by firm cash prices amid persistent demand from domestic processors for razor-thin supplies remaining from last year’s drought-hit harvest. Corn prices were mostly lower, with new-crop values down for a fourth consecutive session, as favourable weather across much of the Midwest was expected […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Weather

No surprises in StatsCan’s acreage count

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers planted a little more canola and a little less wheat compared to early intentions, but Statistics Canada’s updated acreage estimates, released Tuesday, were largely in line with trade expectations. With few surprises in the numbers, attention in the grains and oilseeds was expected to turn to weather conditions over the course of the […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Weather

Good crop weather pressures U.S. corn, soy

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. new-crop corn prices fell for a third straight session on Monday as favourable growing weather across the midwestern United States reinforced the prospect of a record-large harvest this year. New-crop soybeans also slumped for a third day, but declines were more tempered than in corn as rain in parts of the western Corn Belt […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Monsanto to spend $100M on Prairie corn over 10 years

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Seed developer Monsanto said on Monday it will spend $100 million over the next 10 years on breeding corn for Western Canada — a move it said might change the crop makeup in a fertile region that produces big harvests of spring wheat and canola. Monsanto said it would focus on producing corn that matures […] Read more
Crops, Weather

McMillan: Localized downpours plague parts of Prairies

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s been an average year for rainfall in agricultural Western Canada so far this year — or at least that’s what you might conclude from looking at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s “Drought Watch” map showing precipitation since April 1. But average doesn’t count when most of the rain comes in just a few hours, which […] Read more
Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Cargill’s High River beef plant resuming operations

Reading Time: 3 minutes One of Canada’s biggest beef packing plants, just north of the flood-battered town of High River, Alta., expects to be reopened and running nearer to its full capacity on Tuesday (June 25). The Canadian arm of U.S. agrifood giant Cargill said Monday the beef fabrication, trim and grind, rendering, cooler, shipping, warehousing, maintenance, administration and […] Read more

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