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Corn lower as U.S. planting weather improves

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures fell on Tuesday on profit-taking and expectations that U.S. farmers will make significant planting progress this week, traders said. “There is some optimism with planting progress,” said Ken Smithmier, analyst at the Hightower Report in Chicago. “We have a well-advertised storm system moving in by late this week. […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Sask. federal tree nursery gets assurances through 2013

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Reading Time: 3 minutes A storied southeastern Saskatchewan tree nursery that played a central role in remediating the Prairies following the Dirty ’30s and spawned countless shelterbelts across the region is getting a temporary reprieve. The Indian Head Tree Nursery, formerly an operation of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), went on the chopping block in the spring of […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Guenther: Decisions to be made on spring weed control

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As Prairie farmers gear up for seeding, yield-robbing weeds will be on their minds. Here are six tips for effective weed control. Residuals “It’s really important to think about what crops are safe to plant this spring,” said Kristen Phillips, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, during a webinar Monday. Some residuals can […] Read more
Livestock, Weather

Guenther: Evaluate cattle, protect pasture this spring

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Winter was reluctant to relinquish its death grip on Saskatchewan this year, leaving ranchers with dwindling feed supplies and delayed pasture growth. “We heard a lot from producers right before the snow was melting there. People were getting a little concerned because they were running short on feed, quality was low. They were looking for […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Weather

McMillan: Corn production set to soar

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The season’s first official forecast of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects was released Friday morning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Typically, there are no changes in sown acreage from USDA’s March Prospective Plantings report — and this year was no different. The real interest is in the harvested area and yield […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Alta. farmers near ready for seeding

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Minimal seeding has occurred to date in Alberta, but the return of warm and drier conditions should see seeding operations fully underway in about a week’s time, according to a provincial crop specialist. “Some seeding has occurred in the extreme southern areas of the province so far, but I would say those operations are still […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. corn, soy, wheat mostly lower on planting outlook

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. grain and soy futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday as farmers geared up for what’s expected to be their best stretch of planting this spring. Forecasts for dry weather in the U.S. Midwest bolstered hopes that growers will be able to push planting back on schedule after damp field conditions caused the slowest start […] Read more
Crops, Weather

OSCIA: Weather key in N recommendations for high-yield corn

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Weather can make a big difference in the amount of nitrogen recommended for growing high-yielding corn. This is part of preliminary findings from a project led by corn specialist Greg Stewart of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Guelph, which is evaluating Ontario’s corn nitrogen calculator to determine the accuracy of its recommendations […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Weather

CP to speed up Prairie track ‘enhancements’

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has pledged up to an extra $100 million to its previously planned capital budget for track “enhancements” in its Prairie network. CP’s addition to the $1.1 billion capital spending plan it announced in December for the 2013 fiscal year follows a similar move by rival Canadian National Railway (CN), which last […] Read more

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