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CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average (black line), MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat up off nearly four-week low

Corn, soy futures set two-week lows

By Tom Polansek January 5, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures turned higher on short-covering and bargain buying on Thursday after dropping to their lowest price in almost four weeks, analysts […] Read more

Former AAFC researcher Karen Bailey spent much of her career working on Phoma macrostoma, a fungus that controls weeds such as dandelions. However, the biopesticide has never made it to market.

Crops, News

Interest wanes in biopesticides, says scientist

A variety of roadblocks can impede commercialization of biological crop protection products, making them too expensive

By Robert Arnason January 5, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Biopesticides aren’t ready to compete with synthetic pesticides in broad scale agriculture, said a retired Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist. Research into biopesticides has waned in the […] Read more

ICE March 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola market watching macros

USDA report may offer nearby direction

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 5, 2023

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts remain stuck in a sideways trading range to start the New Year, with bearish outside forces countered by relatively supportive fundamentals. From a chart […] Read more

File photo of the facade of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. (Camrocker/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA ‘data dump’ due next week

'Minor changes' expected for corn, soy

By Glen Hallick January 5, 2023

MarketsFarm — A flurry of reports is coming from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Jan. 12, including its monthly supply and demand estimates, quarterly grains stocks report and […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures hit two-week lows on demand concerns

Wheat futures curbed by cheaper Black Sea supplies; U.S. Plains wheat ratings dip in Kansas

By Tom Polansek January 4, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures set two-week lows on Wednesday as concerns about weakening demand hung over commodity markets. Investor worries about economic headwinds, including the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: 2022 a ‘good year’ for Manitoba pulses, soy

By Adam Peleshaty January 4, 2023

MarketsFarm — Despite a rough start to southern Manitoba’s growing season, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk was content with how 2022 came to pass. “For pulses […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans sag as traders reduce risk in new year

Stronger U.S. dollar pressures grain futures

By Tom Polansek January 4, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grain and soybean futures closed lower on Tuesday as the dollar rallied and broad-based selling hit a range of markets, analysts […] Read more

A spray boom creating pesticide drift. One of the main causes of spray drift is the production of fine sprays.

Crops

Minimizing spray drift on fields

Here are some ways to help keep your pesticides on target

By Jim Timlick January 3, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Spray drift is defined as the off-target movement of pesticide dust or droplets through the air at the time of application or soon after. It can have […] Read more

File photo of vineyards and countryside at Samaipata in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes. (Jef Wodniack/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Bolivia farm region blocks borders, grain transport in protests

By Adam Jourdan, Daniel Ramos January 2, 2023

Santa Cruz/La Paz | Reuters — Protesters in Bolivia’s farming region of Santa Cruz are blocking highways out of the province, threatening to snarl the domestic transport of grains and […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Bids lower despite supportive factors

March CBOT, K.C. wheats up on week

By Adam Peleshaty December 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite concerns related to cold weather in the U.S., war in Ukraine and rising numbers of COVID-19 infections in China, most western Canadian wheat bids were lower for […] Read more

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