Latest in Production of Field Crops Ontario

CBOT September 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (minty green line), MGEX September 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. September 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat surges to one-week high on easing recession fears

Corn, soy futures also touch one-week high

By Tom Polansek July 9, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures soared 6.6 per cent on Friday, extending a rebound from four-month lows this week on easing fears of a global […] Read more

Ferrero imports about 12,000 tons of hazelnuts annually, representing a potential $30 million per year industry for Ontario. A University of Guelph researcher is working toward genetic preservation of hazelnuts to breed plants that can tolerate temperature fluctuations.

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Climate solutions found in genes

Making hazelnut trees more cold tolerant is one of eight genomics projects funded in the province

By Lilian Schaer July 8, 2022

A research program focused on genomics was front and centre at the recent summer meeting of the Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC). In 2019 the organization partnered with Ontario Genomics and […] Read more

A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices coming down

By Glen Hallick July 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — As futures prices fall back, those for feed have been following, according to Jenny Redshaw, a trader with Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “There are lots of things […] Read more

BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)

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Bayer, BASF win new trial on damage award in U.S. dicamba suit

By Brendan Pierson July 7, 2022

Reuters — Bayer and BASF have won a new trial on US$60 million in punitive damages they were ordered to pay a Missouri peach farmer who said dicamba, a herbicide […] Read more

CBOT September 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 50- and 100-day moving averages (black and dark green lines), MGEX September 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. September 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds four per cent as recession jitters abate

Corn, soybeans up two per cent after also hitting multi-month lows

By Tom Polansek July 7, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures surged four per cent on Thursday, recovering from a 4-1/2-month low a day earlier, as recession fears in financial markets […] Read more

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Enhancing corn and soybean yields in Ontario

OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of July 4

By OMAFRA Field Crop Team July 7, 2022

Gone are the days of grandpa getting the tractor and 3 furrow plow out to work the whole farm each fall after harvest. For decades now, producers have been developing […] Read more

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Thunder Bay grain exports picking up

By MarketsFarm July 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — Grain movement through the Port of Thunder Bay picked up in June, although total grain exports through the facility on the north shore of Lake Superior remain well […] Read more

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right column), Euronext November 2022 rapeseed (black line, right column) and CBOT October 2022 soyoil (green line, left column). (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola selloff shows signs of slowing

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in five months in early July, but may be finally finding some support as the selloff shows signs of […] Read more

CBOT September 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 200-day moving average (blue line), MGEX September 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. September 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: Speculation, harvests plunge grain prices

By Adam Peleshaty July 6, 2022

MarketsFarm –– Recession fears and harvest pressures weighed down grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Tuesday and it’s unknown when the selloffs will […] Read more

CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures up off multi-month lows

Chicago wheat settles lower

By Tom Polansek July 6, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rebounded on Wednesday after tumbling to multi-month lows as fears about a global recession fueled liquidation in commodity […] Read more

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