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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba growers hope timely rains follow snows

High N prices may favour pulse acres

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MarketsFarm — As March 1 marked the start of meteorological spring, it feels like anything but that in southern Manitoba. One of the snowiest and coldest winters in years has been a mixed blessing for pulse growers, providing much-needed moisture for fields while also raising flood fears in some areas. Dennis Lange, a pulse specialist […] Read more
A sunflower crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Sunflower market seeing broad strength

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MarketsFarm — Sunflower seed has found itself caught up with the general strength seen in most agricultural markets, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine adding another layer of uncertainty to the market as the two countries are both major world producers. “We believe sunflowers are a very attractive option going into 2022,” said Robert Deraas, […] Read more
ICE May 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola finding plenty of support

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MarketsFarm — ICE canola futures climbed to fresh contract highs during the week ended Wednesday, as activity in outside markets and canola’s own tight supply situation provided support. “Outside forces help it, but there are also things unique to the canola market that are supportive,” said David Derwin, commodities investment advisor with PI Financial in […] Read more
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Crops

Rising prices could lead to more mustard acres

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MarketsFarm — A further tightening in Canada’s mustard supply is the main culprit in recent price spikes for the seed. Yellow mustard in Western Canada has a high-delivered bid of $1.61/lb., up 10 cents from last month and $1.18 higher than last year, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Over the past month, the high-delivered […] Read more
Anderson Soletti shows soybeans at his drought-parched plantation at Espumoso in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Jan. 10, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)
Crops, Markets

South American soy, corn crops face major disaster

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MarketsFarm — With intense heat and very little rain, soybean and corn crops have been having a very tough time in South America, according Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor at Hinsdale, Ill. Be they from private consultancies or government bodies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture or its Brazilian equivalent CONAB, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Corteva CEO bullish on grain, oilseed prices for 2022

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Reuters — Corteva expects prices for grains and oilseeds to remain high this year on record demand levels, its CEO said Thursday, following the insecticide and seed company’s upbeat sales outlook a day earlier. Global agriculture demand and prices for crops picked up pace in the fourth quarter of 2021, thanks to economies reopening and […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on supply worries

Corn sinks as ethanol stocks swell

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to an eight-month peak on Wednesday as reduced South American harvest prospects and improving U.S. export demand lifted the market for a seventh straight session. Corn retreated as spread traders sold contracts and bought soybeans and rising ethanol stocks fuelled concerns about a slowdown in output of […] Read more

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