There is now a one-stop option for growers looking for performance trial data on various crops: GoCrops.ca. The newly launch website brings together four legacy websites, www.gocorn.net, www.gocereals.ca, www.gobeans.ca, and www.gosoy.ca under one cohesive banner. The new website was launched by the Ontario Corn Committee (OCC), the Ontario Cereal Crops Committee (OCCC), the Ontario Pulse Crop Committee (OPCC), and […] Read more
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New website offers simpler way to access crop performance trial data
U.S. grains: Wheat and corn plunge on poor export news, soy follows lower
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged on Thursday to approach their lowest level since 2020 and dragged corn prices down on spillover weakness, analysts said.
Differences revealed between old and new corn hybrids
Nutrient uptake, leaf architecture and planting densities examined
Research using tissue samples from corn fields is not a new concept, but a recent sampling study has uncovered interesting insights. The Corn Era Project has revealed shifts in production, including differences between 1980s hybrids and those of today. The goal of the project was to understand what’s changed in physiological terms when comparing modern […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT corn futures ease on technical selling, US planting plans
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures eased on technical selling on Wednesday, as market participants sought profits and assessed U.S. spring planting, analysts said.
CBOT Weekly: ‘Beaten up’ prices make their way upwards
After weeks of tumbles toward new contract lows, the month of March is looking mighty so far for grains on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat rise on technical trading, poor Brazilian weather
Chicago Board of Trade wheat and soybean futures all turned higher on Tuesday as a stubbornly bearish market gained support from weather issues in Brazil and a flurry of short covering as funds shift out of their huge net short positions.
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on supply pressures; corn and wheat turn higher
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures drifted lower on Monday, amid ongoing pressure from a hefty global supply and signs of investors hunting for profits, traders said.
Effects of wet corn growing season harm feed quantity, quality
Low starch and silage heating have both been observed
As dairy farmers in Ontario and Quebec work through winter stocks of corn silage, a number of weather-related factors from the summer and fall of 2023 have turned up as potential causes for concern. Wet and overcast weather – in some locations of the record-breaking variety – was persistent from late June through November across […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures bounce after 3-1/2 year low; soy, corn climb
Hefty global grain supplies, competition for export business anchor prices
Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn rose on Friday, extending their recovery from three-year lows set last month, following an uneventful monthly supply/demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat sags to 3-1/2-year low
Corn, soy firm ahead of USDA data
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures ended mostly lower on Thursday with the benchmark contract Wv1 tumbling to a fresh 3-1/2-year low late in the session after China cancelled a purchase of U.S. wheat and Egypt scrapped an international purchase tender, traders said.
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