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Crops, Markets, Markets/Business

Trade jitters dominate corn, soybean markets

Major players in crop markets are now taking trade disruption potential seriously

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The grain and oilseed futures markets are digesting the trade war between Washington and Beijing. In part because of retaliation to the first round of U.S. tariffs, China will impose a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. soybeans and other agriculture products starting on July 6. President Donald Trump gave the approval to draw up […] Read more
Crops

Southern Saskatchewan dry, but Prairies mostly OK for now

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CNS Canada — Dry conditions in southern Saskatchewan are cause for vigilance, but rain could still pull out a healthy harvest, according to a provincial soil and nutrient specialist. The area of concern lies within a triangle shape, with the northern tip at Saskatoon, one arm stretching southeast to Weyburn, Estevan and the U.S. border, […] Read more
Crops

Western Prairies see low yields as harvest ramps up

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CNS Canada –– This summer’s erratic weather has taken its toll on plant development in Alberta and parts of western Saskatchewan, according to crop-watchers in those areas. “We have heard that dry conditions have caused plants (peas) to slough off or have the tillers dry off and have lost those heads,” said Barry Yaremcio at […] Read more
Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit

Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit

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(Reuters) – Two days of rainstorms in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, may have done more harm to crops than good, even though farms were parched, a Saskatchewan government official said on Wednesday. Much of the province received rain on Monday and Tuesday, with the capital, Regina, collecting about 90 millimetres (3.5 inches), […] Read more
Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures
Crops, Markets

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Light rains sprinkled Western Canada’s crops and pastures during the weekend, but amounts fell well short of what’s needed to remedy dry conditions that have stunted growth, analysts said Monday. Rains were scattered across the Prairies and similar light amounts are expected during the next two weeks, Commodity Weather Group said […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Larger Canadian wheat, canola crops beat expectations

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CNS Canada — Canada’s 2014-15 wheat and canola crops both ended up considerably larger than early guesses, according to updated production estimates released Thursday by Statistics Canada. Production, however, was still well below the record levels seen the previous year. After the canola crop was pegged at 14.08 million tonnes in StatsCan’s October report, average […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Upward revisions expected in StatsCan report

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CNS Canada –– Canada’s major agricultural crops likely yielded a bit better than earlier estimates, and most industry participants anticipate Statistics Canada’s production numbers will be revised higher in a report due out Thursday. However, the extent of those adjustments could be limited. “The (production) numbers will probably go up for all commodities… wheat, durum, […] Read more
Crops, Markets

EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

Brussels | Reuters — EU politicians on Tuesday backed a plan to allow nations to ban genetically modified crops on their soil even if they are given approval to be grown in the European Union, raising the chance their use will remain limited on the continent. Widely grown in the Americas and Asia, GM crops […] Read more
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GMO battles over ‘settled’ science spur new study of crops

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Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, and its brethren of global biotech crop developers are spreading the word that as far as the safety of their genetically modified grain goes, the science is solidly on their side. The message of “settled” science has become the rallying cry for defenders of the crops and […] Read more

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