Weather News
Field monitoring systems to cast wider Canadian net
December 11, 2019
Farmers will soon get a new entry point in the Internet of Things (IoT) as a new company brings field monitoring tools and services to the Canadian market. Austrian tech firm Pessl Instruments and Winnipeg-based Glacier FarmMedia, the owner of this website, on Wednesday announced a new joint venture, Metos […]
Today’s precipitation
December 11, 2019
Data from weather stations across the Prairies are available to Glacier FarmMedia members at the WeatherFarm website, where you can also sign up for a daily forecast email for your area. On the go? Get the WeatherFarm mobile app, available for iPhone and Android devices. To learn more about the CoCoRaHS system […]
StatsCan shows corn, soy output down across board
December 10, 2019
Despite increases in Ontario’s harvested acres for both soybeans and corn, the province’s production of both crops in 2019 followed the rest of Canada’s lower in Statistics Canada’s latest estimates. StatsCan’s November estimates for production of principal field crops, released Friday, dropped Canada’s production of soybeans to six million tonnes, […]
County of Grande Prairie declares agricultural disaster
November 14, 2019
Councillors with the County of Grande Prairie have declared an agricultural disaster in the region, marking what is considered to be a fourth straight year of difficult conditions. Several factors, including wet conditions that delayed seeding last spring, excessive rainfall, and cool weather have slowed production and have led to poor crop quality, the county […] Read more
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Almost half of Alberta’s sugar beet crop is lost
November 14, 2019
About 45 percent of Alberta’s 2019 sugar beet crop will not be harvested. It means about 12,600 of the 28,000 contracted acres are lost to producers and lost to Lantic Sugar, the processor that operates the sugar factory in Taber, Alta. “It’s hard to take,” said Alberta Sugar Beet Growers President Arnie Bergen-Henengouwen. “It’s been […] Read more
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Manitoba, N.D. farmers still combining soybeans
November 14, 2019
After weeks of minimal progress, farmers in Manitoba and North Dakota are getting soybeans in the bin. In the first week of November, 75-80 percent of the soybeans were harvested in Manitoba. That’s behind the three-year average of 94 percent, but much better than the third week of October, when only 25 percent of soybeans […] Read more
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Ag News
ICE weekly outlook: Canola values could fall further
December 11, 2019
MarketsFarm — Although canola has continued to be rangebound, one analyst believes prices are due for a downward shift toward the low end of the spectrum. “Gravity is going to pull it back down to the low end of the range, and $10-$15 [per tonne] wouldn’t be surprising,” said David […]
Opposition MPs could delay CUSMA deal’s ratification
December 11, 2019
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s two main opposition parties on Wednesday suggested they could move to delay ratification of a new continental trade pact, accusing the Liberal government of botching revisions to the treaty. Such a move would embarrass Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has vowed that Parliament will quickly […]
U.S. grains: Profit-taking pressures soybeans
December 11, 2019
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors took profits after six days in a row of price increases, while wheat and corn sank on technical selling. Traders shrugged off news of the largest soybean sale to China in more than eight months, in the absence […]
Canola futures end down on U.S. soy weakness, long liquidation
December 11, 2019
(Reuters) – ICE canola futures fell more than one percent on Wednesday on spillover weakness from allied U.S. soy futures along with long liquidation by speculators and lackluster export demand, traders said. A firmer Canadian dollar added to bearish sentiment, making Canadian products less competitive on the global market. January canola settled down $5.30 at $453.50 per tonne, while […] Read more
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Canola futures mixed as holidays approach
December 10, 2019
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (Reuters) – ICE canola futures finished mixed on Tuesday, with the day’s volume dominated by spread trading as investors rolled January contract positions forward ahead of an expected slowdown in trading during the upcoming year-end holidays. Rising soybean and palm oil prices provided underlying support to canola, as did solid demand from canola exporters and domestic crushers. Commercial […] Read more
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Canola futures up for third straight session
December 9, 2019
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (Reuters) – ICE canola futures rose on Monday for a third straight session, boosted by gains in soyoil and palm oil. * Canola is also helped by Friday’s Statistics Canada report that estimated a much smaller Canadian canola harvest than expected, although diminished Chinese buying amid a diplomatic dispute limits demand, a trader said. * Statistics Canada pegged the […] Read more
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