By Mark Weinraub WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) – U.S. production of spring wheat will fall to a 15-year low, the government said on Wednesday, as crop development in top production state North Dakota has been crippled by searing heat and scant rains throughout June and July. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also raised its corn […] Read more
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USDA sees spring wheat at 15-year low; raises corn,
Crop futures little changed Tuesday, USDA report tomorrow
Most crop markets closed little changed on Tuesday although canola edged lower. Many crop futures were lower through most of the morning on profit taking following strong gains on Monday. But late in trade the trend turned up again allowing a mostly neutral close with changes only a few pennies per bushel up or down. […] Read more
Power line upsets Sask. farmer
A farmer from Wadena, Sask., wants SaskPower to reconsider the route for a proposed three-phase power line that will affect his operation. Chad Haskey said the new Viterra facility at Wadena requires the service, but the corporation has chosen an indirect route that divides his farm and puts his plans for an airstrip in jeopardy. […] Read more
India court suspends ban on trade in cattle for slaughter
NEW DELHI, July 11 (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a boost for the multi-billion dollar beef and leather industries mostly run by members of the Muslim minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government in May decreed that markets could only trade […] Read more
Weather stress drives crop prices higher Monday
Canola futures rose about 2.5 percent and spring wheat jumped more than four percent as crop-stressing weather again moved to the forefront of traders’ attention. September corn and soybeans rallied almost 2.7 percent. Corn and November canola were the highest in a year. The forecast for heat in the western corn belt as the crop […] Read more
Fire bans instituted in southern Alberta
Fire bans and restrictions are in place for much of southern Alberta amid pervasive hot, dry weather. The provincial government issued fire restrictions July 7 for the Calgary Forest Area, the region south from the Red Deer River, along the Rockies and foothills to the northern boundary of Waterton Lakes National park. Open fires are […] Read more
Large number of cattle die in Sask. pasture
More than 200 cows and calves have been found dead in a former PFRA pasture in southwestern Saskatchewan. Some of the cattle were found dead in a dugout on the Shamrock pasture north of Gravelbourg and south of Chaplin Lake. The province, which owns the pasture but leases it to a patron co-op, is expected […] Read more
B.C. forest fires threaten cattle
A provincial state of emergency has been declared in British Columbia, where more than 200 forest fires are raging. About 10,000 people have been evacuated and emergency plans are underway to protect livestock. “There are a lot of cattle and a lot of range that we know is being affected. We know that we have […] Read more
Two U.S. states ban dicamba weed killer after drift complaints
July 7 (Reuters) – Missouri joined Arkansas on Friday in banning the use and sale of the herbicide dicamba after a rise in complaints that the agricultural chemical is drifting into neighbouring fields and damaging crops, the states agriculture departments said on Friday. Dicamba use and complaints about its use have spiked in the past […] Read more
Preparations for #AIM17 underway
The Ag In Motion gates won’t open to the public for two weeks, but The Western Producer snuck in for a sneak peak! Here are a few pics from the #aim17 site today! pic.twitter.com/vm4g8YxfII — Robin Booker (@CDNag) July 7, 2017 Mike Raine talks to DEKALB’s Connor Sierens about the company’s crop plots: This is […] Read more
