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In unpacking the United States Department of Agriculture’s perspective on the upcoming marketing year for U.S. stocks, it looks like nothing more than a goal post at the point in the marketing year with demand just as ambiguous. The USDA’s latest WASDE report pegs new crop corn ending stocks at 3.318 billion which was below… Read More

What effect will extreme cold temperatures have on early-season weed control? That’s a question University of Guelph, Ridgetown College weed scientist Dr. Peter Sikkema has been hearing a lot lately. With farm fields across Ontario being punished by extreme cold temperatures that have dropped to nighttime lows of minus 5 degrees C, many growers are… Read More

Winnipeg-based tractor and farm equipment manufacturer Buhler Industries is shutting down one of its production facilities in the northern U.S., citing “unpredictability in the agriculture commodities market” and fluctuations in the exchange rate as reasons for the closure. The company behind Versatile and Farm King equipment says it will cease operations in Fargo, North Dakota,… Read More

It’s time for another Agronomy Monday episode! On today’s show, you’ll hear: Horst Bohner, soybean specialist for Ontario, on planting soybeans in the east; Bryce Rampton of Syngenta, on planting soybeans with a western Canadian perspective; Bethany Wyatt, senior technical service specialist with BASF, on why you need to be thinking about rolling your pulse… Read More

 

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