Insights and Stories of Marney Blunt

Aug. 6, 2014 at 4:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed higher on the week ending Wednesday, closing at US$3.6325 a bushel for September contracts. “You could probably go back about a month now and look at wheat charts and the corn charts and we’ve been doing a good […]

By Marney Blunt

Jul. 23, 2014 at 11:52 am CDT

CNS — Feed grain prices are above milling prices in some areas of Western Canada right now due to complicated travel logistics and patient farmers, says an industry analyst. “Just in general right now, farmers aren’t really big sellers of crop,” said Charlie Pearson, a provincial crops market analyst at […]

By Marney Blunt

Jul. 14, 2014 at 5:17 am CDT

CNS Canada — Excessive moisture in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan has caused flooding and complications not only for farmers on the ground, but also for the aerial spraying industry. “We’re busy here every year at this time, but there is increased demand for the airplanes because the ground sprayers are […]

By Marney Blunt

Jul. 11, 2014 at 11:33 am CDT

CNS Canada — While many crops in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are considered a write-off this year due to excessive precipitation and flooding, winter wheat is sitting in an area of uncertainty. “We’re not doing worse than anybody else, let’s put it that way,” said Jake Davidson, executive director of […]

By Marney Blunt

Jul. 10, 2014 at 6:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canadian mustard acreage is at a high right now, and the crop has avoided the bulk of the damage from the excessive precipitation in the past few weeks — but a late start may still impact crop yields. The seeded acreage report released June 27 by Statistics […]

By Marney Blunt