China's drive to boost grain production has entered a bottleneck where it is difficult to increase production further, state media reported on Monday, as Beijing launched a new drive to raise domestic output by 50 million metric tons by 2030.
China’s drive to boost grain production hits bottleneck, state media says
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions, weather worries
U.S. wheat futures spiked to a one-month high on Friday as the market was unsettled by spring weather risks in the northern hemisphere and renewed tensions in the Black Sea.
Calls to eliminate the carbon tax grow after the April 1 increase
Opposition to the federal price on pollution ramped up last week as several premiers called for a meeting with the prime minister to discuss the issue.
World food prices rebound from three-year low, says UN agency
World food prices rebounded in March from a three-year low, boosted by increases in vegetable oils, meat and dairy products, according to the United Nations food agency's latest price index.
U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak US export sales, lower soyoil prices
Soybeans dropped on Thursday following lower-than-expected weekly export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), seasonally rising supplies from the South American harvest and falling soyoil prices.
U.S. grains: Technical buying lifts grains, soy as US Midwest planting season nears
U.S. corn futures rose on Wednesday on technical buying and short covering that lifted prices from Tuesday's one-month lows as traders assessed Midwestern weather conditions before the spring planting season.
ICE Weekly: More room to the upside for canola
After the May contract on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) fell to its lowest level in two-and-a-half weeks, at C$615.70 per tonne on March 28, it jumped to rise above C$645 on April 2. However, the contract closed C$10 below their daily highs on both April 2 and 3.
Spring wheat futures find support, soybeans/corn rangebound
After hitting their softest levels in three years, the Minneapolis spring wheat market uncovered some support on April 3, although all the spring-seeded U.S. crops could hold rangebound through the planting season.
U.S. grains: Corn down as Midwest outlook seen boosting spring planting
U.S. corn futures dropped on Tuesday on forecasts for good spring planting weather, easing concerns about a lower-than-expected acreage outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week.
Australian canola a ‘thorn in our side’
The country has become a major competitive threat to Canada's canola sector, helping reduce exports to most markets
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Canada is facing stiff competition from Australia in many canola export markets. “They’re here to stay,” said Jarrett Beatty, an exporter with Parrish & Heimbecker, during the Canola Council of Canada’s Canola Utilization Forum earlier this year. “Unless they have an environmental issue, they’re going to continue to be a bit of […] Read more