A field of pennycress (stinkweed) in full flower. Photo: Steve Cermak

Company seeks stinkweed acres in the U.S.

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Kevin Cook wants farmers to grow more weeds. He is the vice-president of breeding at CoverCress Inc., a company that has successfully converted stinkweed, also known as pennycress, into a viable winter oilseed cover crop. The initial target market will be the central United States but it could eventually make its way north to Western […] Read more









Argentina farm exports halved in 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minute Argentine farm exports totalled about US$19.7 billion in 2023, data from the country’s major oilseeds crushing and export body show. That is a 51 per cent drop from the previous year, largely because bad weather reduced agricultural output.  December data from industry body CIARA-CEC showed in a monthly report that companies in the sector exported […] Read more

StoneX slashes Brazil soy outlook 

StoneX slashes Brazil soy outlook 

Reading Time: 2 minutes Agribusiness consultancy StoneX on Jan. 2 cut its estimate for Brazil’s soybean crop in 2023-24 due to lack of rain in key farmlands. It now forecasts a 152.8 million tonne harvest, down from its previous estimate of 161.9 million tonnes.  The cut means StoneX no longer forecasts a record crop in Brazil, the world’s largest […] Read more