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.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Red spring mixed, durum pushes up
Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were mixed during the week ended Mar. 31. Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canadian Western Amber Durum were lower, while there were increases Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat.
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.
Feed Grain Weekly: ‘A good time to secure pricing’
There has been some movement in feed grain prices across the Canadian Prairies during the week ended Apr. 3, particularly in Alberta. Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton chalked that up to factors such as road bans and the approach of spring seeding. She also noted a change in corn.
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.
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.
Alberta researcher blazes gene editing trail
AAFC launches gene edited wheat trials at Lethbridge research farm
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s only early spring, but things are already heating up in southern Alberta. Research scientist John Laurie has just planted the federal government’s first plots of gene-edited wheat at the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre. These lines are grown in a greenhouse after being successfully propagated in growth chambers. Laurie is excited for where his […] Read more
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.