Crops
CNS Canada — Tight European supplies of high-quality durum are boosting North American prices for the grain — but there are also quality issues with the Canadian and U.S. crops limiting how much durum will actually be sold at those stronger prices. “There is a very large durum program to northern Europe this year,” said […] Read more
Tighter supplies of higher-quality durum boosting bids
Yara finance chief to lead CF merger talks after CEO fired
Oslo | Reuters — Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara International has fired its CEO Joergen Ole Haslestad, saying he was unsuitable to lead merger talks with Chicago-based CF Industries — talks which would continue under its finance chief. Yara and CF said last month they were in early-stage talks about a “merger of equals” that would […] Read more
U.S. foods labeled ‘natural’ often contain GMOs, group reports
Reuters — A majority of U.S. packaged foods labeled as “natural” and tested by Consumer Reports actually contained a substantial level of genetically modified ingredients, according to a report issued Tuesday by the non-profit product testing group. Consumers are being misled by the “natural” label, said Urvashi Rangan, executive director of Consumer Reports Food Safety […] Read more
November canola back above 30-day average
CNS Canada –– A record-large U.S. soybean crop remains a bearish anchor on Canadian canola futures — but recent activity has shifted some technical indicators higher. The November canola contract on ICE Futures Canada has held consistently below the 30-day moving average since May, but finally settled above that line on Monday. The 30-day moving […] Read more
Former N.B. fisheries minister now also ag minister
A former New Brunswick fisheries minister is now responsible for agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and three other portfolios as Premier Brian Gallant’s new cabinet takes office. Gallant, whose Liberals defeated David Alward’s Tory government in the province’s Sept. 22 general election, on Tuesday named Rick Doucet as his minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Doucet, the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn extend winning streaks
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat and corn futures rose for the fifth straight day on Tuesday, with short-covering and technical buying in focus as investors scrambled to stake out positions ahead of a key government report, traders said. Soybeans closed lower, pressured by profit-taking after posting early gains and some commercial hedging as farmers […] Read more
Clubroot control strategies
The dos and dont's of clubroot
Reading Time: 2 minutes By now it’s clear. Some control strategies work. Others, says agronomist Dan Orchard, just don’t. Pulling plants from dead patches at the end of the season and looking for the disease certainly worked. But it would have worked even better if the recommendation, right from the start, had been to pull plants and check the […] Read more
CTA rejects Canola Growers’ rail service complaint as vague
Canada’s transportation dispute resolution agency has tossed a complaint over rail service to Prairie grain handlers as too vague and lacking in “supporting facts.” The complaint to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), filed in May by the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA), was dismissed in an agency ruling released last week. The dismissal “is a […] Read more
Freeze hits U.S. northern crops, rains to slow southern harvest
Chicago | Reuters — A weekend freeze across the northern Plains and upper U.S. Midwest likely hurt immature corn and soybean plants, reducing crop quality more than yields, agricultural meteorologists said Monday. Morning weekend lows in the Dakotas, Minnesota, northern Iowa and Nebraska ranged from the mid-20s to low 30s F. The chilliest temperatures were […] Read more
U.S. farmers latest to sue Syngenta over corn China rejected
Chicago | Reuters — Farmers from the biggest U.S. corn-growing states have sued Syngenta over sales of genetically modified corn seed not approved by China, joining global exporters in pursuing damages from the Swiss-based company. In coordinated lawsuits filed on Friday in federal courts in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, farmers accused Syngenta of […] Read more