Glacier FarmMedia – A US$5-billion project close to the Canadian border will manufacture sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using low-value ag by-products and forest waste. DG Fuels, a U.S.-owned sustainable aviation fuel company (SAF), has chosen Moorhead, Minnesota — about a two-hour drive from the Manitoba border — for its new production facility. According to a […] Read more
Corn
McDonald’s to pay for feed efficient corn use
Glacier FarmMedia – A partnership between McDonald’s and Syngenta, which will start in the U.S., will pay beef producers to use corn expected to improve the feed efficiency of cattle. Syngenta’s Enogen trait produces corn that contains more alpha-amylase enzyme, creating more efficient breakdown of starch to sugars. Enogen corn feed is about five per […] Read more
Mechanical innovation helps keep up with genetic testing speed
Glacier FarmMedia – Seed companies are working on mechanical innovations to keep up with the speed of genetic technology change. Millions of data points are created by genome-level analysis. That data is then parsed by computers that often use artificial intelligence. The limit is now the physical world and the race is on to automate […] Read more
Billions at stake in Canada-U.S. agricultural trade
WINNIPEG — The federal government has done its homework. Following his first election as president in 2016, Donald Trump demanded that Canada and Mexico renegotiate the NAFTA free trade deal. Since then, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has assembled a boatload of data explaining why free trade is beneficial for farmers and the agri-food industry on […] Read more
Biofuel use makes big jump
SASKATOON — Biofuel consumption has surged following implementation of Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations, according to a new report. Ethanol consumption was up 13 per cent in 2023 to four billion litres per year, renewable diesel consumption more than doubled to 1.2 billion litres and biodiesel was up 14 per cent to 530 million litres. Related […] Read more
Tariff war might again roil oilseed markets
A report commissioned by the American Soybean Association and the U.S. National Corn Growers Association warns that a new trade war between the United States and China would cost American farmers while benefiting producers in Brazil and Argentina. See Sean Pratt’s story on the report here. President-elect Donald Trump says that when he takes office […] Read more
Grim outlook for new crop
SASKATOON — Analysts speaking at a recent GrainFox market outlook webinar must have left their rose-coloured glasses in the drawer at home. Their assessment of the 2024-25 grains and oilseeds market is bleak. Related stories: Dan Basse, president of AgResource Company, thinks the market highs are already in for the 2024 crop. He believes soybean […] Read more
Three tips for selecting the right hybrids
Glacier FarmMedia – Corn seed can be a big annual investment, so it’s important to choose the right hybrid mix. There are lessons to be learned from the heart of Canada’s corn country in rural Ontario. “The most yield potential a crop has is when the seed goes into the ground,” says Paul Sullivan, certified […] Read more
Canadian dollar shows weakness
The Loonie has suffered less than the euro, which has dropped by nearly three per cent since the U.S. election
The U.S. greenback has been on a tear since the election, with the nearby U.S. dollar index trading just over 106 points. This represents a three per cent gain in the U.S. dollar since pre-election lows. The dollar index is a trade-weighted basket of currencies and gives an indication of the strength of the U.S. […] Read more
Jet fuel mandate could harm feed markets
SASKATOON — A push to use ethanol to make jet fuel could have a profound impact on feed markets, says an analyst. “Increasingly there are initiatives that are coming into play that are starting to look at ethanol more seriously as a potential feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel,” Tim Worledge, editorial director of Fastmarkets, said […] Read more
