Glacier FarmMedia – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first severe human case of H5N1 bird flu on Dec. 18, after a patient from Louisiana was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. The CDC said partial viral genome data from the patient discovered the virus was part of the D1.1 genotype, the […] Read more
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Southern Hemisphere pressures wheat market
Increased wheat production in Argentina and Australia is expected to make 9.15 million more tonnes available for export
The wheat market continues to struggle, despite some positive news from the Black Sea region. Russia has announced a large drop in its wheat export potential by reducing the February through June export limit to 11 million tonnes. This is down 18 million tonnes from last year during the same period. The Russian government also […] Read more
Canola, wheat harvest estimates slip
Latest Statistics Canada report shows downward revisions in both crops from the August report
Glacier FarmMedia – MarketsFarm – Hot and dry weather saw crop conditions decline across much of Western Canada over the past month, with the latest model-based production estimates from Statistics Canada showing downward revisions in both canola and wheat production from the August report. Canadian canola production for 2024-25 was forecast at 18.98 million tonnes […] Read more
U.S. finds non-animal exposure bird flu
Glacier FarmMedia – Missouri’s department of health and senior services says a person hospitalized with bird flu was the first human case detected in the United States without known animal exposure. The person, who also had underlying medical conditions, was sent to hospital on Aug. 22 and later tested positive with the H5 avian influenza […] Read more
Bird flu unlikely spread by air: study
Avian flu remains a worldwide concern heading into the heat of the Northern Hemisphere summer, although a recent study shows the strain hitting dairy herds in the United States is not easily transmitted through the air. The experiment led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison showed ferrets infected with a sample of the H5N1 […] Read more
Thunder Bay grain volume up
Glacier FarmMedia – MARKETSFARM — Grain shipments out of the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of average through the first few weeks of the 2024 shipping season. After opening in late March, grain shipments through the end of April of about 1.14 million tonnes were up by 25 per cent from the […] Read more
Sustainable aviation fuel funded in Man.
WINNIPEG (MarketsFarm) — The Manitoba government signed an agreement Dec. 19 to provide $2.9 million over two years to Azure Sustainable Fuel Corp. for its front-end engineering design study toward sustainable aviation fuel. “The agriculture sector plays an important role in creating sustainable decarbonization solutions that add value to Manitoba by growing revenue and employment. […] Read more
Lentil carryout to be tight
WINNIPEG (MarketsFarm) — Lentil stocks are forecast to be extremely tight by the close of the 2023-24 marketing year, which should keep prices well supported despite expectations for fewer exports. Updated supply-demand estimates from Agriculture Canada pegged lentil carryout for the current crop year at only 50,000 tonnes, which would be a third of the […] Read more
Global crop projections increased
WINNIPEG (MarketsFarm) — The International Grains Council has raised its projections for worldwide wheat, corn and soybean production in 2023-24. The projects include better-than-expected corn yields in the United States and larger Black Sea wheat crops. Total world wheat production in 2023-24 was pegged at 787 million tonnes by the IGC, which would be up […] Read more
Canadian pea exports start crop year strong
Pea sales have been solid in the first two months of 2023-24, but lentil exports are down so far from last year
Canadian pea exports are running at a solid pace through the first two months of the 2023-24 marketing year, despite the smaller production, as exports of newly harvested supplies in September nearly quadrupled what moved the previous month. Canada exported 440,085 tonnes of peas in September, which was up from only 99,645 tonnes the previous […] Read more
