Crop Management
This type of network can overcome the challenges of monitoring the environment and infrastructure in rural locations
The technical and financial barriers to entry of smart farming have decreased drastically over the past few years. Smart farming refers to managing farms with modern information and communication technologies, which can provide efficiency gains for farmers. A major component of a smart farm is monitoring the environment and infrastructure, but this can be challenging […] Read more
Crop Management
Former academic takes no-nonsense approach to soil
I first met Les Henry in December 2018 at a conference where I unknowingly sat next to him and another gentleman. After listening to their conversation for several minutes I knew I wanted to be friends. I had read the well-known Henry’s Handbook of Soil and Water in university and often heard my dad spouting […] Read more
Chinese soy crushers set to add to ballooning soyoil inventories
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Soyoil inventories in China look set to build up further from already-high levels, denting prices even more, as the world’s largest soybean crushing sector cranks back up following coronavirus-led cutbacks last month, traders and analysts said. China’s stocks of soybean oil have climbed 50 percent this year as edible oil consumption slowed […] Read more
India’s rapeseed output could rise, cut vegoil imports
JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – Rapeseed output in India, the world’s biggest importer of vegetable oils, is likely to rise five percent this year as favourable weather boosted yields of the winter-sown oilseed, a leading trade body said on Wednesday. Production is expected to stand at 7.8 million tonnes in the crop year to June 2020, […] Read more
Russia, Ukraine look for rain as spring grains sowing starts
MOSCOW/KIEV, (Reuters) – Farmers in Russia and Ukraine are looking for rains in the coming weeks as they start spring grain sowing earlier than usual after warm and dry winter, analysts and officials said. Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan compete for supplies mainly via the Black Sea ports to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Their […] Read more
China to reach 2020 grain targets despite coronavirus outbreak – ministry
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China can attain this year’s grain targets despite a coronavirus outbreak, agriculture officials said on Thursday, adding that a recovery of the pig herd was also on track. More than half of China’s grain area is planted in the spring, Pan Wenbo, director of planting administration at the Ministry of Agriculture and […] Read more
Bayer’s top seed faces U.S. soybean challenge from Corteva
CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (Reuters) – Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto has been beset by problems, and now a decades-long dominance of the $4 billion U.S. soybean seed market is under threat from rival Corteva Inc. Bayer told Reuters it expects plantings of its genetically modified Xtend soybean seeds to flatline this year for the first time, […] Read more
USDA to boost funds for biofuel infrastructure
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department will make available up to $100 million in grants to expand the infrastructure needed to sell more ethanol, biodiesel and other renewable fuels, the agency announced on Friday. Last year the Trump administration, seeking to win over farmers, lifted restrictions on the sale of gasoline containing up […] Read more
Yellow mustard bids solid
Winnipeg, (MarketsFarm) – Yellow mustard bids remain solid in Western Canada, which should encourage acres this spring. “Yellow mustard started firming up after harvest,” said Walter Dyck, of Olds Products. Poor conditions and quality concerns in the fall provided some of the support then, with top end bids still holding around 40 cents per pound. […] Read more
Chances of flooding in Manitoba depends on weather, spring thaw
WINNIPEG, Feb. 28 (MarketsFarm) – As winter comes to an end, the Manitoba government issued its spring thaw forecast of 2020, with high water levels coming for the Red River. That’s due to significant soil moisture levels left over from the fall and above normal snow levels in the river’s United States watershed. “Our focus […] Read more
