Crop Management
(Reuters) — Vermont on Thursday became the first U.S. state to mandate labelling of foods made with genetically modified organisms as Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law that is widely expected to be challenged in court by some food and agriculture companies. The law, set to take effect July 1, 2016, would for the first […] Read more
Crop Management
Vermont becomes first U.S. state to mandate GMO labelling
Argentina soy crop increased to 55.5 MT
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentina is expected to produce 55.5 million tonnes of soy this season, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday, citing higher-than-expected yields as the reason for increasing its previous estimate of 54.5 million tonnes. Recent rains have slowed soybean collection, putting this year’s harvest progress 15.4 percent behind last year’s […] Read more
Seeding underway in Saskatchewan
Seeding has begun in Saskatchewan despite the wet, cool spring. The provincial agriculture ministry said in its first crop report of the season May 8 that two percent of the crop is in the ground in the southwest. Producers in the southeastern and west-central areas are just starting to seed, and most will be underway […] Read more
CFA joins group supporting PBR changes
Another high-profile organization has added its name to an ad hoc coalition of farm groups that supports amendments to Canada’s plant breeders’ rights legislation. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture announced May 7 that it has joined Partners in Innovation, an alliance that supports Ottawa’s plan to update PBR legislation and ratify a controversial international agreement […] Read more
Australian wheat season off to ‘fantastic’ start
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Heavy rains across Western Australia have provided near ideal wheat growing conditions, boosting the outlook for the world’s third-largest exporter after plantings on the east coast were helped by rains last month. Much of Western Australia, the country’s largest wheat producing state, will receive up to 50 mm of rain on Thursday, […] Read more
CF Industries adjusted profit falls with weaker nitrogen sales
(Reuters) — U.S. fertilizer producer CF Inådustries Holdings Inc. reported a big drop in adjusted quarterly profit on Wednesday as nitrogen sales fell during a colder than usual winter. Adjusted net earnings, excluding a one-time gain from the sale of CF’s phosphate business, fell to $247.5 million, or $4.51 per share, in the first quarter […] Read more
El Nino chances exceed 65 percent during summer: U.S. weather forecaster
NEW YORK (Reuters) — The chances have increased over the past month that the much-feared El Nino weather phenomenon may strike in the Northern Hemisphere during the remainder of the year, the federal U.S. forecaster said Thursday. In its monthly report, the Climate Prediction Center, an agency of the National Weather Service, upped the likelihood […] Read more
Rating soybeans based on region: heat units or day length?
Kevin Elmy planted soybeans June 15 last year, which was much later than normal on his farm. Elmy, an experienced bean grower from Saltcoats, Sask., knows that date is too late for soybeans, but he was conducting a plot experiment on his farm. Elmy seeded six varieties sold in Saskatchewan with similar company heat unit […] Read more
Advances change composition, expand uses for wallboard
It is hard to imagine anything exciting about wallboard. After all, it has been many years since much of the world settled on some type of wall paneling because of its ease of installation. Of course, it wasn’t always that easy to finish walls, and many decades ago there was really only one choice. Stud […] Read more
Informa cuts 2014 U.S. winter wheat crop forecast due to drought
CHICAGO (Reuters) — Informa Economics forecast 2014 U.S. winter wheat production at 1.496 billion bushels, down 120 million from its April forecast, citing poor hard red winter wheat conditions due to drought and spring-freeze damage, the private analytics firm said in a note to clients on Friday. The estimate reflects an average winter wheat yield […] Read more
