Crop Management
Improved agronomy | How to increase yields for the world’s wheat crops
Good science and a little water go a long way toward understanding wheat yields. “It seems like it should be a mystery, how this little seed can know when it is the right time to launch into producing a great big plant, and with nothing more than what is packed into that little, tiny package […] Read more
Crop Management
U.S. corn shipments to China continue despite GMO dispute
(Reuters) — U.S. exporters continue to ship large volumes of corn to China despite a heightened risk that Chinese quarantine authorities may reject them for containing an unapproved genetically modified variety, government data on Thursday showed. Exporters shipped 370,700 tonnes of corn to China in the week ended Dec. 5, about 38 percent of all […] Read more
US Senators introduce bill to eliminate corn ethanol mandate
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – A group of 10 U.S. Senators introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate, arguing that current law raises the cost of food and animal feed and damages the environment. The bill, introduced by Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat; Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican; and eight […] Read more
US ethanol profit margins hit records even as biofuels cut looms
CHICAGO, Dec 11 (Reuters) – U.S. ethanol markers are seeing their best profit margins in more than five years on strong demand for the biofuel and cheap corn despite a looming reduction to the federal biofuels program, analysts and traders said on Wednesday. The price of corn, the main feedstock used to produced ethanol in […] Read more
China rejects more U.S.corn amid rising trade conflict
BEIJING, Dec 11 (Reuters) – China has blocked the entry of another U.S. corn cargo, and three more may be turned away, after tests found a strain of unapproved genetically-modified (GMO) corn. But some believe the rejection may have been prompted by other trade disputes between the two countries. The latest cargo of 59,100 tonnes […] Read more
Asian importers take GMO corn rejected by China
HAMBURG, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Large volumes of U.S. corn rejected by China in a dispute about unapproved genetically-modified organisms (GMO) are being rapidly switched to other Asian importers, sometimes with price cuts, European traders said on Wednesday. “Sellers are switching the destination of the rejected U.S. corn to other Asian countries and some deals […] Read more
Monsanto deal with Novozymes aims to accelerate new crop products
(Reuters) — Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, said Tuesday that a deal with Danish company Novozymes to form a long-term research and development alliance should accelerate the release of microbial-based products designed to improve crop production. The news helped to lightly lift shares in St. Louis-based Monsanto, and analysts said while the biological […] Read more
Brazil sees record soy crop, raises wheat outlook
SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government crop supply agency forecast record soybean output of 90.03 million tonnes on Tuesday, near the top of its previous forecast of 87.9 million to 90.2 million tonnes, as farmers finish planting new fields. If confirmed, the crop would surpass last season’s record 81.5 million tonnes by 10.5 […] Read more
Novozymes And Monsanto form microbial alliance
COPENHAGEN, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Novozymes A/S and U.S.-based Monsanto Co have entered into a long-term alliance to boost research and commercialisation of microbial products for agriculture, the Danish company said in a statement on Tuesday. Monsanto will pay Novozymes an aggregate upfront sum of $300 million net. “Today, we forge a game-changing alliance […] Read more
Hemp industry wants to be deregulated
Canada’s hemp industry is asking the federal government to modernize its regulations so that the crop is treated the same as canola, wheat or any other crop. “It is time for the Canadian government to release the unnecessary regulatory burden on industrial hemp and allow this important crop to flourish,” said Russ Crawford, president of […] Read more
