ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Third quarter sales at Swiss agricultural chemicals group Syngenta AG fell by more than expected as the weak currency in Brazil, its second-largest market, eroded the value of overseas business. The company is under pressure to boost shareholder returns after fending off a $47 billion takeover approach from U.S. seeds rival Monsanto […] Read more
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Syngenta sales fall 12 percent on Brazil weakness
Cattle futures rise on higher cash outlook
By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Wednesday, supported by rising wholesale beef values that could help strengthen cash prices as early as Thursday, traders said. Spot October closed 1.325 cents per pound higher at 133.750 cents, and December up 0.225 cent to 137.425. Wednesday afternoon’s […] Read more
Port crop price weekly update
Here is a list of port prices compiled by Agriculture Canada. The summary is for information only. The prices are believed to be accurate but are not endorsed by the government of Canada. The “Indicator Price” is collected from the International Grains Council and industry and represents a sample of FOB asking prices for export. […] Read more
Canola flirts with $480 but closes lower
November canola futures broke through the $480 a tonne mark on Wednesday morning but were unable to maintain the strength and they closed lower. November settled down $2.40 at $476.10. The early strength triggered profit taking and some hedge selling as more farmers delivered grain to elevators. Falling soybeans also weighed on Canola. Soybeans fell […] Read more
Friends rally around family of sisters killed in Alta. farm accident
Family and friends are joining to help a grieving family cope with the loss of three sisters in a farming accident near Withrow, Alta. In a statement, the Bott family said it doesn’t regret raising their children on the family farm. “We do not regret raising and involving our kids Catie, 13, Dara, 11, and […] Read more
High winds damage canola swaths
High winds over the Thanksgiving weekend rolled swaths across fields and toppled grain bins. Winds blew into Alberta late Saturday and continued into Saskatchewan and Manitoba over the following two days knowing out power lines and creating havoc across the Prairies. Shannon Friesen, cropping management specialist said the high winds rolled crops around, shelled standing […] Read more
Indian drought bonanza for Canadian pulse growers
WINNIPEG /MUMBAI (Reuters) — Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease toward the end of the year, but a recent dry spell in distant India, the world’s top producer and consumer, is driving them up. Back-to-back drought years for the first time in three decades has eroded India’s output of pulses and boosted imports. Global prices […] Read more
Farm accident claims three sisters
Three sisters have died from a farming accident near Rocky Mountain House. According to RCMP, the three girls were playing in a truck of canola when they were buried and suffocated by the seed. RCMP and emergency crews were called to the farm near Withrow, Alta., just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Adults at the […] Read more
USDA awards first manufacturing contracts for bird flu vaccine stockpile
CHICAGO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it has awarded contracts to two drug companies to manufacture doses of avian influenza vaccine for poultry, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus later this year. The two contracted firms – Iowa-based Harrisvaccines, and France-based Ceva […] Read more
(Three) Alberta girls killed in farm accident – (Revised)
Three (Two reported earlier) Alberta girls are dead and one in hospital after being engulfed in canola on an Alberta farm near Rocky Mountain House. Children were reported, by RCMP, to have been playing in a truckload of canola when they were buried. The accident happened on a farm at Withrow, Alta., Tuesday evening. RCMP […] Read more
