PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) – The European Commission cut its forecast for 2017-18 corn crop in the European Union by nearly 4 million tonnes to a five-year low, while raising projected imports of the grain to a record level. Usable production of corn was put at 58.4 million tonnes, compared with 62.1 million estimated a […] Read more
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EU slashes corn crop forecast, projects record imports
LIVESTOCK-Bargain buying strengthens CME live cattle futures
By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, July 27 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed steady to higher on Thursday, with support from bargain buying and futures’ discounts to initial cash prices, said traders. Investors bought deferred months and simultaneously sold August futures after digesting last Friday’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports. August ended […] Read more
Crop tour wrap – Drought slashes U.S. spring wheat yield prospects
By Julie Ingwersen FARGO, N.D., July 27 (Reuters) – Hot and dry weather during the growing season slashed yield prospects for U.S. hard red spring wheat to the lowest in nearly a decade, scouts on an annual crop tour said on Thursday. The Wheat Quality Council tour pegged the 2017 U.S. hard red spring wheat […] Read more
Drought slams Sask crop – report
Saskatchewan crops deteriorated again and fields are ripening quickly in dry conditions, according to the weekly Department of Agriculture crop report for July 24. The report issues crop conditions every two weeks and this report showed deterioration, particularly in durum and lentils, given their concentration in the south where the drought is most severe. The […] Read more
Crop futures higher Thurs. on dry weather
Crop futures on Thursday again regained some of the ground lost early this week, with support from warm, dry weather on the Canadian Prairies and a missed rain in the U.S. Midwest. The big rain forecasted for dry Iowa on Wednesday wound up farther south in Missouri. That should mean the Iowa crop will remain […] Read more
Farm show sets new attendance record
LANGHAM, Sask. — The Ag in Motion farm show near set a new attendance record of 25,787, up 53 percent from last year. There was also a drastic increase in exhibitor participation. “In the first year of the show we had 200 exhibitors, the second year we had 302 and this year we had 409,” […] Read more
Provinces balk at late participation in AgriStability
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Saskatchewan won’t give farmers the option to enrol in AgriStability after yearly deadlines, and Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart says other provinces will likely follow suit. The provision was one of the changes announced in the new five-year policy framework, now known as the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, after last week’s federal-provincial-territorial ministers’ […] Read more
Farm groups have lukewarm response to federal farm program changes
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The changes to AgriStability that were announced last week as part of the next policy framework have met with lukewarm response. Government officials were to hold a stakeholder briefing this week to explain changes to business risk management programs under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The changes take effect April 1, 2018, […] Read more
Rate of climate change ‘unprecedented’
BIG SKY, Mont. — People who are skeptical about climate change don’t particularly bother James Hurrell, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research based in Boulder, Colorado. He’s been doing climate research for 25 years and he’s heard most of what researchers and the public have to say on the topic. “It doesn’t drive […] Read more
Pulse group says label rules hinder marketing
VANCOUVER — Government regulations are preventing pulses from meeting their full market potential, says Pulse Canada. Chris Marinangeli, director of nutrition, science and regulatory affairs with the organization, said food labelling regulations in Canada and the United States are overly restrictive. Half a cup of black beans, chickpeas or lentils contains about nine grams of […] Read more
