Officials confirmed Friday that the animal identified in a recent BSE case in Alberta shares a birth farm with an animal from a 2010 case. It’s the first time Canada has seen a repeat case involving the same birth farm. Earlier this month, a cow born in 2009 that died on a farm near Spruce […] Read more
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Argentina holds soy market wildcard
PHOENIX, Az. — Argentina’s stockpile of old crop is the big wildcard in the soybean market, says Mark Gold, owner of Top Third Ag Marketing. “One of my very good friends is probably one of the greatest traders in the world and he believes we are going to see Argentina release a lot of beans […] Read more
New crop November canola gains $10 on week
A big jump in soy oil prices helped lift most canola futures higher Friday, allowing the May contract to post a $3.20 gain on the week. Most-traded May closed at $469.30 a tonne, up 0.7 percent on the week. March, which is in its delivery period, closed at $461.30, down $8.80 on the week. But […] Read more
Updated: Should insecticidal seed treatments be used as crop health products?
There is little doubt that insecticidal seed treatments enhance early season plant development and root growth, says a University of Guelph field crop pest specialist. Nonetheless, the larger question is more difficult to answer: is it acceptable for farmers to use insecticides as crop health products? “It’s a very complicated issue,” Art Scaafsma said in […] Read more
Environmental group sues U.S. EPA over monarch butterfly demise
(Reuters) — An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting the dangers of a widely used herbicide on the declining monarch butterfly population. The Natural Resources Defense Council filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency in U.S. District Court in New York. The suit claimed the agency has failed to […] Read more
Monsanto says GM corn trial in final stage in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — Monsanto’s Indian subsidiary expects to submit final trial results for its genetically modified corn to lawmakers within a year for the government to then decide on a commercial launch, the company’s country head said on Friday. India does not currently allow the growing of GM food crops, but the government of […] Read more
Brazil poultry, pork producers unable to fill some export orders
SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Brazilian poultry and pork producers are struggling to fill export orders after 10 days of road blockages caused by protesting truck drivers in Brazil, the president of Abpa industry group, Francisco Turra, told Reuters on Friday. The truckers strike has caused 60 pork and poultry plants to close temporarily and reduced […] Read more
Sask. crop insurance to treat unseeded acres separately
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. is changing the way it protects farmers against unseeded acreage losses. Producers who buy crop insurance this year will be required to pay a separate premium for unseeded acreage coverage. Unseeded acreage was previously included in the premiums for regular crop insurance but will now appear as a separate line item […] Read more
GrainCorp says earnings likely to fall to five-year low
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Australia’s GrainCorp Ltd. said on Friday its 2015 full-year earnings are expected to hit a five-year low as drought along the east coast curbs grain production, knocking its shares lower. The country’s largest bulk grain handler updated investors on its outlook in the wake of a prolonged dry spell that has wilted […] Read more
Canadian farmers store fertilizer to fight dealers’ pricing power
WINNIPEG (Reuters) — Canadian farmers are plowing profits from bumper crops into fertilizer storage facilities to mitigate the pricing power held by major retailers and producers. Having their own storage lets farmers buy nutrients more cheaply during the off-season and creates fewer transport bottlenecks in the spring planting season. Over time, the practice might erode […] Read more
