FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) — Bayer beat first-quarter analyst forecasts as it reported a slight drop in adjusted earnings lat week, providing a respite for chief executive officer Bill Anderson’s turnaround efforts. The company also lowered its full-year earnings outlook, citing negative currency effects, but retained its operating forecast. The company’s quarterly earnings before interest, taxes, […] Read more
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FCC board chair re-appointed
Jane Halford has been re-appointed chair of Farm Credit Canada. She has expertise in the accounting industry as well as in governance, and has served on several boards within Canada’s agriculture sector. Halford has been an FCC board member since December 2014 and was appointed to her first term as chair in April 2020. The re-appointment is […] Read more
Plant-based food comeback?
WINNIPEG — The stock chart for Beyond Meat Inc. is not a happy story. In October 2020, Beyond Meat was trading around US$190 per share. This winter and spring the stock was $7 to $9 per share, which means the California company is now worth about $500 million. That’s down from $12 billion in 2020. […] Read more
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Fusarium risk maps available New Prairie-wide fusarium head blight risk maps are now available to producers. The tool provides assessment of fusarium head blight index, fusarium damaged kernels and deoxynivalenol (DON) risk levels in spring wheat, winter wheat, barley and durum based on weather conditions. These maps were created as part of a three-year research […] Read more
VIDEO: World Seed Congress addresses global supply chain challenges
Glacier FarmMedia – Glacier FarmMedia’s John Greig is at the World Seed Congress in the Netherlands. Watch for his daily updates here and further coverage in Glacier FarmMedia’s publications and websites. The World Seed Congress is on in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a discussion of the major issues facing the seed and crops sector. Related story from this event: VIDEO: […] Read more
U.S. funds virus prevention effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The American government will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among dairy cows in its latest bid to contain outbreaks that have fuelled concerns about human infections. The virus has been detected among dairy cattle in nine states since late March. Scientists have said they believe the […] Read more
Bird flu tests do not find virus in Canadian milk
Glacier FarmMedia – It’s so far, so good when it comes to Canada’s milk testing for bird flu because all samples have tested negative so far. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed May 14 that it had tested 142 retail milk samples from across the country. All were negative for highly pathogenic avian influenza fragments, […] Read more
Black Sea region expected to produce more flax
The crop is faring better than others in Russia's drought-hit regions, and acreage is anticipated to be higher than last year
SASKATOON — Black Sea flax growers are hoping for a rebound year. Acreage is expected to be up in Russia, although there are no official numbers yet, said Sergey Pluzhnikov, head of sales for Temporia Capital Company and founder of Russian Pulses Analytics. Related stories: Russian farmers planted 3.46 million acres of the oilseed last […] Read more
Farmer uninjured after tractor hits power tower
A farmer near Riceton, Sask., walked away uninjured earlier this week when his seeding rig toppled a major SaskPower transmission tower. Photos and videos shared on social media showed the twisted tower leaning precariously overtop the quadtrac tractor. Scott McGregor, a spokesman for SaskPower, said the accident occurred about 4 p.m. Wednesday. “We’re very happy […] Read more
American company takes deep dive into root research
Scientists plan to use gene editing to decrease drought risk, increase carbon sequestration by making plant roots bigger
Glacier FarmMedia – An American company is gene editing roots to make them grow larger so plants can better tolerate drought and sequester more carbon. Cquesta chief executive officer Michael Ott told the Agri Tech Venture Forum that half the human impact on carbon released to the atmosphere can be accounted for if nature can […] Read more
