Canola once more revealed itself as an oil-priced crop Monday, falling as soybeans rose, soy meal rose and soy oil fell. March canola futures fell $3.90 per tonne and May fell $4. Spring wheat was essentially flat, but oats rose a few cents. Soybeans were pushed higher by surging soy meal prices and good soybean […] Read more
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Canola falls as soybeans rise
Wheat not making it to market
The Western Producer has learned the Canadian Wheat Board’s head of logistics claims 7 million tonnes of wheat and durum from the 2013 production year wont make it to market this year due to supply chain constraints. This will push total carryouts to 12 million tonnes. The Producer will continue to update this story.
Monsanto critics denied U.S. Supreme Court hearing on seed patents
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld Monsanto Co’s biotech seed patents, dealing a blow to a group attempting to ward off lawsuits by the company against farmers. The group, made up of 73 organic and conventional family farmers, seed companies and public advocacy interests, sued Monsanto in March 2011 […] Read more
Death toll from new China bird flu rises – WHO
LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Six more people in China have been confirmed as infected with the new H7N9 strain of bird flu and one of them has died, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. Three of the other five patients are in either a serious or a critical condition in hospital, while […] Read more
Brian Jean retires as MP from northern Alberta
Four-term northern Alberta Conservative MP Brian Jean resigns his seat at the end of this week, almost a decade after he was first elected. The Fort McMurray-Athabaska MP said in his Jan. 10 announcement that when first elected, he committed to no more than a decade in public life. The 50-year-old lawyer and business owner […] Read more
Argentina raises 2013/14 wheat cop forecast to 9.2 million tonnes
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Argentina’s 2013/14 wheat crop should come in at 9.2 million tonnes, up from a previous forecast of 9.0 million tonnes, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday. The improved outlook comes as Argentine exporters are awaiting the government’s green light to ship 1.6 million tonnes of 2013/2014 wheat that has […] Read more
Agrichemical companies sue to block anti-GMO law in Hawaii
LIHUE, Hawaii, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Three of the world’s largest agrichemical companies have filed a lawsuit in Hawaii to try to block a new law enacted on the island of Kauai that tries to limit the planting of biotech crops and the use of pesticides. DuPont, Syngenta and Agrigenetics Inc., a company affiliated with […] Read more
Here come the selfies
The selfie craze has arrived on Canadian farms. Farmers across the country have taken to Twitter in the last couple of weeks to post pictures of themselves with their livestock and farm equipment or at work on their farms. The resulting pictures — selfies taken by farmers, hence #felfies — have been retweeted worldwide, led […] Read more
Regina Bull Sale has been cancelled
The spring tradition of the Regina Bull Sale has ended after 108 years. The committee in charge of the event cancelled this year’s sale after only 60 bulls were entered. It’s far below the hundreds that used to make the sale a marquee event. However, consignors who used the Regina sale as a main marketplace […] Read more
USDA catches market off-guard with cut to corn stocks: Updated
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – U.S. corn stocks were below expectations in December and 2013/14 carryout will be smaller than expected, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, causing corn futures prices to jump as much as 5 percent. The USDA forecast 1.631 billion bushels of corn will remain on hand when the new […] Read more
