Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations, recently told a meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia is blackmailing the world by disrupting the Black Sea Grain Initiative and pretending to suffer from its existence, while in fact its grain exports are soaring.
High oleic soybeans come to Canada
Sevita plans to release more high-oleic varieties in the future to take advantage of the massive global market for vegetable oils.
Corn prices fall as supplies expected to increase
"It looks like we're heading back to the environment where corn supplies are going to be easily available again," said DTN lead analyst Todd Hultman. "Instead of $6 prices, we're going to be looking at prices below $5."
Territorial changes complicate Ukrainian crop estimates
Are the crops in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine considered the domain of Ukraine or Russia?
Italy hungry for Canadian durum
Leif Carlson, director of market intelligence and trade policy with Cereals Canada, said the world's biggest pasta exporter chews through a lot of the grain every year.
Big, bigger, biggest
Back in 2011, large farms owned and operated about 41 million acres of cropland and rangeland in the three prairie provinces. By 2021, they controlled about 46 million acres, having consolidated about five million acres in a single decade.
It was land once farmed by thousands of families.
Grain exports escape strike damage
About 12,000 federal employees represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada went on strike April 19, including port workers.
Barley purity issues likely not contamination
Earlier this year, the Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre said grain companies had reported a higher number of malt barley samples than usual were not meeting the 95 percent purity minimum their contracts required. Most of these samples were Copeland.
EU likely in market for Canadian durum
The European Union expects to grow a below average durum crop this year, but opinions differ about the size of the carryout.
Wheat market’s reaction to U.S. rain baffles grain sector
Industry officials are flummoxed by recent wheat market behaviour. Hard Red Winter Wheat (HRWW) July futures tumbled 16 percent between April 18 and May 2. The freefall was due in part to a two-day rain during the last week of April that delivered up to 100 millimetres of moisture to parts of the southern U.S. […] Read more
