WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – There is one certainty when it comes to Brazil’s soybean crop for 2020/21 – it’s going to be massive. With the harvest well underway, a few recent projections have far exceeded the estimated 117.0 million tonnes produced in 2019/20. The forecasts came out ahead of the next grain harvest survey from Companhia […] Read more
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China plans to issue biosafety certificates to domestic GM soybean, corn
BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s agriculture ministry said Dec. 30 it plans to issue biosafety certificates to a domestically grown, genetically modified (GM) soybean crop and two corn crops, in a move towards commercializing GM grain production in the world’s top market. China will grant the certificate to SHZD32-01 soybean developed by Shanghai Jiaotong University, provided […] Read more
Weather took a toll on Manitoba, North Dakota soybean harvest
After weeks of minimal progress, farmers in Manitoba and North Dakota are getting soybeans in the bin. In the first week of November, 75-80 percent of the soybeans were harvested in Manitoba. That’s behind the three year average of 94 percent but much better than the third week of October, when only 25 percent of […] Read more
U.S. soybean, corn yields down, wheat stays the same
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) September supply and demand report saw downward revisions for corn and soybeans, but kept its estimates for wheat where they were in August, The department released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) on Sept. 12. “Prices rallied after the report came out because […] Read more
Trade war bad news for N.D. soybean farmers
Producers in North Dakota are reeling from the loss of a customer base that they spent two decades cultivating
COLFAX, N.D. (Reuters) — North Dakota bet bigger on Chinese soybean demand than any other U.S. state. The industry here spent millions on grain storage and rail-loading infrastructure while boosting plantings by five-fold in 20 years. Now, as the world’s top soybean importer shuns the U.S. market for a second growing season, Dakota farmers are […] Read more
