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Viterra, whose Outer Harbour terminal in Adelaide, Australia is shown here, has been part of Glencore’s stable of ag assets since late 2012. (Glencore.com)

Glencore to rein in debt as commodity slump persists

By GFM Network News, Olivia Kumwenda September 8, 2015

Reuters — Mining and trading company Glencore acknowledged on Monday the severity of the global commodity market slump as it suspended dividends and said it would sell assets and new shares to cut heavy debts built up through years of rapid expansion. The London-listed company came under pressure to cut its net debt of US$30

The amount of genome sequences the researchers released is  about four times the size of the entire rice genome.

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Researchers sequence two-thirds of the barley genome

Information may allow more targeted selection of quality characteristics

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 8, 2015

A team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside says it has reached a new milestone in its work on sequencing the barley genome. In a release Aug. 26, the researchers said they have sequenced large portions of the genome that together contain nearly two-thirds of all barley genes. They said because barley

Crops, Markets

Canola stocks increase dramatically in StatsCan report

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 3, 2015

CNS Canada –– It appears there’s a lot more canola in Prairie fields and bins than anybody thought. According to Thursday morning’s Stocks of Principal Field Crops report from Statistics Canada, the country had 2.3 million tonnes of canola in its stocks as of July 31 — 500,000 to one million tonnes more than analysts

Crops, Markets

Small new crops keep eyes on ending stocks ahead of StatsCan

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team September 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Smaller Canadian canola and wheat crops in 2015-16 should keep some extra attention on the carryout from the previous crop year, when Statistics Canada releases its ending stocks report on Thursday. However, barring any surprises in the data, current weather and production prospects should remain the major drivers in futures markets. Canola

Crops

Youth Ag-Summit: Granddaughter of the revolution

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther August 28, 2015

Grainews/Country Guide field editor Lisa Guenther meets with Norman Borlaug’s granddaughter Julie Borlaug. Norman Borlaug, who died in 2009, is credited with starting the “green revolution” of the 1960s. In this video, the younger Borlaug talks about the activities of the institute that now bears his name — and what she sees as the future

Crops, Markets

‘Megatrends’ expected to move ag sector in future

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin August 28, 2015

CNS Canada — Health-conscious customers with money to spend will be looking to purchase more food over the next 20 years, while changing technologies and global economic uncertainty will bring their own challenges. That’s the outlook in a recent report out of Australia, highlighting five megatrends expected to impact the agricultural sector in the coming

Crops, Markets, Weather

High protein, high yields seen in early malt barley

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin August 27, 2015

CNS Canada –– High protein levels could prove a challenge for Canadian maltsters this year, but the quality of the country’s malt barley crop is generally looking better than had been expected as harvest activity starts up across the Prairies, according to a broker. “Everything is high, high, high; high yields, high plump, high bushel

Crops

Barley’s genome now two-thirds sequenced

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 26, 2015

A team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside says it has reached a new milestone in its work on sequencing the barley genome. In a release Tuesday, the researchers said they have sequenced large portions of the genome that together contain nearly two-thirds of all barley genes. Because barley is a close relative

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Major operations aggressively bid feeder cattle

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen August 23, 2015

The feeder cattle market in a world of its own but has a fair amount of new information — mostly negative — to digest as the fall run moves into full steam. Despite the upcoming uncertainty, western Canadian yearling prices were $4 to $8 above last week on very strong buying interest from larger operations;

Crops, Markets

Short-term barley prices seen likely to downtrend

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus August 17, 2015

CNS Canada — Feed barley prices are moving slowly with hand-to-mouth buying as the crop moves into harvest, when already low prices will likely hit a downtrend. However, prices will likely recover into autumn, depending on how farmers choose to act, from where one market analyst sits. “If the farmers aren’t willing to sell at

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: USDA predicts declines in planting intentions

Protein Industries Canada funds Saskatchewan pulse ingredient project

February canola crush up from 2025, StatCan reports

Barley

Glencore to rein in debt as commodity slump persists

Researchers sequence two-thirds of the barley genome

Canola stocks increase dramatically in StatsCan report

Small new crops keep eyes on ending stocks ahead of StatsCan

Youth Ag-Summit: Granddaughter of the revolution

‘Megatrends’ expected to move ag sector in future

High protein, high yields seen in early malt barley

Barley’s genome now two-thirds sequenced

Klassen: Major operations aggressively bid feeder cattle

Short-term barley prices seen likely to downtrend

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