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Brazil Soy Growers Fear Green Backlash, Plant Trees

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Soybean farmer Clovis Cortezia has started replanting native rainforest trees on his farm to meet demands of international buyers keen to be environmentally responsible. Like other growers in Brazil’s No. 1 soy-producing state Mato Grosso, Cortezia started replanting trees native to Brazil’s centre-west savanna in 2007 on 4.6 hectares of his 8,000-hectare farm in Lucas
Crops, Oilseeds

Good Crop, Bad Crop

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“The worst thing you can do is to say, ‘Yeah, I have this thin stand. I’m not going to put any more money into it.’ That’s a real recipe for disaster.” – MURRAY HARTMAN, AARD Sometimes they die, sometimes they don’t. If half the tiny canola seeds that farmers put in the ground in spring
Crops, Oilseeds

Slow Down To Give Canola A Head Start

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When seeding canola, slow and steady wins the race. Farmers who open up the throttle wider to get more acres seeded quicker this spring should keep in mind that lower speeds pay off in more consistent seeding depth, according to Jim Bessel, a senior agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. With a 40-foot
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High-Oleic Canola Seeing Continued Growth In Canada

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Improving agronomics and economics are making specialty high-oleic canola varieties (also known as high stability, omega-9, or low linoleic) a more favour-able choice for western Canadian farmers, according to industry participants. Acres are expected to continue to increase in 2009. Canadian farmers planted about 16.1 million acres of canola in 2008-09 (August/ July), harvesting a
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

The Battle For Acres In The U. S.

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“If there is a strong price rally this spring, it probably will come from a concern about production rather than an attempt to meet an expanding demand base. The 2009 “battle for acres” may become more of a balancing act than a battle. On March 31, the USDA will release the first survey-based estimate of
Crops, Oilseeds

Drought Hurts Argentine Corn And Soy Crops

Lack of rain will cut Argentina’s 2008-09 soy output 10 per cent from the previous season to 41.7 million tonnes, according to a special report from the Rosario Grains Exchange March 3. Corn production in the South American country will be down 36 per cent in the 2008-09 season to 14 million tonnes, the report
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China Not Seeking Overseas Farms

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China is not pushing to expand overseas farming and Chinese companies are less active in their investment abroad because of concerns of potential political risks, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said March 3. To meet a perennial shortfall in soybean supply, China, the world’s largest soy importer, will continue to import from major growing countries
Dairy cattle, News, Oilseeds

Argentine Farm Conflict Calmed But Not Over

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Tensions between Argentina’s president and farmers who oppose her policies have been defused through deals on wheat prices and some exports, but the threat of market-disrupting strikes could easily reignite. Farm groups in agricultural powerhouse Argentina had threatened protests and aligned with opposition politicians against President Cristina Fernandez as they pushed for lower export levies
Beef cattle, Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion

U. S. Checkoff Shenanigans, Again

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When Benjamin Franklin noted in a 1789 letter to a friend that “…in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes,” Franklin did not foresee the incestuous, billion-dollar-per-year commodity checkoff industry. If you farm or ranch in America, not even taxes are more certain than the beef checkoff, the pork

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