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Farm group decries BASF decision to move German biotech unit to U.S.

January 27, 2012

Germany’s giant association of farming co-operatives said a decision by BASF to transfer its research into crops with genetically modified organisms from Germany to the U.S. and other countries will be “disastrous for Europe as a location for agricultural industries.” The German chemical company plans to move its biotech unit in Limburgerhof to North Carolina,

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

January 27, 2012

Traders took a cautious approach to new IntercontinentalExchange grain futures and options contracts introduced Jan. 23 as the exchange looked to capitalize on the approaching end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly. ICE Futures Canada, based in Winnipeg, launched new milling wheat, durum and barley contracts for delivery in October and later, after the wheat

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

Argentina revamps wheat policy

By Hugh Bronstein January 27, 2012

Argentina’s new wheat export system promises to spur output from the grains-producing powerhouse at a time when farmers are hurting from dry weather and the government needs more foreign currency. The administration of recently re-elected President Cristina Fernandez will scrap incremental export quotas in a bid to improve prices for farmers by boosting competition among

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Crops Briefs Jan. 26

January 27, 2012

Unbundled sclerotinia control Staff/Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. (MANA), has received registration of Overall 240 SC fungicide for control of sclerotinia stem rot and alternaria black spot in canola. With iprodione, the same active ingredient as Rovral, Overall is a Group 2 dicarboximide fungicide with protective and eradicant activity. “The biggest benefit that Overall

Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Edible oil market analyst bullish on global outlook for canola and soybeans

By Daniel Winters January 27, 2012

When filling up their seeders this spring, Canadian farmers should have canola and soybeans coming down the spout, but not sunflowers and flax. That was the advice from Thomas Mielke, executive director of Oil World, a global edible oil market research firm based in Germany. “Unlike 2008, the price decline has been moderate, and there

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Co-operating with its competitors

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2012

Attendance was down at the annual Canadian Wheat Board breakfast at Ag Days this year, but the farmers who came were encouraged by what they heard. “That just made my day. Now we have a choice,” said Jake Hofer, a wheat producer from Treesbank Colony after listening to a presentation by Gord Flaten, the board’s

News

Closing gender gap seen key in food security fight

By Nigel Hunt January 27, 2012

Apolicy aimed at ensuring future security of food supplies must centre around the world’s 500 million smallholder producers, many of whom are women who farm less than two hectares of land, a leading United Nations official said Dec. 14. “Unless they are at the centre of the future strategies for food security, we will not

International news, Livestock, News, Poultry

Germany to seek EU animal welfare label on meat

January 26, 2012

Germany will press the European Union to introduce a label on meat saying it came from humanely raised farm animals, said German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner. The move would be part of a new German government program to improve farm animal welfare, she said. “Transparency changes buying behaviour and then the production processes and manufacturing

Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Lower flax acres likely for 2012

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 24, 2012

Saskatoon / Flaxseed acres in Western Canada will see a further drop from the already record-low levels seeded in 2011 if new crop prices don’t see considerable improvement by spring planting time, said Larry Weber of Weber Commodities, in a presentation to SaskFlax at the annual Crop Week in Saskatoon, Jan. 9. Western Canadian farmers,

International news, News

Qatar’s next big purchase: a farming sector

By Martina Fuchs January 24, 2012

Qatar’s energy resources have given it one of the world’s highest per capita incomes, a futuristic urban skyline and enough clout to host the 2022 soccer World Cup. But its wealth may not be enough for the arid state to achieve an even more ambitious goal: becoming largely self-sufficient in food. Like other oil-rich, water-poor

Daily Network News

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

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Farm group decries BASF decision to move German biotech unit to U.S.

New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

Argentina revamps wheat policy

Crops Briefs Jan. 26

Edible oil market analyst bullish on global outlook for canola and soybeans

Co-operating with its competitors

Closing gender gap seen key in food security fight

Germany to seek EU animal welfare label on meat

Lower flax acres likely for 2012

Qatar’s next big purchase: a farming sector

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