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France Kicks Off Wheat Research Group

September 22, 2011

Wheat researchers gathered in Paris Sept. 15 to launch a global research program in what G20 president France says will support efforts to feed a growing world population. France hopes the initiative will select priority research areas by next year, but support for the initiative is uncertain, with only 10 countries signed up so far

Country Crossroads, Hogs

Discovery Centre Opens Window Into Food And Farming

By Shannon VanRaes September 22, 2011

It was a long way from a one-room schoolhouse to the University of Manitoba for Bruce Campbell, but the journey left him with the knowledge that agriculture is key, despite a growing disconnect between producers and consumers. So I put my money where my mouth is, said Campbell, who took part in the opening of

Cereals, Crops, News

EU Wheat Can Hold Its Own Against Russian Export Flood

By Sybille De La Hamaide September 22, 2011

European farmers will not have to struggle to sell their wheat this season, despite a flood of cheap Russian exports onto world markets as the EU benefits from ample internal demand and from its established African buyers. Although it is very unlikely to repeat the hefty sales numbers from last season when it benefited from

Country Crossroads

Think Red In The Spring

By Albert Parsons September 22, 2011

Most gardeners grow a few onions, whether they are multipliers to use in summer salads, sweet Spanish onions, the huge round slices of which grace many a burger in the summertime, or cooking onions grown from sets and stored for winter use. Fewer gardeners, however, seem to grow red onions, which I think is a

Cereals, Crops, News

Ukraine AgMin Sees Bumper Wheat, Maize Exports

By Pavel Polityuk September 22, 2011

Ukraine plans to boost its grain harvest to 51 million tonnes in 2011 from 39.2 million a year ago and hopes to double exports to 24 million tonnes in the 2011-12 season, Ukraine s Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk said on Sept. 7. Prysyazhnyuk told Reuters the former Soviet republic had harvested 22.2 million tonnes of

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Oilseed Supplies Drag On Canola Demand

September 22, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform lost some significant ground during the week ended Sept. 16, with the advancing harvest in Western Canada and reports of better-than-anticipated yields encouraging the downward price slide. Producers were also delivering canola right off the combine and into the country elevator system, which contributed to some

Cereals, Grain Markets

Saudi Arabia A Big Buyer Of Barley In 2011

September 22, 2011

ABU DHABI/REUTERS Saudi Arabia is set to import seven million to 7.5 million tonnes of barley this year and is looking at long term deals with major grain exporter Ukraine, the finance minister of the world s biggest barley buyer said on Sept. 7. We import around seven to 7.5 million tonnes of barley as

Cereals, News

Brewers And Maltsters Fund Barley Research

September 22, 2011

he Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute (BMBRI) has announced a total of $92,000 in funding for five projects this year. BMBRI represents brewing and malting companies from Canada and across North America. We recognize that barley acreage has fallen over the past several years, and our members want to contribute to research what will

Crops, Forages, News

Arkansas Hay Farmers Offered $100 Per Bale

By Suzi Parker September 22, 2011

Cooler weather has arrived in Arkansas but a severe drought lingers, signalling bad news for the state s hay and cattle producers. The Climate Prediction Center recently issued a three-month outlook that showed drought persisting or worsening into eastern Arkansas, meaning that areas that were flooded in the spring now could face drought conditions. Cattle

Crops, Oilseeds

New Soybeans On Tap For 2012

By Shannon VanRaes September 15, 2011

It wasn t the first day of school, but several dozen soybean and corn producers piled into buses early this September to examine new offerings at Marc Hutlet Seeds Inc. Moving forward in the spring of 2012, our (soybean) lineup will be revamped to include the Y-Series, three to be specific, Y61, Y71 and Y81,

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

Tag Archives Agriculture

Discovery Centre Opens Window Into Food And Farming

EU Wheat Can Hold Its Own Against Russian Export Flood

Think Red In The Spring

Ukraine AgMin Sees Bumper Wheat, Maize Exports

Oilseed Supplies Drag On Canola Demand

Saudi Arabia A Big Buyer Of Barley In 2011

Brewers And Maltsters Fund Barley Research

Arkansas Hay Farmers Offered $100 Per Bale

New Soybeans On Tap For 2012

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