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Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Wheat rises on Argentina, Australia crop woes; soy firms

By Reuters November 21, 2013

* Wheat gains on crop issues in Australia, Argentina * Lanworth lowers world soybean estimate, raises corn (Adds details, quotes) By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE, Nov 21 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat edged higher on Thursday, rising for two out of three sessions and gaining ground after hitting a two-month low early this week, as potential production

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

U.S. Cash Grains-Most corn, soy bids steady; farm sales slow

By Reuters November 20, 2013

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Spot cash basis bids for corn and soybeans were mostly steady in the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, and farmer selling remained slow due to low prices and plentiful storage, dealers said. * Last year's drought-reduced corn crop and a buildup in storage capacity in most areas over the past three years

Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn, soybeans ease on profit-taking, big U.S. harvest

By Reuters November 20, 2013

* Large U.S. corn, soybean harvest weighs on prices

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

U.S. Cash Grains-Corn bids jump on demand, lower barge freight

By Reuters November 20, 2013

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Corn cash basis bids were firm at U.S. Midwest river terminals and ethanol plants early on Wednesday, lifted by lower futures, a slow pace of farmer sales and a downturn in shipping costs on the region's waterways, grain merchants said. * The corn basis gained 9 to 10 cents per bushel

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Trade deal to hit dairy farmers hard

By Alex Binkley November 20, 2013

The Dairy Farmers of Canada estimates milk quota will have to be cut by more than two per cent,  and producers will collectively see an annual $150-million drop in income

The proposed trade deal with Europe could cost Canadian dairy producers $150 million a year in lost income, according to the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Details of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are still being hammered out and it’s expected to be two years before the deal is ratified by the European Union’s

News

KAP president angry over fall fertilizer ban

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2013

Doug Chorney, the normally calm, cool and collected president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), is steaming mad at the Manitoba government for failing to accommodate farmers wanting to apply fertilizer and manure to their fields last week. “I’m really upset because we were misled and I think it was deliberate,” he said in an

Cereals, News

Israeli agri-tech firm aims for big boost in crop yields without GMOs

By Ori Lewis And Rinat Harash, Reuters November 20, 2013

An Israeli enterprise which aims to boost global crop yields without the aid of genetic modification will sow its first commercial seeds within three years, the company pioneering the technique has told Reuters. Seed technology firm Kaiima Bio-Agritech says it has developed a way to greatly speed up the multiplication of the genome of crops,

Opinion

China could return to corn imports

By Gavin Maguire, Reuters November 20, 2013

They may have slowed their purchasing pace lately as agronomists and trade officials awaited greater clarity on domestic and U.S. production potential, but Chinese corn importers may soon be forced to resume buying activity after the spread between key interior prices and U.S. export corn has widened sharply recently. Questions over domestic production potential coupled

Cereals, News

Canada to sign UPOV ’91

Farmers will pay royalties on crop instead of seed

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2013

The federal government is poised to sign on to an international treaty that will see farmers pay seed royalties when they sell their crop. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said last week the decision to adopt UPOV ’91 by Aug. 1, 2014 will provide plant breeders with a better return on investment and encourage more private-sector

Cases of strawberry foot rot may go unnoticed because there is not much swelling evident at first.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Strawberry foot rot is on the increase in feedlots

An infection previously mostly found in dairy cattle is showing up in some western feedlots

November 20, 2013

It has come to my attention that “strawberry foot rot” or “hairy heel wart” or “Montellaros disease,” which was once considered a dairy disease is now making its way into feedlots in Eastern Canada. The disease is potentially caused by a treponema bacteria. The infection starts at the back of the hoof on or near

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

Tag Archives Agriculture

GRAINS-Wheat rises on Argentina, Australia crop woes; soy firms

U.S. Cash Grains-Most corn, soy bids steady; farm sales slow

GRAINS-Corn, soybeans ease on profit-taking, big U.S. harvest

U.S. Cash Grains-Corn bids jump on demand, lower barge freight

Trade deal to hit dairy farmers hard

KAP president angry over fall fertilizer ban

Israeli agri-tech firm aims for big boost in crop yields without GMOs

China could return to corn imports

Canada to sign UPOV ’91

Strawberry foot rot is on the increase in feedlots

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