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China still an important factor

Exports remain key to Canada’s commodity sector as prices fall back to earth

By Shannon VanRaes December 3, 2014

Profits on grains and oilseeds might be down, but it’s no reason to panic. Speaking at Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence conference in Winnipeg, Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist said the high prices of recent years were never destined to become the new normal. “The sky is not falling, it’s not falling at all,” J.P.

Crops, Markets

Australian ag exports to China still face hurdles after trade pact

By GFM Network News November 18, 2014

Sydney | Reuters — A trade deal signed with great fanfare between China and Australia has been touted as a major step toward Australia shifting its economy from a “mining boom” to a “dining boom,” but the reality is likely to be more sobering. Australia is looking to replace its reliance on exports of minerals

Crops, Markets, Weather

Australian farmers hold back wheat sales as dryness curbs yields

By GFM Network News, Naveen Thukral November 12, 2014

Reuters — Australian farmers are holding back wheat crop sales as dryness in parts of the country’s eastern grain belt cuts yields, raising the likelihood for a boost to global prices that have dropped 13 per cent this year. Farmers in the world’s fourth biggest wheat exporter have sold only about a quarter of this

Beef cattle

Australia, China on track to sign lucrative cattle deal

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 6, 2014

Sydney / Reuters – Australia will export up to 1 million head of cattle a year to China, worth around A$1 billion ($856 million), to meet booming demand for red meat under a long-awaited deal set to be signed shortly, Australian officials said on Friday. Shipping live animals from Australia to China has been discussed for many years. Official talks began

Opinion

The neonic debate: science or sensationalism?

Laying the blame for a collection of environmental issues at the feet of a  single technology is very convenient, but hugely overly simplistic

By Pierre Petelle August 5, 2014

Bold, apocalyptic headlines make for great front-page news stories, there’s no question. Unfortunately, when it comes to highly complex and scientific issues, these kinds of headlines usually do a disservice to the topic at hand. Scientific research is filled with intricacies and rarely yields answers that can be conveyed in a single headline. Far too

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Western Australian Wheat Crop Down A Third – for Aug. 26, 2010

August 26, 2010

SYDNEY/REUTERS The 2010-11 wheat harvest in Western Australia, top grain-exporting state, could drop about 33 per cent on planting delays and lack of rains, but the shortfall may be offset by bumper crops in the east of the country. Demand for Australian wheat has risen as world supplies take a hit from a severe drought

News

Australia Bush Fires Could Worsen

By Michael Perry February 4, 2010

Australia faces a possible 300 per cent increase in extreme bushfires by 2050 unless world leaders can agree to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Jan. 28. The report, commissioned by Australia’s firefighters and environmental group Greenpeace, said the failure of UN climate talks in Copenhagen to agree on a treaty to

Cereals, Crops, News

Australia Grain Farmers See Improved Prospects

April 9, 2009

Rain, lower input costs, a weaker Australian dollar and reduced interest rates have made Australia’s grain farmers more confident about prospects for the next 12 months as they prepare to plant winter crops such as wheat. But for all farmers, confidence fell to a two-year low in the March quarter on worries about global markets

News

La Nina could ease Australian drought

By Michael Perry January 1, 2009

Australia’s drought-hit farmlands may see vital summer rains from a La Nina system that could develop next year, bringing relief after a year of sweltering temperatures above the global average, scientists said on Wednesday. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said farms in the wheat belt of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales states had a

Daily Network News

Canadian agriculture must be seen as growth sector: Blois

Chicken, eggs benefit from demand for economical protein

Spain detects first swine fever cases outside initial Barcelona outbreak zone

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China still an important factor

Australian ag exports to China still face hurdles after trade pact

Australian farmers hold back wheat sales as dryness curbs yields

Australia, China on track to sign lucrative cattle deal

The neonic debate: science or sensationalism?

Western Australian Wheat Crop Down A Third – for Aug. 26, 2010

Australia Bush Fires Could Worsen

Australia Grain Farmers See Improved Prospects

La Nina could ease Australian drought

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