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New South Wales Rural Fire Service firefighters walk through a hazard reduction burn in Sydney, Australia, Sept. 10.
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Fire risk rages Down Under

Australia declares El Niño as heat wave sparks bushfire concerns

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Strong winds and a rare, intense heat wave early in the Southern Hemisphere’s spring fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia’s southeast in the second-last week of September. Authorities issued extreme fire danger warnings Sept. 20 for the greater Sydney region, home to more than five million people. More than 600 firefighters and emergency personnel were
China snaps up Australian barley after tariffs lifted
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China snaps up Australian barley after tariffs lifted

Australian barley is starting to move toward China again after three years of tariffs

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China has bought approximately 600,000 tonnes of Australian barley since Beijing lifted punishing duties on the grain in August, traders said. The numbers underline strong pent-up demand for the grain from the Asian nation, the same traders noted. China ended anti-dumping tariffs on Australian barley on Aug. 5, roughly three years after the 80.5 per
ICE November 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
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ICE weekly outlook: Little downside for canola, trader says

'I wouldn’t look for a big collapse'

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MarketsFarm — After trading rangebound during the week before the Labour Day long weekend, canola started the month of September by taking a tumble. The November canola contract stayed between $800-$821 per tonne from Aug. 24 to Sept. 1, with closing prices between $809-$812/tonne. When ICE Futures resumed trading Tuesday, the price dropped $13.90, to
File photo of idled equipment in drought conditions on a farm in New South Wales, Australia. (f.ield_of_vision/iStock/Getty Images)
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Australian crop estimates adjusted slightly lower

Crop seen down 34 per cent from last year

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MarketsFarm — Total 2023-24 winter crop production in Australia, at an estimated 45.2 million tonnes, is expected to be 34 per cent off the record highs hit last year but slightly above the June forecast as upward revisions to canola and barley counter a downward revision to the wheat number, according to the latest crop
Wheat-driven buzz
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Wheat-driven buzz

Expert’s Radar: Other nations’ output may sway prices at home

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While cleaning out the eavestroughs the other day, I unwittingly disturbed a hidden wasp nest, resulting in at least half a dozen stings on my hands and face. The pain eventually subsided but dealing with the nest turned out to be a bit more difficult than expected as they had found a crack between the
File photo of a vineyard in South Australia. (Alicat/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Australian wine industry faces hangover from China’s tariffs

Over two billion litres of wine in storage

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Sydney | Reuters — Australia’s wine industry faces severe oversupply problems that will need years to resolve, experts say, pointing to Chinese tariffs, high production and export bottlenecks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vineyards nationwide have enough wine in domestic storage to fill 859 Olympic swimming pools, Rabobank said this week in its third-quarter wine report.
Australia calls for China to end remaining trade curbs
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Australia calls for China to end remaining trade curbs

Barley barriers are in the rear-view, but issues remain on Australian wine

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Australia used China’s decision to drop anti-dumping tariffs on its barley imports to call for the end to all remaining trade restrictions, led by barriers against Australian wine, as commercial ties between the two trading partners edge toward normalization. China’s Ministry of Commerce said Aug. 4 that anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Australian barley would
File photo of a sunrise over an Alberta barley crop. (MNphotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Crop conditions, barley demand lower

Prices expected steady to lower for now

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MarketsFarm — As combining operations begin, dryness continues to plague crops in many parts of Saskatchewan. But while crop conditions aren’t as bad as they were during the drought of 2021, according to trader Evan Peterson from JGL Commodities in Saskatoon, crops are still very parched. “Southern and western parts are very, very poor. But
Neale Heinrich stands in front of the Redekop Seed Control Unit at its booth at Ag in Motion on July 18, 2023. (Braedyn Wozniak photo)
Crops

At Ag in Motion: Herbicide resistance fight needs integrated seed management

'Those seedlings we don’t manage to kill (are) probably the most herbicide-resistant'

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Harvest weed-seed control takes aim at reducing herbicide-resistant weeds that western Canadian farmers find more and more every year. At the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show this week, field residue management manufacturer Redekop won the Innovations Award for Environmental Sustainability for its harvest Seed Control Unit, which destroys more than 95 per cent of

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