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Cargill, ADM sell GrainBridge to ag software firm Bushel

'Network effect' expected in grains sector

An online service farmers use to manage grain sales with ADM’s elevators and processing plants across Canada — along with Cargill and ADM elevators in the U.S. — is under new ownership. ADM and Cargill, the two major U.S.-based agribusinesses that set up GrainBridge in 2019, announced Tuesday they’ve sold it to Bushel, a Fargo,



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Many prizes up for grabs in “Rapeyield 30” contest

Our History: June 1976

In 1976 Elanco sponsored the Rapeyield 30 contest to encourage producers to use Treflan and shoot for a 30-bushel rapeseed yield and win watches, shotguns and a trip to Japan. The previous five-year average yield in Manitoba was 18.3 bushels. Farmers trying for that high yield would be challenged by flea beetles — we reported

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How high can barley yields go?

The Barley 180 research project focused on plant growth regulators, 
nitrogen and fungicides in a bid to grow 180 bushels an acre

They didn’t reach their goal, but researchers in the Barley 180 project came pretty close. “We just said, ‘OK, let’s see if we can hit 180 (bushels per acre).’ And we hit 156,” said Steve Larocque of Beyond Agronomy, an agronomic services company in Three Hills, Alta. Alberta’s Agricultural Research and Extension Council has been


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KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable

KAP president tells ag minister rail service unacceptable

Gerry Ritz says rail performance, which is being monitored, 
is adequate given the big crop to move

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he has yet to see conclusive proof that the railways aren’t doing an adequate job moving this year’s bumper crop to market. “I hear a lot of anecdotal evidence and I follow it up and say, ‘give me the car numbers… give me the dates,’ and nobody can, nobody has,”



GRAINS-Soybeans rally 1.5 percent on export demand, firm soymeal

* Strong exports, firmer soymeal supports soybeans * Wheat rises amid supply worries, corn flat on profit taking (Rewrites throughout, adds quotes, updates prices, changes byline, changes dateline from PARIS/SINGAPORE) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures rallied 1.5 percent on Friday on firm cash markets, good export demand and spillover



REFILE-GRAINS-Corn firms, extends 2-day gains to 1.5 pct on bargain-buying

(Removes extraneous word from headline) SYDNEY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures rose for the second straight session on Wednesday, extending gains to more than 1.5 percent on technical-buying and bargain-hunting after prices hit a three-year low the day before. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board of Trade December corn climbed 0.18 percent to $4.18-1/2 a