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File photo of a rapeseed field in southern China’s Yunnan province. (YuenWu/iStock/Getty Images)

One-third of China’s land protected under ecological ‘red line’ scheme

Authorities crack down on farm encroachment

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 19, 2022

Shanghai | Reuters — Nearly a third of China’s land is now off-limits to development under a scheme known as the “ecological protection red line,” a senior official said at a news briefing on Monday, bringing the country in accord with global biodiversity targets. China first proposed its “red line” scheme in 2011 to put

CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX December 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian production outlook

Exports underpin U.S. soybeans

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News September 19, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Monday on an expected increase in Russia’s crop that will compete with U.S. exports, already hampered by a strong U.S. dollar, traders said. Soybeans were underpinned by Chinese export demand, while corn ended up slightly after two-sided trade on broader economic uncertainty. Chicago Board of Trade most

A farmer harvests corn in Hebei province, China, in 2015.

Markets, News

China to speed up research into more resilient crops

By Reuters September 13, 2022

China’s agriculture ministry is calling for more urgent research into new crop varieties that can tolerate alkaline soil and shorter growing seasons, as it seeks to ensure food security amid a changing climate. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said it has issued a notice urging faster research and demonstration of new varieties including

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As harvest looms, China tells farmers to replant or switch crops

Farmers say crops are stunted from lack of water, government sees “serious threat” to food production

By Thomas Peter, Xiaoyu Yin September 6, 2022

As China’s record heatwave starts to subside, farmers are assessing the damage caused by a prolonged drought while the government is urging them to replant or switch crops where they can. More than 70 days of extreme temperatures and low rainfall have wreaked havoc along the basin of the Yangtze, which supports more than 450

The World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Oct. 28, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

Crops

Canada, China agree to suspend WTO canola dispute

Lifting of canola ban renders case moot

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 1, 2022

Berlin | Reuters — Canada and China have agreed to suspend proceedings against Chinese measures affecting the importation of Canadian canola seed, according to a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint on Thursday. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel suspended its work as of Tuesday, the complaint said. Work can be suspended at any time

An aerial view of parched terrace fields at Chongqing’s Fuyuan village in east-central China on Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

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Yangtze tributary runs dry as China faces another month of drought

Water is running low when crops are at a crucial stage, officials say

By Reuters August 31, 2022

Chongqing/Shanghai | Reuters — Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river in the southwestern region of Chongqing clambered along the dry riverbed Aug. 18 amid an unprecedented drought across the region that could last another month. “I am actually pretty worried, because the water has been cut off in my compound,” said Tian

CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent

Chicago corn futures firm

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 2.2 per cent on Monday, supported by hopes for a pick-up in the pace of exports as farmers in top global consumer China struggle with hot and dry weather that is expected to reduce the size of the crop there. “It appears that exporters

Crops, Weather

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

By GFM Network News August 19, 2022

Chongqing | Reuters — As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago. “This year is drier than 1960,” said Chen, 68, from his plot of

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines) and CBOT December 2022 soyoil (black line, left column). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could take a nosedive

'I think (farmers) are undersold'

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — A huge drop in canola prices could be looming, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. Palmer pointed to Prairie farmers and said, “I think they are undersold.” He surmised too many farmers have held off from selling their canola, in hopes of getting a great price the next time

File photo of the Raohe Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital. (Fazon1/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Canadian lawmakers plan Taiwan trip amid rising China tensions

By GFM Network News, Ismail Shakil August 17, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — A delegation of Canadian lawmakers plans to visit Taiwan in October to seek economic opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, Liberal MP Judy Sgro said Wednesday, a move that could further stoke tensions between China and the West. The relationship between China and the West has worsened since U.S. House of

Daily Network News

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U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soy prices recover on updated biofuel guidance

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on tightening cattle supply

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One-third of China’s land protected under ecological ‘red line’ scheme

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian production outlook

China to speed up research into more resilient crops

As harvest looms, China tells farmers to replant or switch crops

Canada, China agree to suspend WTO canola dispute

Yangtze tributary runs dry as China faces another month of drought

U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could take a nosedive

Canadian lawmakers plan Taiwan trip amid rising China tensions

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