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U.S. corn farmers nervous over dry forecast

By Karl Plume July 20, 2012

Some farmers in the eastern U.S. Corn Belt have been buying back contracts of corn sold to their local elevators for post-harvest delivery as a deepening drought raised concern that there may be no grain to deliver. Volumes of buybacks have been minimal thus far, but grain merchants expect there will be more as weather

Cereals, International news, News

U.S. Senate overhauls Farm Bill, but time running out

June 30, 2012

washington / reuters / The U.S. Senate has approved sweeping new farm legislation that would cut almost all traditional farm subsidies while expanding a costly crop insurance program. But chances are slim the bill will pass this year. The $498-billion, five-year Farm Bill, passed by a 2-to-1 margin, would compensate growers when revenue from a

News, Weather

Floods drain Assiniboine farmers

By Daniel Winters June 30, 2012

Judging from the view of water covering a broad, green meadow of seeded cropland on both sides of the Assiniboine River here, the flood of 2012 is already underway. Near the town of Shellmouth, a little farther downstream, tiny canola plants are poking up through the mud of a broad flood plain. In the lower

Cereals, Crops, News

Producers urged to take part in Growing Forward consultations

By Shannon VanRaes June 16, 2012

The province of Manitoba is asking farmers and farm organizations for input into Growing Forward II, which is currently being negotiated with the federal government. “The more input Manitoba industry stakeholders provide through the consultations, the more influence they will have on the future content and direction of the next generation of Growing Forward programs,”

Crops, News, Weather

Insured projects are covered for hail

By Cfgb Release June 8, 2012

Everything was going fine for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) Share growing project near Morden, Manitoba in 2011. Then it hailed. “We had a beautiful crop of wheat,” recalls Ben Friesen, who helps organize the Share project for CFGB, a partnership of 15 churches and church agencies working to end global hunger. “Then the hail

News, Pulses

Few details on new ag policy framework flow for ag minister meeting

By Allan Dawson April 30, 2012

Canada’s ag minister hopes to put the finishing  touches on the next ag policy framework in September

Federal and provincial agriculture ministers met last week in Gatineau, Quebec to discuss a new agricultural policy framework, but didn’t provide much insight into what it would look like when it takes effect next April 1. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told reporters that the ministers agreed the new framework will focus on investments in

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Seed early with caution

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Whether they survive or fail, these early seeding plots will provide some valuable data on seeding dates

Extension agronomist Anastasia Kubinec wasn’t heeding her own advice to farmers the first week of April. She was seeding — but not because she’s banking on pulling in a bin-buster. Rather, she’s betting on a bust. Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives’ oilseed specialist, wants to demonstrate the risks of seeding too early, especially frost-sensitive

News

U.S. organic growers appeal court ruling

By Carey Gillam April 15, 2012

A group of U.S. family farmers said March 28 it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto Co. to challenge the company’s patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds. The group of organic farmers and seed dealers says its industry is at risk from Monsanto’s growing market dominance. “Farmers are under threat. Our right to farm

Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

USDA favours corn with 2012 crop insurance price guarantees

March 14, 2012

Chicago / Reuters / Crop insurance price guarantees for 2012 should encourage U.S. farmers to plant corn over soybeans, according to analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture set the guarantees, which act as the floor price for crop insurance policies, at $5.68 per bushel for corn and $12.55 a bushel for soybeans across most of

Crops

U.S. Farm Subsidy Reform Favours Midwest

By Reuters November 17, 2011

A plan to reform farm subsidies by guaranteeing revenue levels for farmers is a good deal for corn and soybeans growers but unfair to the rest of the country, senators from wheat states said. The senators demanded changes in a package drawn up by the chairs of the House and Senate agriculture committees. Those leaders

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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