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Corn, soybean crop insurance might expand to new areas

By Allan Dawson January 30, 2013

The Manitoba government is exploring whether it can expand crop insurance coverage for corn and soybeans to more parts of the province, Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn told farmers at Ag Days Jan. 15. “I want to assure the audience today our department is in the process of investigating expanding potential areas for coverage, but we’re

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Crushers aim to coax canola from farmers’ bins

By Dwayne Klassen January 30, 2013

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada platform continued their slow trek to higher ground during the week ended Jan. 18, with strong demand from the domestic and export sectors fuelling the rally. Some spillover from the gains in Chicago soybeans contributed to the strength. Concerns about tight canola ending stocks further lifted the commodity.

Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

Have U.S. corn farmers lost their edge?

By Gavin Maguire January 30, 2013

For the first time on record, U.S. farmers have fallen out of the top two-yielding corn and soybean producers in the world after drought conditions dented production of both crops. The USDA says 2012-13 corn yields in Argentina and Canada will both top the 123.4 bushels an acre averaged in the U.S., while soybean growers

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After a bumper harvest in 2012, India poised to be a new wheat export powerhouse

By Gavin Maguire January 29, 2013

Government reserves now have reached 31 million tonnes, second only to China and three times the official target levels

Reuters / While most other major wheat growers around the world suffered from production setbacks in 2012 due to drought, India’s farmers had a banner year which has resulted in a glut of wheat supplies at state-run warehouses and export facilities. India’s state reserves of wheat have reached 31 million tonnes (34 million tons) —

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Max out yields with shorter-season soybeans

By Daniel Winters January 17, 2013

Remember Aug. 22, 2004? For gardeners in the southwest, it is a date that shall live in infamy. And for soybean growers, it’s a reminder that in Manitoba, the first killing frost doesn’t always come in the third week of September. Farmers should keep that in mind when choosing a variety that can be crammed

Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

Brazil GMO planting to increase by 14 per cent

January 17, 2013

Reuters / Brazil will increase the amount of land planted with genetically modified soy, corn and cotton by 14 per cent this season from a year ago as it shoulders a growing share of the world’s agricultural output, local analytics firm Celeres said Dec. 17. That is more than the 12.3 per cent expansion in

Cereals, Crops, News

Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people

By University Of Minnesota Release January 17, 2013

The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions of the world, according to a study published in the Dec. 18 issue of Nature Communications by scientists with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Led by IonE research fellow Deepak Ray, the study team

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Farmland area can decline, says new study

By Alister Doyle January 17, 2013

The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a peak, and a geographical area more than twice the size of France will be able to return to its natural state by 2060 as a result of rising yields and slower population growth, a group of experts said Dec. 17. Their report, conflicting

Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

More New Year ad-verse-ity

By John Morriss January 8, 2013

Yes, that time again, it’s become a tradition To editorialize in verse in the year’s first edition We review the year past, then with great perspicacity Predict the next year’s events with remarkable accuracy Well, most of the time, because I have to confess That the advice I gave last year was not quite the

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Soybeans hot, flax is not for 2013

By Allan Dawson January 8, 2013

Expect to see a lot more soybeans and corn planted in Manitoba next spring and a lot less flax and barley, seed growers said during their annual “what’s hot, what’s not” session last month. Hard red spring and general purpose wheat are expected to be popular too, growers told the Manitoba Seed Grower Association’s annual

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OPINION: Glyphosate — What Indigenous communities have suspected for years about the dangers of the herbicide

U.S. grains: Soy rally continues after Trump says China to expand purchases

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall after strike authorization vote

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