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Chinese sign record-large U.S. soy purchase agreement

By Karl Plume March 14, 2012

A Chinese trade delegation signed deals Feb. 17 to buy a record amount of U.S. soybeans during a visit to the United States at a time when a harsh drought has slashed crops in rival soy exporters in South America. The delegation inked agreements for 13.4 million tonnes valued at $6.7 billion, the U.S. Soybean

Cereals, Crops, News

Corn to take over Minnedosa plant this spring

By Shannon VanRaes March 14, 2012

Husky’s Minnedosa ethanol plan is set ditch wheat and focus on corn during a two-month-long run this spring. “In the next couple of months, March and April, we’re going to do a 100 per cent corn run,” said Raymond Dyck, Husky Minnedosa’s grain marketing co-ordinator. “This is the first time we have gone to 100

Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

Forecasters make deep cuts to Brazil grain outlook

By Fabiola Gomes March 14, 2012

The outlook for soy production in Brazil darkened further on Feb. 27 after public and private forecasters cut their harvest outlooks for the world’s No. 2 grower again from predictions provided in recent weeks. A harsh drought in the south of the country has stressed this year’s soy and corn crops, thanks in part to

Crops, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Plant product to go toe to toe with meat and dairy?

By Tamara Leigh March 14, 2012

A researcher says the global food problem is not feeding people, but animals Livestock agriculture is an obsolete technology, says Stanford researcher, Patrick O. Brown. “Animal farming is by far the biggest ongoing global environmental catastrophe,” says Brown. “It’s an inefficient technology that hasn’t changed for a millennia.” In a presentation to the American Association

Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

Brazil planning giant Amazon soybean port

March 14, 2012

rio de janeiro / reuters / Brazilian port authorities are planning a new grains port in the Amazon region, a terminal designed to become the country’s largest soybean export centre and to slash transportation costs for farmers, the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported Feb. 18. The proposed 18-million-tonne-a-year Port of Outeiro would be built

Crops, News, Oilseeds

China’s “Feed King” calls for opening corn trade

By Lucy Horn, Niu Shuping March 14, 2012

beijing / reuters / China should fully liberalize its corn trade, according to the founder of the country’s largest private agricultural business. China currently maintains a quota system over grains imports in an attempt to grow almost all of its grains domestically. But as meat consumption rises, feed companies are increasingly chafing against the restrictions.

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Canola cools off as Canada’s crushers curb demand

By Dwayne Klassen March 14, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to hold on to small gains during the week ended March 2. Fresh export demand from Mexico, along with some pretty good chart-based speculative demand, facilitated the upward price action. Concerns about dry conditions heading into spring seeding on the Prairies helped to influence some

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

News, Opinion, Our History

Our history: February 1929

March 14, 2012

Hemp is not a new crop in Manitoba. The February, 1929 issue of The Scoop Shovel, which later became the Manitoba Co-operator, featured an advertisement for rope made from Manitoba-grown hemp by the Manitoba Cordage Co. in Portage. Another local product advertised was Kirchner’s seeder plow, which “plows, sows and covers the seed,” with claimed

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Expect canola industry to seek even more acres

By MarketsFarm Team, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 5, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remained pointed decidedly higher during the week ended Feb. 17, showing no real signs of slowing down. Similar gains in the Chicago soy complex did provide some underlying support to the Canadian futures, but canola was also benefiting from its own bullish fundamental and technical factors. Depending on the chart

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures mixed ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans firm as traders hope for more Chinese buying

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Chinese sign record-large U.S. soy purchase agreement

Corn to take over Minnedosa plant this spring

Forecasters make deep cuts to Brazil grain outlook

Plant product to go toe to toe with meat and dairy?

Brazil planning giant Amazon soybean port

China’s “Feed King” calls for opening corn trade

Canola cools off as Canada’s crushers curb demand

USDA favours corn with 2012 crop insurance price guarantees

Our history: February 1929

Expect canola industry to seek even more acres

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