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The SWOT spacecraft is moved into a transport container inside the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 18, 2022. (Photo: USSF 30th Space Wing/Chris Okula)
Crops, Weather

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

Data would bolster weather and climate forecasts

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Los Angeles | Reuters — A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time. Dubbed SWOT, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography, the advanced radar satellite
Markets, News

French winter crops in near perfect condition

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French crops are in good shape entering the winter with an estimated 98 per cent of soft wheat in good or excellent condition as of Nov. 28, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Dec. 2. The rating suggests strong potential for next year’s harvest, but crops tend to be more affected from spring onwards,
French poultry leader seeks more double-digit price rises on costs
Markets, News

French poultry leader seeks more double-digit price rises on costs

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LDC, France’s largest poultry group, will need to raise its prices by around 10 per cent next year to cover energy and other costs after already increasing prices by a third since last year, the company said Nov. 23. Food prices in France rose 12 per cent year-on-year in October, making food a main contributor,
CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges to three-month low on export competition

Corn also down on weak demand, soybeans rise after selloff

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat extended losses on Friday to a fresh three-month low as modest weekly U.S. exports kept traders’ focus on competition from cheaper Black Sea supplies. Corn also fell, while soybeans rebounded, consolidating after a selloff in the previous session over disappointing U.S. biofuels levels. The most-active wheat contract on the
French 2022 soft wheat protein down, test weights above average
Markets, News

French 2022 soft wheat protein down, test weights above average

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Average protein content in this year’s French soft wheat harvest reached 11.4 per cent, down from 11.9 per cent last year, results from a quality survey by farm office FranceAgriMer and crop institute Arvalis showed Sept. 14. The national average for protein, a key criterion for wheat milling, followed mixed readings in preliminary survey results.
File photo of a field of soybeans under turbines at southern Manitoba’s St. Joseph wind farm. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

Russia to ban some imports of seeds from Canada, Europe

Canada's Prograin soybean seed on list

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Moscow | Reuters — Russia will ban imports of some seeds from several locations in Europe and Canada from Aug. 15, its agriculture safety watchdog said on Thursday, citing non-compliance by suppliers with phytosanitary requirements as the reason. Imports of tomato and carrot seeds will be banned from a nursery of Satimex Quedlinburg, in Germany,
News

Don’t call it meat if it’s made with plants, France says

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Reuters – France will ban the use of meat names like “steak” and “sausage” on plant-based protein food, according to a decree published June 29, in a bid to avoid confusion over the trendy meat alternatives. France is the first country in the European Union to impose such a restriction. In 2020, EU lawmakers rejected
The spread of bird flu around the world has raised alarm among governments and the poultry industry.
News, Poultry

France lifts bird flu restrictions

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France’s Farm Ministry said June 7 it would remove bird flu-related restrictions on poultry farming across the country, citing a halt in outbreaks after the worst-ever crisis of the highly contagious virus led to the culling of 16 million birds. The European Union’s second-largest poultry producer had eased restrictions, including keeping birds inside, in much
“This could represent a shortfall for the world market in the second half of the season and make it extremely difficult to resolve the supply equation.”
Grain Markets, Markets

French wheat export forecast raised, stocks cut on Ukraine war

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Farm office FranceAgriMer has increased sharply its forecast of French soft wheat exports outside the European Union this season as it anticipated France would replace some of the Black Sea trade disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Importers are seeking alternatives to Ukrainian and Russian supplies, which usually account for about 30 per cent of

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