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France bans crushing and gassing of male chicks from 2022

By Reuters July 30, 2021

France will ban from next year the killing of male chicks by crushing or gassing, a practice denounced as barbaric by animal welfare groups, and will push for a similar measure at the European level, the agriculture minister said. Each year, 50 million male chicks are culled in this way, Julien Denormandie said in an

Crops, Markets

Durum markets reckon with weather

'There was no wiggle room for a crop problem'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News July 23, 2021

MarketsFarm — The higher temperatures soared and the longer between rains in Western Canada, the lower the yield projections for most crops — and drought-tolerant durum wheat is no exception. With bids already elevated due to a downturn in potential new-crop supply, the price of durum could rise even higher. “There’s not a lot of

Winter rapeseed production in France is likely to fall below three million tonnes for the first time in 20 years.

Markets, News

France sees rebound in winter barley crop, rapeseed at 20-year low

By Reuters June 23, 2021

Winter barley production in France is expected to rebound sharply this year on the back of above-average yields, but the rapeseed crop is seen shrinking to a 20-year low after a decline in area, the Farm Ministry said recently. In its first production forecasts for 2021, the ministry projected the winter barley crop at 7.74

News

France sees no easy fix for sugar beet disease without neonicotinoids

By Reuters June 15, 2021

None of the alternatives to neonicotinoids for protecting sugar beet crops works well enough on its own, France’s health agency ANSES said June 2, as the country looks for ways to do without the chemical seen as harmful to bees. France suspended its ban on the use of neonicotinoids on sugar beet crops until 2023

Cereals, Markets

French cereal crop ratings fall sharply after dry, cold spell

By Reuters May 12, 2021

The condition of French wheat and barley declined sharply in the week to April 26, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Friday, suggesting a growing impact from dry, cold weather this month. Most crops nonetheless remained in good shape and above year-earlier levels, the data showed. A dry spring so far in much of

A wall in the medina (ancient city quarter) of Rabat, Morocco’s capital. (Cia.gov)

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Morocco reimposing 170 per cent duty on hard wheat

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 10, 2021

Rabat | Reuters — Morocco will reimpose customs duty on soft and hard wheat of 135 and 170 per cent respectively from May 15 in order to cut imports at a time of higher prices in international markets, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The government had said last week the duties would be reintroduced from

A wine grower lights heaters early in the morning, to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, France, April 7, 2021.

News, Weather

French winemakers set candles, straw ablaze to ward off frost

Spring cold snaps are coming earlier, therefore colder

By Sarah Meyssonnier, Sybille De La Hamaide April 16, 2021

Chablis, France | Reuters – French winemakers have lit candles and burned bales of straw to try to protect their vineyards from sharp spring frosts, with the forecast of more cold nights this week raising fears of serious damage and lost production. Temperatures plunged as low as -5 C overnight in wine regions including Chablis,

Crops, News

France’s farmers digging up rapeseed fields after damage

Most of the wrecked acres are expected to go into barley

By Reuters March 24, 2021

Rapeseed crops in France have suffered from cold snaps and pest attacks to the extent that a significant number of fields will be reseeded with other crops, although it is too early to quantify, French farm office FranceAgriMer said March 10. This comes as worldwide supplies of the oilseed crop are already scarce, helping to

Grain Markets, Markets

French wheat shipments outside EU rose in February

By Forrest Crellin March 17, 2021

Reuters – French soft wheat shipments outside the European Union increased in February as loadings to Algeria and Morocco rose again, offsetting a lull in exports to China, an initial estimate based on Refinitiv data showed. Soft wheat exports by sea to destinations outside the EU and Britain came to 821,000 tonnes in February, the

File photo of a barley field in Argentina. (Juan Pablo Marchelletti/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Argentine truckers end strike, freeing China-bound barley

Canada, France would have been buyers' Plan B

By GFM Network News, Hugh Bronstein, Maximilian Heath February 10, 2021

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine truckers ended a 20-day strike that had blocked access to ports in Buenos Aires province, agricultural industry sources said on Tuesday, following a deal struck with local officials to increase freight-hauling rates. Trucks owners grouped in the informal TUDA association (Transportistas Unidos de Argentina) began blocking highways last month,

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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