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Speculators’ chart-based interest punches up canola

By Dwayne Klassen March 16, 2013

Support in the outside oilseed markets allowed canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada platform to push slightly higher during the week ended March 8. Strength in canola earlier in the week was derived from chart-based buying by speculative and commodity fund participants. Steady demand from the domestic and export sectors, combined with concerns about

Crops, International news, News

Taller children through better crop rotation

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 16, 2013

Researchers at Michigan State University crop rotation with legumes and other soil-management practices have increased Malawian crop yields by 50 to 200 per cent compared to monoculture. Trials at one village have been so successful that children have gained weight and height to the point where they now meet international norms for healthy children. MSU

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Weather

Dry weather wilts South African crops

By Olivia Kumwenda March 16, 2013

Reuters / Dry weather conditions have hit the main maize-growing areas in South Africa, wilting the crop and dashing prospects for better yields this year. South Africa’s provinces of Free State and North West, which together produce more than half of the country’s total maize crop, have been the hardest hit by the dry conditions

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Iowa ends mandatory testing of milk for toxic byproduct aflatoxin

By Reuters March 16, 2013

Iowa has dropped a requirement that all milk received in the state be tested for aflatoxin, the toxic byproduct of a mould that attacks corn during a drought, the state’s Agriculture Department said March 1. Aflatoxin was more prevalent than usual in the 2012 U.S. corn harvest, which was hit by the biggest drought in

Crops, News, Oilseeds

U.S. crop insurance guarantees push big acres

By Julie Ingwersen March 16, 2013

Reuters / Crop insurance that guarantees prices for the 2013 growing season should encourage U.S. farmers to again plant a large number of acres, with soybeans possibly claiming ground from corn, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency set the guarantees March 1, which act as the “floor price” for crop insurance

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Farmers locked in acres last fall with fertilizer applications

March 16, 2013

chicago / reuters / Recent declines in U.S. corn futures prices have failed to dent growers’ enthusiasm for planting the feed grain this spring, even though soybean prices have outperformed corn, farmers and analysts said. Crop insurance guarantees, money spent on fertilizer and recent rainy weather in key growing areas have cemented the acreage decisions

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Weather

Snowstorms lessen drought’s impact

March 16, 2013

reuters / Back-to-back winter storms, that dropped up to two feet of snow in some areas of the nation’s midsection over in late February, lessened the harsh drought that has been gripping key U.S. farm states for months, climate experts said on Feb. 28. Oklahoma is one of the states that has benefited the most

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Boats backed up in Brazil may buoy business in canola

By Dwayne Klassen March 7, 2013

Overbought price sentiment and steady farmer deliveries into the Prairie grain elevator system were just enough to cause canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform to move slightly lower during the week ended March 1. The steady deterioration of Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed values during the reporting period helped to undermine

International news, Livestock, Oilseeds

South Korea offers loans to squeezed farmers

March 7, 2013

seoul / reuters / South Korea will offer $156 million in soft loans this year to farmers squeezed by record prices of feed grain and a weak domestic market for pork, the Agriculture Ministry said on Feb. 28. Livestock farmers in South Korea, the world’s third-largest importer of corn and a leading buyer of soybean

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Corn and soybean prices expected to tumble as U.S. production rebounds

March 7, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting a rebound in U.S. corn and soybean yields in 2013 that, along with high planted acreage, opens the door to record-large crops and for prices to tumble from 2012-13 levels. USDA forecast the U.S. corn crop at 14.350 billion bushels, up 35 per cent on the year, and

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Tag Archives Maize

Speculators’ chart-based interest punches up canola

Taller children through better crop rotation

Dry weather wilts South African crops

Iowa ends mandatory testing of milk for toxic byproduct aflatoxin

U.S. crop insurance guarantees push big acres

Farmers locked in acres last fall with fertilizer applications

Snowstorms lessen drought’s impact

Boats backed up in Brazil may buoy business in canola

South Korea offers loans to squeezed farmers

Corn and soybean prices expected to tumble as U.S. production rebounds

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