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U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer, P.J. Huffstutter December 31, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long stand-off between farmers who are

Crops, Weather

Flooding in U.S. Midwest threatens winter wheat

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen December 29, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Heavy weekend storms caused flooding in parts of the southern U.S. Midwest, threatening the region’s soft red winter wheat, crop experts said on Monday. A swath of eastern Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and southern Illinois received 7.5 to 18 cm of rain with localized totals of up to 25 cm, MDA Weather

News, Poultry

CFIA blames wild birds for spread of avian influenza

While there are no new cases of bird flu in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says  it’s still too early to breathe a sigh of relief

By Shannon VanRaes May 19, 2015

Officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are confident that the cases of avian influenza they’ve responded to in Ontario and British Columbia are the result of contact with wild birds, not farm-to-farm transmission. “From the seasonality of this disease and the characterization of the virus — we cannot be 100 per cent sure that

Livestock, Markets

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 11, 2015

Two more states whose migrating birds’ flight paths cross over much of the Prairies and Ontario now have outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu in commercial turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday expanded its restrictions on cross-border imports of U.S. birds, eggs and uncooked poultry products to include those from Missouri. The

Livestock

Cargill to shutter U.S. turkey plant

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 9, 2015

Reuters — Agricultural conglomerate Cargill said Friday it will shutter its turkey and cooked meats processing plant in Springfield, Mo., and move the operations to Nebraska City, Nebraska, and Waco, Texas. Cargill said it will close its Springfield plant, which employs 118 people, on March 11. The decision came about after Cargill assessed its turkey

This is a cabbage butterfly caterpillar feeding on an Arabidopsis plant where, on an adjacent leaf, a piece of reflective tape helps record vibrations.

Did you know?, News

Plants can hear the difference

They respond differently to vibrations caused by  chewing insects than to wind

By University of Missouri-Columbia July 17, 2014

University of Missouri-Columbia – Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found plants can not only tell the difference between the sound waves caused by insects chewing and wind but they respond with more defences. ‘We found that feeding vibrations signal changes in the plant cells’ metabolism, creating more defensive chemicals that can repel attacks

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean prices rise as China-U.S. truce assessed

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures post limit-down losses

ICE canola weekly outlook: Market rangebound

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U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

Flooding in U.S. Midwest threatens winter wheat

CFIA blames wild birds for spread of avian influenza

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

Cargill to shutter U.S. turkey plant

Plants can hear the difference

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