Scorching heat delays India’s rapeseed sowing

Mumbai / Reuters – Above-normal temperatures have delayed rapeseed sowing in India’s top producing region by more than a fortnight and restricted acreage expansion, even though prices are trading near record highs, industry officials said. The delays are helping support rapeseed prices and could force the world’s biggest edible oil importer to increase overseas purchases of


(ADM.com)

ADM increases stake in Wilmar

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains trader Archer Daniels Midland has increased its stake in Wilmar International of Singapore, in its latest bid to expand in Asia. ADM’s purchases represented about 22 per cent of Wilmar shares traded on Singapore’s exchange on Tuesday, Wilmar said in a regulatory filing. Wilmar shares reached their highest price



vintage newspaper article

Many prizes up for grabs in “Rapeyield 30” contest

Our History: June 1976

In 1976 Elanco sponsored the Rapeyield 30 contest to encourage producers to use Treflan and shoot for a 30-bushel rapeseed yield and win watches, shotguns and a trip to Japan. The previous five-year average yield in Manitoba was 18.3 bushels. Farmers trying for that high yield would be challenged by flea beetles — we reported

vintage newspaper advertisement

Ag Canada seeds officer concerned of blackleg spread in canola

Our History: February 1981

This ad from Feb. 5, 1981 reminds us that canola is no longer called rapeseed, Furadan is no longer registered and Chemagro no longer exists — it later became part of Bayer. That week we reported that an Agriculture Canada seeds officer was concerned that Manitoba farmers purchasing rapeseed from Saskatchewan risked spreading “a sclerotinia-type