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U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News, Naveen Thukral April 26, 2018

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters — China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans have come to a grinding halt, trade and industry sources say, as fears of further action by Beijing to curb imports of U.S. crops following last week’s anti-dumping move on sorghum rattles the agriculture industry. Buyers from China, which takes 60 per cent of soybeans traded

Serafine and her family are now healthier than they’ve ever been.

Country Crossroads, News

Planting seeds of change in Rwanda

ADRA Canada supports and educates mothers so children can survive and thrive

By Heather Grbic April 25, 2018

When you hear the word “Rwanda” what comes to your mind? If you’re like many people, it’s the tragic genocide that happened in 1993. For others, it might be images of rolling, lush hills of various shades of green, a kind of African Ireland. Or maybe, you have memories of travels to this tiny but

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to one-week top, pulls corn higher

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract gaining 1.9 per cent and hitting a one-week high on concerns that rains forecast for the U.S. Plains will not meet earlier expectations. “The forecast for the rain in the southern Plains has

Crops, Opinion

China’s sorghum snub could turn U.S. farmers toward corn and soy

By Karen Braun February 20, 2018

China may have just handed farmers in the U.S. Plains a good reason to maintain or increase the already elevated corn and soybean acreage this spring. On Feb. 4, China launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into imports of sorghum from the United States in a move that many analysts see as politically motivated. Regardless

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat lower on technicals, better weather

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen February 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a one-week low on Monday on technical selling and an improving weather outlook, including beneficial moisture in parts of the Midwest winter wheat belt, analysts said. Soybean futures set a two-week low on forecasts for much-needed moisture in parts of Argentina, and corn sagged as well.

Grain sorghum under irrigation at Bushland in northern Texas. (Susan O’Shaughnessy photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

With sorghum warning shot, Beijing targets Trump’s core farm base

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News February 5, 2018

Beijing | Reuters — In launching a probe into U.S. sorghum imports, China has fired a warning shot across its top trading partner’s bow that shows farmers in states that voted for U.S. President Donald Trump may be Beijing’s top retaliatory target in the event of a trade war. On Sunday, the Ministry of Commerce

Crops, Markets

Feed: Ranchers turn to unwanted veggies for feed

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 21, 2015

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, Oct. 21. • Barley yields in the U.K. have reached a new record. According to the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the winter barley crop is projected at 3.32 million tonnes. That is up

Crops, International news

In Zambia, investing in farmers keeps kids in school

Families who see improved yields under conservation agriculture use the extra income to pay school fees

By Laura Rance-Unger March 6, 2015

Juliette, the eldest daughter of Olipa Tembo and her husband Dickson Nkata, came home from school early one day. She was crying. The child, who would have been about eight at the time, had walked the four kilometres to the local school, only to have the teacher promptly send her home again. The family had

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

World briefs, Feb. 2

February 15, 2012

Chinese premier favours modernization over grain imports beijing / reuters / China must push forward with modernizing agricultural technology as it faces increasing difficulty in meeting local food demand, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a recent essay. “The fundamental way out is to enhance the construction of modern agriculture to boost the complex agricultural productivity

Cereals, Crops

Greenfeed Crop Insurance Deadline July 15

By Allan Dawson June 24, 2010

There’s one more crop option now that the June 20 crop insurance seeding deadline has past – greenfeed. Manitoba farmers have until July 15 to sow greenfeed and get crop insurance coverage, albeit reduced. However, not every crop is eligible for greenfeed. The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) defines greenfeed as “oats, barley, mixed grain,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds fall as Black Sea, China headlines assessed

Soy trading firms to abandon Amazon protection pact in Brazil

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U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

Planting seeds of change in Rwanda

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to one-week top, pulls corn higher

China’s sorghum snub could turn U.S. farmers toward corn and soy

U.S. grains: Wheat lower on technicals, better weather

With sorghum warning shot, Beijing targets Trump’s core farm base

Feed: Ranchers turn to unwanted veggies for feed

In Zambia, investing in farmers keeps kids in school

World briefs, Feb. 2

Greenfeed Crop Insurance Deadline July 15

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