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Surprisingly few ‘busy bees’ make global crops grow

Conservation of wild pollinators can’t be based on economics alone

By University Of Vermont June 22, 2015

A major international study published in Nature Communications, suggests that only two per cent of wild bee species pollinate 80 per cent of bee-pollinated crops worldwide. The study is one of the largest on bee pollination to date. While agricultural development and pesticides have been shown to produce sharp declines in many wild bee populations,

Grain Markets, Markets

U.S. production prospects drag on canola values

U.S. wheat’s corrective bounce is unlikely to stick

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 22, 2015

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced up and down within a relatively narrow range during the week ended May 14, but finished right around where they started as the uncertainty of this year’s North American crop kept some caution in the market. After waiting for a spring rally that never came, attention must now turn

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola trade seen remaining choppy until seeding done

U.S. corn, soy and wheat will keep trading on the weather

By Terryn Shiells May 15, 2015

The ICE Futures Canada canola market started off the week ending May 8 with a bang, seeing gains of nearly C$10 per tonne on Monday (May 4). But that’s where the excitement ended. The following days were all pretty uneventful, with quiet activity that led to prices chopping around within a fairly narrow range. Some

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola, soy poised to become ‘weather’ markets

The U.S. avian flu outbreak could cut feed demand

By Terryn Shiells May 7, 2015

The ICE Futures Canada canola market had an up-and-down week, with very quiet activity some days. Overall, prices were down compared to the week prior due to weakness in outside oilseed markets. Strength seen in the Canadian currency earlier in the week was also a bearish force for canola, though it started to lose some

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Markets sag under pressure from hefty global supplies

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek February 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped to a four-month low on Monday while corn and soybeans hovered near multi-month lows as large crop inventories kept a lid on prices. Traders focused on hefty grain supplies as crop weather improved in South America, with scattered showers in Brazil easing concerns about drought curtailing soybean

Crops, Markets

Monsanto profit falls, less sharply than Street expected

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News January 7, 2015

Reuters — Monsanto on Wednesday reported a 34 per cent drop in quarterly profit, in part because of lower planted corn acreage in South America and a shift in timing of some sales, but the decline was less steep than analysts expected. Shares of the world’s largest seed company, which is known for its genetically

Daily Network News

‘Significant’ Canadian GDP slide expected in 2026, FCC says

Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

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Surprisingly few ‘busy bees’ make global crops grow

U.S. production prospects drag on canola values

Canola trade seen remaining choppy until seeding done

Canola, soy poised to become ‘weather’ markets

U.S. grains: Markets sag under pressure from hefty global supplies

Monsanto profit falls, less sharply than Street expected

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