Drought repercussions will weigh on livestock sector for months to come

Low protein in soymeal and higher toxin levels in distillers grains add new challenges for pig, poultry and cattle feeders


Reuters / The repercussions of this year’s drought across the U.S. Midwest will likely continue to affect the livestock feeding industry for many months to come. Drought not only impacted the quantity of crops produced but also quality, leading to abnormally low protein content in soybeans and higher-than-usual toxin levels in corn that stand to

Flooding delays Argentine soy planting

Reuters / Floods have severely delayed Argentine soy planting at a time when consumer nations are counting on the country to help control soaring grains prices by replenishing supplies. “Soy planting has begun, although with severe and continuous interruptions,” the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in its weekly crop report. Only two per cent of


Soy in the wheat flour? Soy what?

Most wheat and wheat-derived food products sold in Canadian grocery stores today contain soy that is undeclared on the label. Yes, you read that right. Because of farming operations with common storage facilities, and shared harvesting and transportation equipment, most wheat products contain detectable levels of soy. This contamination is adventitious and largely unavoidable with



South American soy crop outlook worsens

Hamburg / Reuters /Soybean crops in Argentina and Brazil have suffered from more poor weather and harvest forecasts for the two countries may have to be cut by a combined two million to three million tonnes, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said April 3. “New reports have been received confirming additional crop losses, further eroding

Syria needs to import more grain milan / reuters / Syria, hit by a civil unrest, needs to raise cereals import by about a third in the current marketing year after its local grain output 10 per cent dropped in 2011, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said March 14. “Continued civil unrest


China eyes even more U.S. soy

China, the world’s biggest food shopper, is likely to buy more U.S. soybeans this quarter, as a withering drought is expected to cut the South American harvest, pushing soy prices up to fresh highs. Benchmark Chicago soy has risen for three weeks on the relentless Southern Hemisphere summer, and analysts say prices could head higher,

Conventional Agriculture Yields Dividends

co-operator contributor / ottawa For all the controversy surrounding the use of pesticides, fertilizers and biotechnology, they add $7.9 billion a year in value to the Canadian economy through increased production of crops, fruits, vegetables and potatoes, says a report prepared for CropLife Canada. The breakdown is $6.4 billion for the higher quantity and quality


Soybeans Chasing Canola’s High-Stability Oil Markets

High-stability canola oil is gaining market share in food services and food manufacturing, but the soybean industry is fighting back. In 2010 the United States Department of Agriculture granted Monsanto’s new Vistive Gold soybean “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) status. Now companies can test Vistive Gold’s high-oleic oil in food, a prerequisite to commercialization. And

ADM Licenses Canadian Firm’s Soy Protein Product

A soy protein product made by Canadian plant protein firm Burcon NutraScience will go to world markets by way of agri-food giant Archer Daniels Midland. Illinois-based ADM has signed on to a 20-year licensing deal with Burcon for worldwide production, distribution and sale of Burcon’s Clarisoy, billed as a 100 per cent soluble, transparent protein