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Israeli agri-tech firm aims for big boost in crop yields without GMOs

By Ori Lewis And Rinat Harash, Reuters November 20, 2013

An Israeli enterprise which aims to boost global crop yields without the aid of genetic modification will sow its first commercial seeds within three years, the company pioneering the technique has told Reuters. Seed technology firm Kaiima Bio-Agritech says it has developed a way to greatly speed up the multiplication of the genome of crops,

Opinion

China could return to corn imports

By Gavin Maguire, Reuters November 20, 2013

They may have slowed their purchasing pace lately as agronomists and trade officials awaited greater clarity on domestic and U.S. production potential, but Chinese corn importers may soon be forced to resume buying activity after the spread between key interior prices and U.S. export corn has widened sharply recently. Questions over domestic production potential coupled

Oilseeds, Opinion

The rise of Twitter and other modern mysteries

By Laura Rance-Unger November 14, 2013

One of the great mysteries of the modern world has to be how a company like Twitter, a micro-blogging medium built around delivering short bursts of inconsequential information, can attract a value of $25 billion in its initial stock offering when the company hasn’t turned a profit since it was formed seven years ago —

Grain Markets, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn posts biggest 1-day rise since August on short-covering

By Reuters November 12, 2013

* Corn up for 2nd day after USDA pegs stocks below 2 bln bushels

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn, soy higher on worries about late-July U.S. weather

By Reuters July 9, 2013

* Forecasts see potential stress during corn pollination * New-crop December corn rebounds after 2-1/2-year low * Analysts expect improved USDA corn, soy condition ratings * Wheat up on short-covering, Chinese demand, Russia worries (Updates with closing prices, adds analyst comment) By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean prices rose

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

REFILE-GRAINS-Wheat firms as USDA confirms slow harvest pace

By Reuters June 18, 2013

(Corrects spelling of "confirms" in headline) * Wheat harvest lags, concern over short-term supplies * Spring wheat planting rate behind historical average * Soybeans firm as USDA confirms continued planting delays By Colin Packham SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat futures rose on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the harvest pace

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Other

GRAINS-Corn, soy fall on expectations for U.S. planting progress

June 5, 2013

* USDA report confirms planting progress despite wet weather * U.S. soy plantings well behind average pace * Traders hope drier weather will open window for planting * Floods stall barge traffic on Mississippi River (Adds closing prices, details on Mississippi River floods) By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, June 4 (Reuters) - Deferred U.S. corn and

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Soggy U.S. weather propels corn and soybean prices

By Reuters May 29, 2013

* Excessively wet weather threatens U.S. crop yields * Tight stocks give extra boost to soybeans * Wheat subdued as Black Sea export revival anticipated (Updates to include close of U.S. trading, adds analyst quotes) By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 28 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures rallied on Tuesday

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-U.S. new-crop corn near 4-wk high, soy at 2-mth peak

By Reuters May 28, 2013

* December corn jumps 2 pct to highest since May 3 * Expectations of planting delay boost prices * November soy at 2-mth high on Midwest rains * Wheat faces pressure from favourable crop weather in exporters (Adds quotes, detail) By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE, May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. corn climbed more than 2 percent

Leigh Syms, retired associate curator of archeology at the Manitoba Museum, holds a replica of a bone hoe once used by First Nations farmers. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

Country Crossroads, Other livestock, Pulses

Manitoba’s agriculture history started long before the sodbusters arrived

Researchers say plants such as lamb’s quarters aren’t here by accident, and growing corn goes back more than a millennium

By Shannon VanRaes May 8, 2013

Does it ever seem that unrelenting weeds such as lamb’s quarters and amaranth were somehow bred to thrive on the Canadian Prairie? In fact, they were. But if you think corn is a new crop in this part of the world, think again — Aboriginal farmers were growing it more than a millennium ago. Technology

Daily Network News

Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

U.S. grains: Wheat recovers on short covering, soy continues to fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on falling beef prices, selling

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Israeli agri-tech firm aims for big boost in crop yields without GMOs

China could return to corn imports

The rise of Twitter and other modern mysteries

GRAINS-Corn posts biggest 1-day rise since August on short-covering

GRAINS-Corn, soy higher on worries about late-July U.S. weather

REFILE-GRAINS-Wheat firms as USDA confirms slow harvest pace

GRAINS-Corn, soy fall on expectations for U.S. planting progress

GRAINS-Soggy U.S. weather propels corn and soybean prices

GRAINS-U.S. new-crop corn near 4-wk high, soy at 2-mth peak

Manitoba’s agriculture history started long before the sodbusters arrived

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