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In Brief… – for Sep. 29, 2011

September 29, 2011

Cargill expands West Fargo plant:Cargill will spend an estimated $50 million rebuilding and expanding its oilseed-processing plant in West Fargo, the company has announced. The existing facility has served us well since we built it 30 years ago, and we are now looking at rebuilding it to meet the needs of our customers for the

Cereals, Crops, News

Argentina Farmers Eye End To Unpopular Quota System

By Maximiliano Rizzi September 29, 2011

Argentina s grains industry is debating a proposal to overhaul local corn and wheat markets so exporters pay farmers higher prices a reform the government could very well adopt. The state intervenes in corn and wheat trade now with incremental export quotas and subsidies to local millers, which are aimed at guaranteeing affordable food supplies

Cereals, Crops, News

Drought Keeps Stranglehold On U.S. Plains Wheat

By Sam Nelson September 29, 2011

Drought cont inues to plague the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region and there is no relief in sight from the dryness until at least October, an agricultural meteorologist said Sept. 23. It remains quite dry and it will remain that way for at least three weeks, on into October, said Don Keeney, meteorologist

Crops, Oilseeds

New Soybeans On Tap For 2012

By Shannon VanRaes September 15, 2011

It wasn t the first day of school, but several dozen soybean and corn producers piled into buses early this September to examine new offerings at Marc Hutlet Seeds Inc. Moving forward in the spring of 2012, our (soybean) lineup will be revamped to include the Y-Series, three to be specific, Y61, Y71 and Y81,

Cereals, News

India Out Of Space To Store Bumper Crops

August 11, 2011

India aims to raise grains warehousing capacity about 10 per cent by March 2012, as it tries to ensure its record 65 million tonnes of stocks do not rot. Warehouses in India, the world’s second- biggest rice and wheat producer, are overflowing after five bumper harvests and some grains are stored under tarpaulin, risking decay.

News

Forty Years Of Corn In Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson August 4, 2011

These past two have been the most difficult years Miami-area corn grower Alan Kennedy has seen in 60 years of farming. But they’ve also been the most profitable per acre, thanks to a rare combination of weather and strong markets. “This year looks pretty shakey, but two out of three ain’t bad,” Kennedy joked last

Grain Markets

Storms Knock Down Wide Swath Of U.S. Corn Acres

July 21, 2011

CHICAGO/REUTERS Severe thunderstorms that ripped across the U.S. Midwest July 11 may have destroyed up to 550,000 acres of corn, although 100,000 to 275,000 acres was more likely, an agricultural meteorologist said. The U.S. National Weather Service said the storms produced straight-line winds in excess of 70 miles per hour (113 km per hour), with

Crops, Oilseeds

Brazil Brings Farming Muscle To Corn And Cotton

By Reese Ewing July 21, 2011

After transforming global agriculture by quintupling their soybean production since 1980, Brazilian farmers are now on the brink of crop breakthroughs in cotton and corn, long dominated by growers in America. Helped by high futures prices and a sustained local agricultural boom, cotton and corn acreage is spreading fast, despite being twice as capital intensive

News

G20 Action Plan Good For Farmers

By Alex Binkley June 30, 2011

International farm ministers rejected tight controls on commodity speculation in favour of more open information on developments in the food chain that could affect both farmers and consumers, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The first meeting of G20 farm ministers signed an action plan in Paris that stresses more trade and innovation, including biotechnology, to

Cereals, Crops

Scientists Race To Avoid A Bitter Climate Change Harvest

By David Fogarty June 23, 2011

Charlie Bragg gazes across his lush fields where fat lambs are grazing, his reservoirs filled with water, and issues a sigh of relief. Things are normal this year and that’s a bit unusual of late. His 7,000-acre farm near the Australian town of Cootamundra is testament to the plight facing farmers around the globe: increasingly

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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