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Cereals, Crops, Forages

Viterra Rolls Out Weed Killers For Wheat, Peas

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Viterra has added a Group 1 herbicide for wheat growers and a Group 2 broadleaf and grassy weed product for field pea and bean crops to its new roster of company-branded crop protection products. Foothills contains the Group 1 active ingredient clodinafoppropargyl, the same used by Syngenta in its Horizon products. It’s registered for use
News, Poultry

Bird Flu Fears Halt Poultry Exports From Kentucky

Ecuador and Taiwan became the latest countries to halt imports of poultry meat from Kentucky following a suspected case of the non-lethal strain of bird flu, the U. S. Agriculture Department said April 8. Russia, the top importer of U. S. chicken meat, stopped shipments of fresh and frozen poultry from the state last week.
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U. S. Farm-Cut Fight Far From Over

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The fight to cut U. S. farm subsidies is just beginning in Congress despite a committee vote against a $250,000-a-year cap on payments, a limit supported by the White House, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says. “Let’s see where things end up,” Vilsack said during an interview with Reuters March 27. He said deficit hawks in
Livestock

Grocer Calls For Heightened Food Inspections

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The U. S. Agriculture Department should expand its risk-based inspection system to focus on products neglected by the Food and Drug Administration to help stop a rash of massive food recalls, an official from a U. S. grocery chain said on April 2. The U. S. food supply system is under fire after a series
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Fewer Wheat/ Double-Crop Soy Sowings — Usda

Plantings of the eight major U. S. field crops are expected to be down in 2009 due to fewer wheat seedings and less double-crop soybean acreage, the Agriculture Department’s chief economist said April 1. USDA’s annual prospective plantings report indicated there will be a decline of 7.1 million acres, or 2.8 per cent, from 2008
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

USDA Report Improves Market Outlook

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended April 3 mixed, with canola up and barley down in an active week. Canola was lifted by gains in the U. S. soy
News, Oilseeds

Soy Estimate Surprises Analysts

The number of acres farmers will plant with corn and soybeans this spring was far from settled by a government report on March 31, with prices, weather and input costs over the next month set to play a big role. The surprisingly low U. S. Agriculture Department soybean plantings estimate sent soy prices soaring and
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Farmers To Plant More Soybeans, Less Corn

U. S. farmers are aiming for a record soybean crop this year but high costs for fertilizer and other supplies will mean less corn, wheat and cotton, U. S. government data showed March 31. After two years of booming returns, farmers are more cautious about their planting this year as the global recession hits exports,

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