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File photo of wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia. (YGrek/iStock/Getty Images)

Grain price slump attracts bargain-hunting by importers

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 17, 2020

Hamburg | Reuters — The collapse in grain prices caused by concern about the global impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus has generated some bargain-buying by importing countries, traders said on Tuesday. But they said the extent was still limited and there were no signs importers were making especially large purchases to expand stocks. “We are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Increased demand seen, but problems loom

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News March 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Unlike other commodities, pulses aren’t yet feeling ill effects from an economic downturn due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. With consumers panic-buying, there has been increased demand for pulses, as many are non-perishable, Mosnaim said. “These products will be there for ages,” he said, […] Read more

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Crop quality issues may pressure prices

By Mayank Bhardwaj, GFM Network News March 17, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — Unseasonal torrential rains and hailstorms have damaged the winter-planted crops of millions of Indian growers, inundating wheat, potato, chickpea and rapeseed farms in large parts of the fertile northern plains, farmers said. Most farmers were caught by surprise by the repeated rain and hail that has lashed fields full of […] Read more

A freighter is loaded with grain from a terminal at Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. (Maxvis/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Handlers focus on keeping grain moving despite COVID-19

Grain companies, Canadian Grain Commission working but unsure of future

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News March 16, 2020

Canada’s grain companies are committed to keeping grain moving to domestic and export customers, but how the spread of COVID-19 might affect business is still an unknown, says Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. “We are are going to do everything in our power to keep grain moving at this time,” […] Read more

An excavator works on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Patrick Doyle)

Crops

Ottawa roundup: Carbon tax, Grain Act review, Horticultural Council AGM

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News March 16, 2020

Despite much of the world’s focus being on slumping stock markets and a global pandemic, there are several recent developments out of Ottawa related to agriculture: Canada Grain Act Canada’s Treasury Board has identified the Canada Grain Act as a piece of legislation in need of regulatory reform. This has been on the federal Liberal […] Read more

Oil is an “imperfect barometer” for how other commodities will perform, FCC’s J.P. Gervais says. (Screengrab from Farm Credit Canada video via YouTube)

General, Machinery, Markets

Impacts on ag expected as COVID-19 rocks markets

Farmers urged to manage expenses

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News March 15, 2020

Stocks continuing to plunge during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic have left agricultural producers in Canada concerned about the potential impact. Thursday marked the biggest drop in Canadian stocks in 80 years, highlighted by many economists warning the country is on the brink of recession. Beyond growing fears of COVID-19’s economic impact, oil and gas stocks […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Cervus to expand Saskatchewan reach

Deere chain announces Nipawin shop, Farm At Hand tie-in

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News March 15, 2020

Deere farm equipment dealer chain Cervus Equipment is set to expand its reach in northeastern Saskatchewan next month. Calgary-based Cervus — which operates 21 Deere dealerships in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia along with 42 other machinery dealerships in Canada, Australia and New Zealand — announced Thursday it plans to have a new dealership open […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer reported inching toward glyphosate settlement

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 14, 2020

Reuters — Bayer has agreed on draft settlement terms with half a dozen law firms representing tens of thousands of plaintiffs alleging that its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the German drugs and pesticides company have come under immense pressure since […] Read more

An image created by Nexu Science Communication, together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus, the type of virus linked to COVID-19. (Nexu Science Communication via Reuters)

General, Markets

Fraser: What will be the long-term impact of COVID-19?

Analysis: A pandemic runs the risk of driving nations further apart

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News March 12, 2020

As developments around the COVID-19 coronavirus change rapidly, I can’t help but speculate on the longer-term effects of it. By now, much has been made of the economic impact it — alongside the Saudi Arabia-Russia oil trade war — will have on global economies. While it’s guesswork to estimate the total impact without knowing how […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Soybeans

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

Province's soybean acres expected to fall

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 11, 2020

MarketsFarm — Solid prices should keep Manitoba farmers growing edible beans in 2020, although soybean area will likely drop, according to a provincial specialist. Disappointing harvest weather in 2019 hurt yields and cut into harvested area for edible beans in both Manitoba and across the border in the United States. As a result, prices heading […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Pulses

Grain price slump attracts bargain-hunting by importers

Pulse weekly outlook: Increased demand seen, but problems loom

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Handlers focus on keeping grain moving despite COVID-19

Ottawa roundup: Carbon tax, Grain Act review, Horticultural Council AGM

Impacts on ag expected as COVID-19 rocks markets

Cervus to expand Saskatchewan reach

Bayer reported inching toward glyphosate settlement

Fraser: What will be the long-term impact of COVID-19?

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

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