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U.S. refiners urge EPA to keep biofuel waiver requests secret from USDA

By Reuters July 9, 2019

Washington | Reuters — A law firm representing small U.S. refineries has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to keep refiners’ applications for waivers from the nation’s biofuel policy secret from the Department of Agriculture, arguing that the petitions include confidential business information. The request, made by Perkins Coie in a letter to the EPA dated […] Read more

Employees at the Fire and Flower store in Ottawa prepare an order for a customer as the first legal cannabis stores open in Ontario on April 1, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

By Moira Warburton July 9, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — Ontario has blamed a shortage of legal cannabis from the federal government for its slow rollout of retail outlets, a claim dismissed by the federal government and regulatory bodies from other provinces, raising prospects the black market for weed may thrive longer in Canada’s most populous province. Canada became the first […] Read more

Edwin Hardeman, at right with his attorneys Jennifer Moore (left) and Aimee Wagstaff, speaks to the media, after Bayer was found liable for Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma arising from his use of Roundup herbicide, at a federal courthouse in San Francisco on March 27, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Alexandria Sage)

Crops, Reuters

Juror urges judge to uphold US$80M Roundup verdict

By Tina Bellon July 9, 2019

Reuters — A juror who was part of a panel that delivered a US$80 million award against Bayer AG after finding that its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup caused a man’s cancer has urged the presiding judge to uphold the decision. A letter from the juror written on July 4 was posted to the court docket […] Read more

Delmar Commodities’ Jordan Mills soybean crush plant at Roland, Man., about 25 km north of Winkler. (DelmarCommodities.com)

Crops, Soybeans

Manitoba grain firm Delmar Commodities on the block

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News July 8, 2019

Delmar Commodities is set to be sold to Ceres Global Ag, an integrated commodity group with operations throughout North America. The Winkler, Man. grain, oilseed and processing firm was founded by Martin Harder in 1995 from castoff elevators during the grain sector’s consolidation push at the time. Harder left the firm in 2010, selling his […] Read more

Hay in the swath in northwestern Saskatchewan.

Forages, Hay, Pasture

Feed Watch: July 8, 2019

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 8, 2019

A dry spring has robbed many Prairie producers of first cut hay yields and lowered carrying capacity on pastures. Still, rain improved pasture conditions in many areas and some producers are cutting poor hay fields to encourage regrowth for a second cut. Overall hay growth and pasture looks better in Alberta than Saskatchewan and Manitoba. […] Read more

CBOT September 2019 corn, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy higher after choppy day amid hot forecasts

By Barbara Smith July 8, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures settled higher on Monday after a seesaw trading session. Analysts blamed the choppy day on forecasts for hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest in the coming days. But forecasts showing heat building further in the next two weeks, with limited rainfall, were causing concern […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. EPA proposes hike in 2020 biofuel mandate

By Humeyra Pamuk, GFM Network News July 6, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday proposed refiners increase the volume of biofuels blended into their annual fuel output but did not reallocate the waived amounts under the hardship program, drawing ire from powerful corn and biofuel groups as well as Republican senators. The EPA is charged with setting […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: World weather buoys barley

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm July 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian feed barley prices are being buoyed by a triple threat of weather circumstances both locally and abroad. Three years of dry growing conditions in Australia have tightened global feed barley supplies to the point that domestic Canadian prices have increased. Current feed barley bids are topping out at $6.25 per bushel in […] Read more

CBOT August 2019 soybeans, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide in post-holiday markets

By Barbara Smith July 5, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures settled down almost two per cent on Friday, pressured by relatively ample U.S. stockpiles as traders shrugged off support from strong weekly export sales. Analysts attributed the weakness in futures to improved U.S. crop weather and uncertainty about demand for U.S. soybeans, given large carry-over supplies from the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Field pea acreage increasing

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm July 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Last week’s report from Statistics Canada estimated that some acreage in Canada’s canola belt will instead go to field peas in 2019. Approximately 4.3 million total acres will be dedicated to field peas, StatsCan said, marking a 300,000-acre increase from estimates earlier in the year, and up from the 3.6 million acres seeded […] Read more

Food and beverage makers’ sales predicted to slide on trade tensions: FCC

More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

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Food and beverage makers’ sales predicted to slide on trade tensions: FCC

More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

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U.S. refiners urge EPA to keep biofuel waiver requests secret from USDA

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

Juror urges judge to uphold US$80M Roundup verdict

Manitoba grain firm Delmar Commodities on the block

Feed Watch: July 8, 2019

U.S. grains: Corn, soy higher after choppy day amid hot forecasts

U.S. EPA proposes hike in 2020 biofuel mandate

Feed weekly outlook: World weather buoys barley

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide in post-holiday markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Field pea acreage increasing

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