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Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

By Nate Raymond June 23, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Syngenta to pay US$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, was announced by lawyers for the farmers, who blamed the […] Read more

Poorly-treated wheat seed, inoculated with f. graminearum. Photo: Lisa Guenther

Cereals, Crops

Know how to identify these three seedling diseases

By Lisa Guenther June 23, 2017

Seedling diseases can weaken cereals, leaving plants susceptible to other stresses, Brittney Kroeker told attendees at Bayer’s SeedGrowth Solutions Expo in Saskatoon this spring. Kroeker went through some of the top seedling diseases in cereals. Here are her tips for identifying three seedling disease in cereals.

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Spring wheat at 2-1/2-year high, corn at six-month low

By Michael Hirtzer June 23, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– MGEX spring wheat futures jumped to a 2-1/2-year high on Friday and Chicago Board of Trade corn futures dipped to a six-month low in technically driven trade amid an outlook for generally favourable U.S. crop weather, traders said. Soybean futures touched the lowest levels in more than a year before paring[...]
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Crops, Forages, Weather

Manitoba forages fight past winterkill, pest issues

By Dave Sims June 22, 2017

CNS Canada — The first hay cut is well underway in several parts of Manitoba as favourable weather conditions set the stage for what could be a decent forage season. “Generally speaking they’re (forages) all doing well,” said Pamela Iwanchysko, farm production extension specialist with the provincial government in Dauphin. “The rains were timely.” What[...]
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Soybeans in Ontario, June 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month low, corn two-month low

By Michael Hirtzer June 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a 17-month low and corn fell to a roughly two-month low on Thursday, pressured by forecasts for cooler weather conditions that could reduce stress on developing crops, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures followed corn lower, declining for the second straight session even[...]
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Trade sees Canadian farmers trimming wheat, canola acres

By Rod Nickel June 22, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Soggy spring conditions in key crop-growing areas of the Canadian Prairies left farmers unable to plant as much as they intended, but canola seedings still look record-large, according to a Reuters survey of 16 traders and analysts ahead of a government report next week. Wet weather made fields sloppy in Alberta’s[...]
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Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

By Arwa Gaballa, Eric Knecht June 22, 2017

Cairo | Reuters — A court that ordered the suspension of Egypt’s food inspection system based its ruling in part on the quarantine service’s right to ban grain imports with any trace of the ergot fungus, raising the possibility the contested rule could be restored. The government’s new food inspection system simplified trade after a[...]
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola headed down, looking for spark

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 21, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were up and down during the week ended Wednesday, with the bias turning lower as losses in outside markets weighed on values. Canola lost $10 in two days, with a slide in soyoil and crude oil futures behind some of the spillover weakness. “We’re not getting any[...]
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy set for major move on acres

By Dave Sims June 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade could be set for a major move depending on what the U.S. Department of Agriculture reveals in next week’s acreage estimates, according to an analyst. “We’ll find out, did we really plant the 90 million (acres) or are we under?” said Scott Capinegro, president[...]
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat dips, halting rally as weather damage assessed

By Julie Ingwersen June 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell nearly two per cent on Wednesday, after hitting their highest level in a year as traders assessed the extent to which hot, dry weather would dent a global market laden with record inventories. Corn and soybean futures declined as forecasts called for benign crop weather in the[...]
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Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

Know how to identify these three seedling diseases

U.S. grains: Spring wheat at 2-1/2-year high, corn at six-month low

Manitoba forages fight past winterkill, pest issues

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month low, corn two-month low

Trade sees Canadian farmers trimming wheat, canola acres

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

ICE weekly outlook: Canola headed down, looking for spark

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy set for major move on acres

U.S. grains: Wheat dips, halting rally as weather damage assessed

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