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Agrium, PotashCorp in merger talks

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 30, 2016

Canadian fertilizer giants Agrium and PotashCorp confirmed Tuesday they’re in “preliminary discussions” toward a possible merger-of-equals. Calgary-based Agrium and Saskatoon-based PotashCorp emphasized in separate statements Tuesday that no decision has yet been made on whether to go ahead with such a merger and no agreement has yet been reached. “There can be no assurance that […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt bans ergot in wheat, again

By Eric Knecht, maha-el-dahan August 29, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt reinstated on Sunday a controversial ban on wheat shipments containing even the slightest amount of a common grain fungus, baffling traders who had returned to the Egyptian market just last month when the ban was lifted. The world’s largest wheat importer said on Sunday it was re-introducing its zero […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

By Julie Ingwersen August 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a sixth consecutive session to hit a new 10-year low on Monday, as ample global stocks and a regulatory clamp-down from the world’s largest buyer of the grain dragged on prices. Corn set a seven-year low and soybeans also declined, pressured by prospects for large U.S. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

By Rod Nickel August 26, 2016

Reuters — Wheat futures dropped to their lowest price in Chicago in nearly a decade on Friday, pressured by ample supplies and technical selling. Corn dropped for the fifth straight session and soybeans lost ground for the fourth straight day, as a U.S. tour of mostly robust crops wrapped up. The Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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Canadian canola exporters book sales to China

By Rod Nickel August 26, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian exporters are making small sales of canola to China under Beijing’s stricter terms, an industry group and three sources said, possibly undermining Ottawa’s hardline negotiating stance with the world’s top market for the oilseed. The dispute over the new shipping standard, which industry groups in the world’s biggest canola exporter […] Read more

A Russian grain terminal at the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. (NMTP.info)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

By Polina Devitt, GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — Russia is muscling in on the markets of its European and North American competitors as it overtakes the European Union to become the world’s biggest wheat exporter for the first time. Russia is expecting a record crop in the 2016-17 marketing season, which began on July 1, while EU harvests are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

By Rod Nickel August 25, 2016

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, giving up three per cent to their lowest since mid-August, as a widely watched crop tour reported bumper prospects across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat lost ground for a fourth session in a row, amid expectations for huge global grain supplies. […] Read more

A supercomputer-modeled simulation showing the expected impact of global warming on Earth’s surface temperatures. (Photo courtesy NASA)

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Man-made warming dates back almost 200 years, study says

By alister-doyle August 25, 2016

Oslo | Reuters — Man-made greenhouse gases began to nudge up the Earth’s temperatures almost 200 years ago, as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, far earlier than previously thought. Greenhouse gas emissions from industry left their first traces in the temperatures of tropical oceans and the Arctic around 1830, researchers wrote in a recent journal […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Quality still a question for Canada’s big wheat crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 25, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are sitting on a very large wheat crop this year, but the moisture that helped boost yields also caused disease issues and supplies of higher-quality wheat may still be in short supply. While the spring wheat harvest is just getting started and it’s hard to get a firm handle on […] Read more

Khaled Hanafi, Egypt’s minister for supply and internal trading, shown here at a meeting Tuesday, has resigned in the wake of the country’s ongoing probe into purchases of local wheat. (MSIT.gov.eg)

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Egypt’s wheat corruption scandal takes down supply minister

By Eric Knecht, maha-el-dahan August 25, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafi has resigned amid the highest-profile corruption case since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in 2014. Hanafi’s resignation is the most senior-level fallout from a probe into whether millions of dollars intended to subsidize farmers were used to purchase wheat that did not […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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Agrium, PotashCorp in merger talks

Egypt bans ergot in wheat, again

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

Canadian canola exporters book sales to China

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

Man-made warming dates back almost 200 years, study says

Quality still a question for Canada’s big wheat crop

Egypt’s wheat corruption scandal takes down supply minister

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