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Saudi Arabia boosts stake in G3 Canada

By Rod Nickel June 17, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Saudi Arabia’s agriculture company has taken control of the majority investor in grain handler G3 Canada Ltd., according to a filing, reducing Bunge Ltd.’s stake and strengthening the kingdom’s efforts to secure food supplies. G3 Global Holdings, the joint venture of U.S. agribusiness Bunge and Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. […] Read more

Tulip fields in the Netherlands. (CIA.gov)

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African growers threaten Dutch flower power

By Thomas Escritt June 17, 2016

Aalsmeer, Netherlands | Reuters — The Netherlands is fighting to retain its crown as the world’s top auction house for flowers as growers in Africa and elsewhere increasingly sell directly to buyers. The country grew wealthy selling tulip bulbs in the 17th century during the so-called Dutch Golden Age and remains the second largest agricultural […] Read more

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‘Unorthodox’ agriculture policies seen costing Egypt

By Tom Polansek June 16, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Egypt, the world’s top wheat importer, faces US$860 million in extra costs and lost export opportunities this year because of “unorthodox agricultural measures,” including a zero-tolerance policy on ergot fungus in wheat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday in a report. The report, from a USDA attache in Cairo, criticized […] Read more

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‘Veil of uncertainty’ shrouds Churchill’s shipping season

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 16, 2016

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s Port of Churchill is facing an uncertain grain shipping season, as ownership of the Hudson Bay facility is still up in the air, months after owner OmniTrax announced plans to sell the port and the railway that serves it. Denver-based OmniTrax announced in late 2015 it had accepted a letter of […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Canadian maltsters’ barley needs covered for now

By Jade Markus June 16, 2016

CNS Canada — Consistent demand from the craft brewing industry means solid malt barley contract prices for Canadian farmers, which in turn has driven up acres on the year. Maltster demand has been well met so far this year, one market participant said, but previous years’ weather has caused supplies to fall, propping up spot […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

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U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag on improving weather outlooks

By Julie Ingwersen June 16, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Thursday as funds liquidated long positions on improving U.S. weather forecasts and broad weakness in commodity and equities markets, analysts said. Wheat followed the lower trend, pressured by the expanding U.S. winter wheat harvest and plentiful world stockpiles. At the Chicago Board of Trade, […] Read more

Campbell, which recently rolled out several Star Wars-themed products such as these Darth Vader-shaped SpaghettiOs, plans to label all its U.S. products for presence of GMO ingredients. (Campbells.com)

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MP calls for mandatory GMO labels, echoes Vermont regulations

By Jade Markus June 15, 2016

CNS Canada — A Quebec MP has tabled a new bill calling for mandatory labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods, following steps taken by lawmakers south of the border. Pierre-Luc Dusseault, the New Democrat MP for Sherbrooke, introduced Bill C-291 Tuesday morning, calling for the mandatory labelling of genetically engineered (GE) foods in Canada. Dusseault […] Read more

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Can coffee cause cancer? Only if it’s very hot, says WHO agency

By Kate Kelland June 15, 2016

London | Reuters — There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency said Wednesday, in a reverse of its previous warning, but it also said all “very hot” drinks are probably carcinogenic. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had previously rated coffee as “possibly […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Bull still needs to be fed for corn, soy

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 15, 2016

CNS Canada — Fund money pulled soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to their highest levels of the past year in recent weeks, but profit-taking at the highs tempered gains as traders look for more fundamental reasons to keep the rally going. “It’s all about the weather, La Nina and […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola establishes range

By Dave Sims June 15, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola suffered small losses during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts chopping around the $520 per tonne mark. Losses in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soy complex weighed on canola. However, it lagged the U.S. market while receiving support from declines in the […] 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

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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

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Saudi Arabia boosts stake in G3 Canada

African growers threaten Dutch flower power

‘Unorthodox’ agriculture policies seen costing Egypt

‘Veil of uncertainty’ shrouds Churchill’s shipping season

Canadian maltsters’ barley needs covered for now

U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag on improving weather outlooks

MP calls for mandatory GMO labels, echoes Vermont regulations

Can coffee cause cancer? Only if it’s very hot, says WHO agency

CBOT weekly outlook: Bull still needs to be fed for corn, soy

ICE weekly outlook: Canola establishes range

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