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Crops, General, Livestock

Experts call for less waste and less meat

Kale or steak? Change in diet key to UN plan to end hunger by 2030

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Rome — In trendy, hipster London or New York, it’s all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away, in Nairobi or Bogota, the middle classes are more likely to reach for roasted goat or a juicy steak. Later this month, world leaders are set to endorse a U.N. goal […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy shakes off 6-year low, corn jumps on U.S. crop fears

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Chicago/Reuters – U.S. soybean futures bounced on Friday after a surprise increase in the Department of Agriculture’s autumn harvest forecast knocked prices to six-year lows. Corn futures neared one-month highs after the USDA, in a monthly report, reduced its production estimate, igniting supply concerns. Traders are focused on the size of the crops because prices […] Read more
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Crops, Soybeans

Manitoba soybeans near harvest, weather permitting

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Manitoba soybeans are edging closer to harvest, with southern fields just a week away, but rain, as always, poses a challenge to producers. Beans in southern Manitoba have ripened faster than other parts of the province, and will be ready to harvest by early next week, said Dennis Lange, farm production advisor with Manitoba Food, […] Read more
Cereals, Crops

Three things to read in your grain contract

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Do you read your grain contracts from front to back? If so, you’re one of the few who do. A University of Manitoba study found only 17 per cent of Canadian farmers read their whole grain contracts — and that’s a mistake, says a grain industry expert. “For every grain buyer out there, the terms […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters, Spring Wheat

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

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Reuters — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling its approval and giving environmentalists a major victory. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, is significant for commercial beekeepers and others […] Read more
Average sea surface temperature anomalies for the period from Aug. 9 to Sept. 5. (CPC)
Crops, Reuters, Weather

El Nino to strengthen in winter, gradually weaken in spring

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New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said El Nino conditions would gradually weaken through the Northern Hemisphere spring after peaking in late fall or early winter. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said the likelihood that El Nino conditions would persist through the Northern Hemisphere winter was about […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

French court upholds Monsanto poisoning ruling

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Lyon/Paris|Reuters — A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found liable in the chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso herbicide. The decision by an appeal court in Lyon confirmed the initial judgment, the first such case heard in court […] Read more
(Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed barley looking bearish

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CNS Canada –– Seasonal harvest pressure is starting to weigh on feed grains in Western Canada, while quality downgrades to crops still on the field may put further pressure on values going forward. “There are quite a few bearish indicators out there,” said Kyle Sinclair, of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. For starters, early yield […] Read more

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