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Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

By Carey Gillam June 22, 2015

Reuters — Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses asked the U.S. government on Monday for tighter regulation of genetically engineered crops, calling the current system a “failure.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it was considering changes to the way it regulates biotech crops and set a public comment period that expired […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

By Julie Ingwersen June 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Monday on concerns about tightening old-crop supplies and excessive rains trimming new-crop yield prospects, traders said. Wheat and corn also rose. At the Chicago Board of Trade, the July soybean contract settled up 18 cents at $9.89-1/2 per bushel after reaching $9.90, […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

By Jade Markus June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Fababeans are increasing in popularity across the Prairies, but much like other crops in Alberta and Saskatchewan, dry weather is taking its toll — and if it continues, yield could be impacted. Fababeans require a lot of moisture to produce well, according to Dale Risula, a Saskatchewan provincial specialist for special crops […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Dry conditions causing production concerns across large areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan are certainly bad for the crops, but the weather could prove ideal for grasshoppers. Grasshopper forecast maps put out over the winter were not initially all that bad for Alberta and Saskatchewan, given the conditions in 2014, but weather in […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

By Dave Sims June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the province’s south. Stripe rust and leaf rust appear to have blown in from the United States. Pam de Rocquigny of Manitoba’s agriculture department said the […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets

Late start expected for Manitoba’s Port of Churchill

By Jade Markus June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill will start its shipping season later this year, as its operator hopes to lower the cost of maintenance on the railway serving the port. Merv Tweed, president of port and railway operator OmniTrax Canada, said the company expects the first grain vessel will go out sometime in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn falls on improving weather view

By Mark Weinraub June 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, setting back from a three-day rally on a round of profit-taking after prices hit their highest in more than a month, traders said. Corn futures also fell, pressured by forecasts for drier weather and rising temperatures that will foster corn development. CBOT […] Read more

Corn, Livestock, Soybeans, Weather

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 18, 2015

Early data from federal pesticide regulators appear to suggest Ontario’s bee yards are moving past a spell of unusually high death losses seen around the 2012 and 2013 planting seasons. Combining the numbers of acute honey bee mortality “incidents” by bee yard in Ontario in the 2015 pre-planting and planting periods, up to June 11, Health Canada’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy rallies on short-covering, planting woes

By Mark Weinraub June 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for the third day in a row on Thursday, touching their highest in more than five weeks on concerns that dry weather will arrive too late to allow for planting in rain-soaked areas of the Midwest, traders said. Traders said the excess moisture could force farmers to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Uncertainty over Russia’s wheat export tax seen slowing trade

By maha-el-dahan, Polina Devitt June 18, 2015

Moscow/Abu Dhabi | Reuters –– Uncertainty over Russia’s new wheat export tax is slowing trade activity as traders who have signed forward contracts say they are unsure about how the formula will be implemented. The floating tax formula, to be launched from July 1, is intended to stop exports surging if the rouble drops steeply, […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide on human screwworm case report

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide on human screwworm case report

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin

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Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

Late start expected for Manitoba’s Port of Churchill

U.S. grains: Corn falls on improving weather view

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

U.S. grains: Soy rallies on short-covering, planting woes

Uncertainty over Russia’s wheat export tax seen slowing trade

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