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Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

Ontario’s corn and soybean growers and seed dealers will have slightly more time to manage some of their new duties as the province’s limits on neonicotinoid pesticides become legally binding. Ontario’s environment ministry on Tuesday announced its new provincial regulations — with a handful of changes from the draft legislation first published in March — […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

By Michael Hirtzer June 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped as much as one per cent on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session to a two-month high as investors bet that heavy rains would hit yields of the winter wheat crop in the southern U.S. Plains. Soybeans also rose, reaching a three-week peak as a broad-based […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 9, 2015

Monsanto’s offer of a US$2 billion break fee if it can’t get regulatory approval for a merger with crop biotech and ag chem rival Syngenta has been rejected. The offer, made in a letter from St. Louis-based Monsanto on Saturday, “represents the same inadequate price, same inadequate regulatory undertakings to close, same regulatory risks and same […] Read more

(Giuseppe Carotenuto photo courtesy FAO)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Threat of food crisis seen fading as grain stocks climb

By Nigel Hunt June 8, 2015

London | Reuters — A sudden change in the weather no longer raises the spectre of a food price crisis, with grain stocks rebuilt and governments now paying much closer attention to agriculture, a senior United Nations economist said in an interview Monday. “The buffer is big and unexpected shortfalls can be met by (grain) […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Rain poses biggest threat to Man. edible beans

By Jade Markus June 8, 2015

CNS Canada — Most of Manitoba’s edible bean crops are progressing with no complications — the only imminent threat being too much rain and moisture. Dennis Lange, farm production advisor for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Altona, said most of the beans were planted at the end of May. “One of the biggest […] Read more

Crops, Oats, Weather

Prairie oats crop off to a decent start

By Terryn Shiells June 8, 2015

CNS Canada — Western Canadian farmers are wrapping up seeding their oats crops, which so far are off to a decent start in many areas. “I know in Manitoba, in the Red River Valley, the oats are off to an excellent start,” said Art Enns, president of the Prairie Oats Growers Association. “In Saskatchewan it’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Wheat bids climb with U.S. futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 8, 2015

CNS Canada –– Cash bids for Canadian wheat climbed sharply during the week ended Friday, as a rally in U.S. futures pulled bids up across the Prairies. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were C$12 to $19 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $218 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to as […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat adds two per cent gain to weather-related rally

By Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel June 8, 2015

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed two per cent on Monday, extending last week’s rally on worries over potentially lower crop yields in the U.S. Plains. Wheat’s gains helped pull corn and soybeans close to the multi-week highs they touched on Friday. Weather concerns encouraged investors to cover short positions, said Mark Schultz, chief analyst […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Monsanto sweetens Syngenta play with $2B break fee

By Reuters June 8, 2015

New York | Reuters –– U.S. seed and ag chem firm Monsanto has offered to pay a US$2 billion reverse break-up fee to Syngenta if it can’t obtain global regulatory approvals for an acquisition, it said in a statement on Sunday. The move, under which Monsanto would pay the fee if regulators reject the proposal, […] Read more

Dr. Roy Golsteyn’s lab is studying buffalo bean for compounds that may help fight certain cancers. (Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge)

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Guenther: Buffalo bean more than floral for cancer researchers

By Lisa Guenther June 6, 2015

Buffalo beans adorn the pastures, field edges and even kitchen tables of many Prairie farms and ranches — but the pretty plant is now also being picked for its potential properties as a cancer fighter. Experiments show compounds extracted from buffalo bean leaves have potential to fight a class of cancers that includes multiple myeloma, […] Read more

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Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

Threat of food crisis seen fading as grain stocks climb

Rain poses biggest threat to Man. edible beans

Prairie oats crop off to a decent start

Wheat bids climb with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Wheat adds two per cent gain to weather-related rally

Monsanto sweetens Syngenta play with $2B break fee

Guenther: Buffalo bean more than floral for cancer researchers

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