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Argentine farmers to halt crop sales for three days in protest

By Maximilian Heath March 4, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will suspend grain sales for three days to protest export quotas and other government policies they say hurt profits, the country’s main growers’ organizations said Tuesday. The strike will start on Wednesday, March 11, leaders of three of Argentina’s biggest farm groups told a press conference. “This action […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola testing major support

By Dave Sims March 4, 2015

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were lower for the week ended Wednesday, as continued losses in soybeans, and technical factors, weighed on canola values. The spillover weakness from soybeans was pronounced, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing in Winnipeg, who noted beans were 40 cents off their nearby highs. The […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly: Soybeans, corn await next USDA reports

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2015

CNS Canada –– Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved up and down during the week ended Wednesday, but posted losses on the whole as concerns over a truckers’ strike in Brazil subsided. While large South American crop prospects remain a bearish influence in the background, the market could be due for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Russia starts spring seeding with raised hopes for harvest

By darya-korsunskaya, Polina Devitt March 4, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russian farmers have started their spring seeding campaign with prospects for the 2015 crop brighter than first thought, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Russia, one of the main key wheat exporters to North Africa and the Middle East, needs a good crop after a sharp drop in the rouble has […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop for third day

By Karl Plume March 4, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Wednesday as the end of a truckers’ strike in Brazil and easing concerns about a farmers’ protest in Argentina reduced fears of major South American export disruptions. Wheat fell under the combined pressure of a stronger dollar, which makes U.S. grain […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Viterra boosts Glencore results

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 4, 2015

Commodity giant Glencore saw its earnings from mining and oils drop last year, but saw a 172 per cent increase in its earnings from agricultural trading — largely due to results from Viterra. The world’s largest commodity trader on Monday reported overall EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $12.8 billion on sales […] Read more

Cabbage seedpod weevil larva. (CanolaCouncil.org)

Crops, Weather

Cabbage seedpod weevil could cause problems for Prairie canola

By Terryn Shiells March 3, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canola growes in Western Canada will have to keep an eye out for cabbage seedpod weevils in fields this year, according to government officials. “For cabbage seedpod weevil, the survey from last year was showing that it’s extended well eastwards (in Saskatchewan) with some pretty good numbers now moving more into traditional […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Rail problems continue as Prairie ag groups tackle CTA review

By Dave Sims March 3, 2015

CNS Canada — Better data, equitable service regardless of where you live and service contracts with teeth are just some of the ideas being tossed around by Prairie farm leaders taking part in the Canadian Transportation Act review. “Producers want to see equitable service for everyone,” said Norm Hall, chairman of the Agricultural Producers Association […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-week low on Brazil strike pause, harvest

By Michael Hirtzer March 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to a one-week low on Tuesday in a technical selloff sparked by a weakening truckers strike in Brazil and the advancing harvest of what’s expected to be Brazil’s biggest soy crop ever. Soybean futures trimmed their losses late in the session while corn and wheat each reversed earlier […] Read more

Can you spot the difference between the two sides of this wheat plot? Probably not, AAFC researchers say. (Environmental Science and Technology)

Crops

Wheat in study finds P where soil tests don’t

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 3, 2015

A long-term yield study in Saskatchewan shows wheat crops will use the phosphorus built up in soils over years of fertilizing — even where soil tests don’t show the nutrient is handy for use. While the results still need to be tested elsewhere, with other crops, the study’s findings may help Canadian farmers rethink how […] Read more

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

Agrichemicals firm Corteva explores splitting seed and pesticide units, WSJ reports

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