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Chile’s campaign finance scandal fells fertilizer firm’s CEO

By Rosalba O'Brien March 17, 2015

Santiago | Reuters — Fertilizer company SQM has fired its CEO after it became embroiled in an election campaign financing scandal that has rocked the Chilean establishment, tainting business leaders and politicians with close links to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. SQM, which has the rights to some of the world’s largest reserves of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Oregon declares drought emergency as snowpack levels drop

By Shelby Sebens March 17, 2015

Portland | Reuters — Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought emergency on Tuesday in two rural Oregon counties, with more expected in the coming weeks, as the state suffers abnormally low snowpack levels. The declarations in Oregon come as much of the U.S. West grapples with severe drought conditions. Last week Washington’s Governor Jay […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 17, 2015

Updated, March 18 — Unionized rail car and locomotive repair, maintenance and inspection staff at Canadian National Railway (CN) have approved the 11th-hour deal that kept them from being locked out last month. CN, in a release Tuesday, said members of its shopcraft group of about 2,100 employees, represented by Unifor Local 100R, have voted […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Forages

Year-round grazing systems

By Steve Kenyon March 17, 2015

I have referred to a Year-Round Grazing System quite often in my articles but never actually defined it. That’s because the definition is different for everyone. We all live in different environments and have different advantages and disadvantages. What works for one farm might not always work for another. The most important part of year-round […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

By Mark Weinraub March 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures sagged 1.5 per cent to their lowest in almost five months on Tuesday, with export demand for U.S. supplies fading amid the expanding harvest in Argentina and Brazil, traders said. “The fundamentals are not friendly here; the South American crops are coming in with good yields,” Charlie Sernatinger, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Long liquidation looms in canola futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 17, 2015

CNS Canada –– Fund traders are still holding large long positions in canola, but could be poised to start liquidating some of those positions as prices near key chart support. Funds are sitting on a long position in “the mid-40,000 area”, according to a canola broker. “Further technical weakness would likely bring in some long […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Markets, Reuters

Feared plant disease found on Australian banana farm

By Colin Packham March 17, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — An outbreak of a feared disease affecting banana plants has been confirmed on an Australian farm, raising worries over the outlook for the country’s A$550 million (C$537 million) industry. The so-called Tropical Race 4 strain of Panama disease was confirmed at a farm in Tully in the country’s northeast after tests […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Argentina creates grains stimulus fund in election year

By Richard Lough March 17, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentina will create a 2.5 billion-peso (C$360 million) stimulus fund for small and medium-scale grains producers which will be funded by existing taxes on the exports of large farms, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said on Monday. Kicillof said small-scale farmers of soy, wheat, and corn had struggled with a 30 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Ammonium sulphate seen tougher to find, afford

By Dave Sims March 17, 2015

CNS Canada — A shortfall in production seems to have made granular ammonium sulphate, the prime fertilizer used by canola growers in Western Canada, relatively scarce just weeks away from seeding. “Last year (it was) $470 a tonne, now it’s $525 a tonne; if you can get it. Those were the words from my supplier,” […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 16, 2015

Four of five groups of Canadian National Railway (CN) employees have voted to ratify the new collective labour deals that kept them from being locked out last month. CN said Monday its unionized clerical/intermodal/fleet mechanic, CNTL and excavator-operator units, all represented by Unifor locals, have all voted in favour of agreements with 51-month terms. The […] Read more

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Chile’s campaign finance scandal fells fertilizer firm’s CEO

Oregon declares drought emergency as snowpack levels drop

CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

Year-round grazing systems

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

Long liquidation looms in canola futures

Feared plant disease found on Australian banana farm

Argentina creates grains stimulus fund in election year

Ammonium sulphate seen tougher to find, afford

Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

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