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U.S. grains: Soybeans set five-week high on predicted drop in plantings

By Tom Polansek February 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a five-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department projected farmers will plant fewer acres than traders expected in response to falling prices. Corn futures also advanced, while wheat finished flat to lower. USDA, in data released at its annual Agricultural Outlook conference, projected 2015-16 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Repair, inspection staff at CN prep for strike vote

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 19, 2015

Locomotive and rail car maintenance, repair and inspection staff at Canadian National Railway (CN) plan to take a strike vote early next week, their union said Thursday. Unifor, the largest union at CN with over 4,800 members, said Thursday it will hold the vote over a period of up to three weeks, and would set […] Read more

Double cropping of rice and lentils would increase income for smallholder farmers in India and Bangladesh. (Photo courtesy ICARDA)

Crops, Lentils, Pulses

Double-cropping project aims to cut Indian lentil imports

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 19, 2015

Researchers on a project in India and Bangladesh say they hope it will greatly reduce their lentil imports. Farmers in the project are growing lentils in fields left fallow after rice harvests, with the help of a research and training project by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). In a […] Read more

Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Mustard acres expected to soften slightly in 2015

By Dave Sims February 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Canadian mustard seeds could be vying for attention this spring from some of their more lucrative rivals, the chairman of the Saskatchewan Mustard Seed Development Commission predicts. “I would say mustard acres would be down a little bit from the previous year just based on the profit potential for other crops,” said […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

USDA sees reduced U.S. plantings of corn, soy, wheat in 2015-16

By Reuters February 19, 2015

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers will plant fewer acres of soybeans, corn, wheat and cotton in the 2015-16 marketing year in response to falling prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday. At its annual Agricultural Outlook conference, USDA forecast lower prices for most major U.S. crops following bumper harvests in 2014-15. “Consecutive […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Large unpriced corn, soy stocks seen overhanging Chicago futures

By Dave Sims February 18, 2015

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures saw choppy activity over the past week but large unpriced supplies of both commodities, held by farmers across the U.S. Midwest, will keep the long-term bias pointed lower, one analyst says. One trader said a lack of fundamental news and strength in the […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola reaching its upper range

By Terryn Shiells February 18, 2015

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, taking some direction from advances seen in Chicago soybean futures. But the market seems to be moving into its upper range and could be vulnerable to a downward correction going forward, according to Ken Ball of PI Financial in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after Egypt cancels U.S. tender

By Michael Hirtzer February 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat tumbled as much as two per cent on Wednesday, with benchmark Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) futures falling the most in a week after top global wheat importer Egypt cancelled a tender seeking supplies from the U.S. Overbought technical conditions and profit-taking also pressured prices, with CBOT corn and […] Read more

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U.S. buyer completes takeover of ag chem firm Arysta

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 18, 2015

U.S. industrial chemical producer Platform Specialty Products Corp. has sealed its deal to buy ag chemical firm Arysta LifeScience for about US$3.5 billion (C$4.35 billion). Miami-based, publicly-traded PSPC, which in the past year has bought ag chem firms Agriphar Group and Chemtura AgroSolutions, announced its plans to buy the Dublin-based multinational Arysta business last fall. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

India not to cut multi-billion dollar food handout program

By Mayank Bhardwaj February 18, 2015

New Delhi | Reuters –– India will not scale down its multi-billion dollar food welfare program that promises ultra-cheap rice and wheat to most of its people despite a high-level recommendation, a top government source said on Wednesday. A panel set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month urged the government to lower the […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans set five-week high on predicted drop in plantings

Repair, inspection staff at CN prep for strike vote

Double-cropping project aims to cut Indian lentil imports

Mustard acres expected to soften slightly in 2015

USDA sees reduced U.S. plantings of corn, soy, wheat in 2015-16

Large unpriced corn, soy stocks seen overhanging Chicago futures

ICE weekly outlook: Canola reaching its upper range

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after Egypt cancels U.S. tender

U.S. buyer completes takeover of ag chem firm Arysta

India not to cut multi-billion dollar food handout program

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