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U.S. farmland rents soften with grain prices

By Christine Stebbins December 23, 2014

Reuters — U.S. farmland rents for 2015 are on track to be down 5 to 10 per cent from the top fees of a year ago due to lower grain prices, but landowners remain stubborn about deeper cuts and some are adding clauses to boost revenue if grain prices bounce back. More than half the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

USDA report says no risk from pesticide residues

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News December 22, 2014

Reuters — More than half of food tested by the U.S. government for pesticide residues last year showed detectable levels of pesticides, though most were within levels the government considers to be safe, according to a report issued Dec. 19 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA looked at fresh and processed fruits and […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Russia’s new grain export duty sows confusion

By Michael Hogan, Polina Devitt December 22, 2014

Moscow / Reuters — Russia stiffened its bid to curb grain exports on Monday with plans for a duty on shipments, to defend domestic bread supply against a crumbling rouble. Russia, one of the world’s top wheat exporters to North Africa and the Middle East, has been exporting record volumes of grain this year as […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Durum prices relatively steady

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 22, 2014

Commodity News Service Canada — The volatility in the global wheat markets in recent weeks has largely bypassed durum, which has seen its premiums over hard red spring wheat erode slightly in Western Canada. “Durum does what it wants, when it wants,” said a Saskatchewan-based durum broker, noting that the recent strength in Canada Western […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Tighter special crops stocks: Ag Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 22, 2014

Commodity News Service Canada — Canadian pulse and special crop ending stocks are forecast to be slightly tighter than earlier estimates, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Market Analysis Division late Friday, December 19. Ag Canada pegged 2014/15 specialty crop ending stocks at 345,000 tonnes, which compares with the November […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Co-ops put Que. urea plant plan on ‘pause’

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 20, 2014

Development work toward a major new nitrogen fertilizer plant in Quebec is on hold while its partners seek more investors to climb on board. IFFCO — the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative, one of India’s largest fertilizer makers — and Quebec agrifood co-operative giant La Coop federee said Tuesday they’ve suspended preparation of “preliminary plans and […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

CN to pay WGRF $5.2 million

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 19, 2014

The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) says it will receive $5,231,011 from CN Rail for exceeding its revenue entitlement for 2013-14. The Canadian Transportation Agency ruled Dec. 18 that CN has exceeded its maximum revenue entitlement under legislation that caps the revenue it can receive for grain during the crop year. CP was found to […] Read more

Markets, Spring Wheat

Russian grain exporters stop buying

By Polina Devitt December 19, 2014

Moscow / Reuters — A Russian grain exporters’ group that accounts for about three-quarters of the country’s shipments said on Friday it had stopped buying for export until domestic prices cool down. The move follows informal government measures to restrict exports as Moscow tackles a currency crisis, including through toughening of quality controls and a […] Read more

Crops, Markets

CWB wheat PROs rise with recent rally in U.S. futures

December 19, 2014

Commodity News Service Canada — CWB has raised Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for wheat in its latest report, due to a recent sharp rally in U.S. wheat futures. Wheat PROs were anywhere from $15 to $30 per tonne higher, with uncertainty over Russian winter wheat exports behind the advances. Crop conditions for U.S. and European […] Read more

Canola, Markets

Louis Dreyfus Yorkton plant reopens

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 19, 2014

Commodity News Service Canada — The Louis Dreyfus canola crushing plant in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, is officially back in operation after an explosion at a meal storage facility in late October forced the plant to close for a number of weeks, says a Dec. 18 statement from the company. “We are pleased to announce that operations […] Read more

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U.S. farmland rents soften with grain prices

USDA report says no risk from pesticide residues

Russia’s new grain export duty sows confusion

Durum prices relatively steady

Tighter special crops stocks: Ag Canada

Co-ops put Que. urea plant plan on ‘pause’

CN to pay WGRF $5.2 million

Russian grain exporters stop buying

CWB wheat PROs rise with recent rally in U.S. futures

Louis Dreyfus Yorkton plant reopens

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