By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, March 3 (CNS Canada) – Spring barley seedings in France were 32 per cent complete as of Monday, February 27, according to a report from FranceAgriMer on Friday. The planting pace compares with the previous year when only 11 per cent of the crop was in the ground by this time.
Zimbabwe’s government will purchase US$140 million worth of corn from local farmers in order to expand its strategic reserve, according to the country’s agriculture minister. The country is recovering from drought and an armyworm infestation, with production forecast to be up this year.
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By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Jan. 19 (CNS) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world…
Spring barley plantings in the United Kingdom could be up by as much as 25 per cent in 2017, hitting 700,000 to 750,000 hectares, according to local grain traders who said the increase was tied to a desire to control weeds in wheat.
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures were up slightly on Friday, seeing some consolidation to end the week.
Feed barley bids in the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alberta were in the C$154 to C$164 per tonne range as of February 24, which were down slightly compared to the previous week, according to the latest pricing information from the provincial government. Top end feed wheat prices were also down, at C$170 to C$180 per tonne in Lethbridge.
