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Fertilizer prices look to rise by late summer

By Dave Sims May 10, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A rise in prices for soybeans and other crops could make fertilizer more expensive in the coming months, according to a major player in the industry. In the May market report from the Mosaic Co., the company credited the rally in agricultural commodity prices, the strengthening of key currencies and various Indian […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Ottawa seeks feedback ahead of Growing Forward sequel

By Country Guide Staff May 9, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government has set up a new web-based questionnaire to gather farmer and industry feedback on the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) ag policy funding framework as it develops the next framework. The next agricultural policy funding framework is due to launch April 1, 2018, the government said in a release Monday. The first phase […] Read more

(Todd Rosenberg photo via KraftFoodsGroup.com)

Crops, Markets

Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

By Country Guide Staff May 9, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Food safety officials in Canada and the U.S. have formally recognized each other’s respective food safety controls under a cross-border co-operation pact. The two countries last week announced their new food safety systems recognition arrangement, reached during meetings of the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Co-operation Council (RCC) held Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, D.C. The two countries […] Read more

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Canola to get early test as Prairies brace for frost

By Dave Sims May 9, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Overnight lows of -2 or -3 C are expected across much of Saskatchewan by Wednesday or Thursday, according to Environment Canada forecasts. The colder temperatures are expected to make their way into Manitoba by Friday. That could put some stress on canola plants that have already emerged, according to industry watchers. “As […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

By Karl Plume, Tom Polansek May 6, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world’s biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds from companies such as Monsanto. Bold yellow signs from global trader Bunge are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Glencore in talks to sell further stake in ag unit

By Clara Denina, Sarah McFarlane May 6, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters — Commodity trader and miner Glencore is in talks to sell a further 9.9 per cent stake in its agricultural unit, negotiating with bidders that missed out on the 40 per cent sold to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Glencore, whose ag […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 6, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian canola and wheat supplies are much tighter heading into the final months of the 2015-16 crop year than they were at the same point a year ago, according to Statistics Canada’s latest stocks report. StatsCan pegged the country’s canola stocks, as of March 31, at 7.49 million tonnes in its report […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

World food prices edge up in April

By Reuters May 5, 2016

Reading Time: 1 minute Rome | Reuters — World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10 per cent lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

By Country Guide Staff May 5, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Seeding now rather than waiting for rain may be a viable option for Prairie canola growers looking out on dry fields without much chance of precipitation, the Canola Council of Canada suggests. Facing temperatures in the mid-30s C, and soil moisture down at about the one- to two-inch mark, a few Prairie growers on social […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hits $500, watching volumes

By Dave Sims May 4, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts seem to have found a new range during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts lifting around the $500 per tonne mark. Weakness in the Canadian currency and a dry weather premium in Western Canada were behind a lot of the support. As […] Read more

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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