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Government funds soybean climate-change resistance research

By Diana Martin July 31, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Performance Plants Inc. (PPI) is getting a multi-year federal funding boost through the AgriScience Program – Projects Component. Over four years, the agricultural biotechnology developer will receive $2,325,361 to develop a high-yielding, climate change-resistant soybean and enable field testing.

Markets

ICE Weekly: Canola downturn could last longer

By Adam Peleshaty July 31, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola market tried to salvage what it can at the end of July after a sharp downturn in prices over the past week.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago corn falls below $4 on beneficial weather

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters July 31, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago December corn futures settled below $4 and hit a contract low on Wednesday as favorable U.S. crop prospects weighed and farmers began selling their hefty supplies of old crop corn, traders said.

Markets

CBOT weekly: Good weather weighs on soybeans/corn, with more room to downside

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 31, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute A lack of any major weather concerns kept soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade trending lower during the last week of July, with many months hitting contract lows.

Crops

Manitoba Crop Report: Early crops ready for harvest

By Adam Peleshaty July 31, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fields across Manitoba saw variable amounts of precipitation as crops continued to develop under hotter temperatures during the week ended July 28, according to the province’s weekly crop report.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles to 2020 lows as rains seen aiding US crops

By Renee Hickman, Reuters July 29, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean prices plunged on Monday to the lowest since October 2020, as forecasts for rain in the U.S. crop belt alleviated concerns over the potential impact on crop yields from hot and dry weather.

A tugboat moves behind a cargo vessel as vessels transit through the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama May 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Markets, News

Global shipping costs could ease as congestion improves: FCC economist

By Geralyn Wichers July 29, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Global shipping bottlenecks appear to be easing and could make way for lower shipping costs, though fuel prices remain a wildcard according to analysis from Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

Markets, Reuters

Late crop yield in most Ukrainian regions may drop by up to 15 per cent, farm ministry says

By Reuters July 29, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ukraine's late crop yield might fall by up to 15 per cent in most regions due to extreme heat, the acting farm minister said on Monday, while the average early crop is expected to shrink by only by five per cent.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles as U.S. rain forecast offers relief

By Renee Hickman, Reuters July 26, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures plunged on Friday but were set for weekly gains, as weather forecasts indicated positive news for crops in the central United States.

News

Jasper fires force trains to go slow

CN has resumed service but at a reduced speed through the area

By Karen Briere July 26, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian National Railway line through Jasper, Alta,. is open, but trains are moving slowly due to the wildfire that destroyed a significant part of the community this week. The implications for grain movement are unknown, but unloads are already down at the port of Vancouver.

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

Oilseeds

Government funds soybean climate-change resistance research

ICE Weekly: Canola downturn could last longer

U.S. grains: Chicago corn falls below $4 on beneficial weather

CBOT weekly: Good weather weighs on soybeans/corn, with more room to downside

Manitoba Crop Report: Early crops ready for harvest

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles to 2020 lows as rains seen aiding US crops

Global shipping costs could ease as congestion improves: FCC economist

Late crop yield in most Ukrainian regions may drop by up to 15 per cent, farm ministry says

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles as U.S. rain forecast offers relief

Jasper fires force trains to go slow

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