Reading Time: 2 minutes FBN is planning a future expansion of its product line to include things like financial products and more inputs including canola seed.
FBN planning expansion of product line
New pulse varieties incoming
Reading Time: 2 minutes Limagrain has some small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show.
Global crop yields have not kept up with increasing demand
Sluggish production blamed on adverse weather conditions and high input costs that lead to reduced fertilizer use
Reading Time: 3 minutes The global stocks-to-use ratio for the major crops, excluding China, has been trending down since 2018, Jason Newton, Nutrien’s chief economist, told delegates attending the 24th International Farm Management Association Congress in Saskatoon.
Canada’s crush boom to benefit Aussie canola
A significant increase in domestic crush capacity is expected to lower exports and reduce competition for Australia
Reading Time: 2 minutes Commonwealth Bank of Australia is forecasting reduced competition from its main competitor and continued strong demand from its top export market.
U.S. shuns free trade agreements
Senators rake the U.S. Trade Representative over the coals for the Biden administration’s trade policy agenda
Reading Time: 3 minutes Virginia Houston, director of government affairs with the American Soybean Association, says president Joe Biden’s administration feels FTAs pit U.S. domestic industries against one another.
Pesticides under fire in U.S.
Recent court decisions have threatened farmers' abilities to use some herbicides
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pesticides are increasingly under attack in the United States and that is keeping farm leaders awake at night.
Commodity Classic: U.S. corn growers await aviation fuel decision
Biden administration expected to announce within weeks if ethanol will qualify for sustainable aviation fuel tax credit
Reading Time: 2 minutes American corn growers are on pins and needles waiting to find out if corn ethanol will qualify for a lucrative sustainable aviation fuel tax credit.
Commodity Classic: ‘Strong evidence’ for old crop price rally says economist
Booming renewable diesel industry seen as a positive
Reading Time: 2 minutes Old crop corn and soybean prices in the United States will likely rally this spring, according to an agricultural economist.
Commodity Classic: U.S. fighting for market share says Vilsack
Competitive advantages from superior U.S. transportation have all but evaporated
Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack says the United States is trying to regain its competitive edge in world agricultural markets.
Commodity Classic day one: Farmers concerned about EPA’s herbicide strategy
Farm bill, USDA crop forecasts on American farmers' minds at the Houston farm show
Reading Time: 3 minutes Day one of the 2024 Commodity Classic is in the books and a few interesting themes emerged from the annual gathering of U.S. corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers.
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