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Corn, Crops, Reuters

USDA regulators approve new Syngenta corn trait

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Syngenta on Wednesday cleared one U.S. regulatory hurdle toward domestic marketing of corn seeds containing a trait that is genetically engineered to resist weed killers including glyphosate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said it will no longer regulate the Syngenta Seeds corn trait known […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn has upside potential, soy rangebound

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are moving based on demand, which indicates corn will move higher while soybeans stay steady, according to a U.S.-based analyst. Traders are looking to the next U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply and demand report, due out Wednesday (Dec. 9), according to […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets

Manitoba corn locked in sideways trading mode

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Manitoba corn appears locked into a sideways trading range for the foreseeable future, according to one industry watcher. From where the president of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association sits, it’s not surprising, given commodities’ bearish nature these days. “It’s not super-rosy; the (weak Canadian) dollar helps a bit, but we would like […] Read more
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Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Forages, Machinery, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. EPA finalizes 2016 renewables target at 18.1B gallons

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants energy companies to blend 18.1 billion gallons (68.5 billion litres) of biofuels into the nation’s fuel supply next year, more than in a proposal laid out in May, it said in announcing final rules on renewables use for 2014-16 on Monday. The EPA’s long-awaited […] Read more
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Cereals, Corn, Crops, Reuters

Argentina ag minister says grain export taxes on way out

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentina’s incoming government will abolish export taxes on corn and wheat the day after it assumes office and reduce the export tax on soy by five per cent, designated Agriculture Minister Ricardo Buryaile confirmed to the daily Clarin. President-elect Mauricio Macri won the election last Sunday on a platform of […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China plans to cut domestic corn prices to shrink stockpiles

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Beijing | Reuters — Beijing plans to cut local corn prices for a second year as it pushes to reignite stalled demand from its crisis-hit grain processors and whittle down the world’s biggest corn stockpile, industry sources said. In its latest move to boost a sector that has struggled with the world’s most expensive domestic […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

No fallout seen for Enlist Duo in Canada from U.S. action

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The company behind Enlist corn and soybeans and Enlist Duo herbicide expects business as usual for the products in Canada, while the herbicide runs up against a new regulatory hurdle in the U.S. According to the Reuters news service, the U.S. federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a request late Tuesday with the U.S. Court […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy seek direction

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but both commodities remain rangebound overall and looking for an outside spark to push values significantly one way or the other. January soybeans moved above their 20-day moving average on Wednesday, which triggered some additional […] Read more
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Cereals, Corn, Crops, Reuters

U.S. EPA asks court to pull registration for Enlist Duo

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Reading Time: 2 minutes UPDATED, Nov. 25, 2015 — Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking court approval to withdraw registration of Dow AgroSciences’ herbicide Enlist Duo, as the agency studies new information regarding the product’s impact on non-target plants, according to court documents filed late Tuesday. The EPA approved the herbicide for sale […] Read more
The search for a ‘tipping point’ in corn production
Corn, Crops

The search for a ‘tipping point’ in corn production

Is corn ready for prime time on these Saskatchewan fields? Maybe yes, if we can get the marketing right

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Which has to come first, the acreage, or the market to justify it? That’s exactly the chicken-or-egg, catch-22 sort of situation that farmers on the Prairies have found themselves in repeatedly in past years as their cropping options have changed. First it was the canola revolution of the 1970s and ’80s which made Canada into […] Read more

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