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IGC raises forecast for 2014-15 global corn crop

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Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters — The International Grains Council on Thursday raised its forecast for the 2014-15 world corn (maize) crop, reflecting an upward revision to production in China. Global corn production was forecast to total 982 million tonnes, up from a previous forecast of 980 million and just shy of the prior season’s record 984 […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Corn, soy chop around waiting for harvest to conclude

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — ICE soybeans finished higher for the week ended Wednesday on volatile trade as demand for supplies outweighed concerns over the growing potential of the crop in South America. Traders will likely square positions and look for bargains during the next week of trading on the corn and soybean market, according to a […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Ontario’s curbs on neonics may protect bees but diminish crops

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ontario’s move to protect bees by reducing use of a pesticide seed treatment may diminish corn and soybean production, seed companies said on Wednesday. Beekeepers welcomed the move by Ontario, the first North American government to curb use of seed treated with neonicotinoids, which are used to kill insects that harm […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn quality better than expected

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn growers weren’t sure what they’d find when they combined their fields this fall due to unfavourable growing conditions, but overall quality was better than expected. “We were worried going in that it would be a lighter crop because of the frost in September,” said Morgan Cott, agronomist with the Manitoba […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ontario proposes deep cuts to farmers’ neonic use by 2017

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario’s new goal to ban most use of neonicotinoid pesticides in corn and soybean crops by 2017 has yielded bouquets from the province’s beekeepers — but left crop growers feeling stung. Following up on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s orders to her agriculture and environment ministers in their mandate letters in September, the province on Tuesday announced it will consult on […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

ADM suing Syngenta over rejections of GMO corn

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland sued seed company Syngenta on Wednesday over sales of a genetically modified corn variety not approved for import by China, joining more than 100 farmers and exporters in pursuing damages from the Swiss company. The lawsuit alleges Syngenta commercialized the MIR162 corn variety, also known as Agrisure Viptera, without creating […] Read more
cash cropper smartphone app
Corn, Crops, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

When it comes to crop rotation planning, there’s an app for that

#PestPatrol with Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Crop prices are certainly more bearish now than they have been during the past two seasons, and because of this some farmers will question whether they should tweak their cropping rotation in the short term or stay the course. Now there is a smartphone app called “Cash Cropper” that will help you to evaluate: The […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Dow limits sales of GM soy, corn on China worries

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Dow AgroSciences said Wednesday it will restrict sales of its new genetically modified corn and soybeans to prevent them from entering U.S. domestic or international grain marketing channels as it awaits import approval from China. The move by the agricultural unit of Dow Chemical is aimed at avoiding the type of market turmoil […] Read more
Corn, Soybeans

Grain ‘trade’ at risk of low-balling U.S. soybean yields: Maguire

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago / Reuters – At 47.1 bushels an acre, last month’s soybean yield estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was a new all-time high. And the average trader estimate for the USDA’s November projection is higher still, at 47.608 bushels. Even so, the long-term relationship between corn and soybeans suggests current soybean yields remain relatively […] Read more

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