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Fighting weed resistance head on

Fighting weed resistance will be a long, tough battle, but the latest information says farmers are definitely paying attention

By Gord Gilmour March 23, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes Doing chores on a mixed farm in South Australia, Josh Lade dreamed of working on a really big grain farm. It was a dream that intensified as he was growing up, like when he used to put in shifts on the large inland grain operation owned by members of his mother’s side of the family. […] Read more

Australian countryside near Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne. (CIA.gov)

General, Markets, Reuters

Australia backs farmers on foreign ownership gripes

By Colin Packham March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canberra | Reuters –– The Australian government has sided with farmers who say official data vastly underestimates foreign ownership of the nation’s farmland, as it moves to clamp down on overseas purchases of agricultural land. Foreign ownership is a key concern for many farmers, a crucial part of the conservative government’s support base, who worry […] Read more

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott, shown here at the U.N. in September, is backing plans for a nationwide country-of-origin labelling program. (PM.gov.au via Flickr)

General, Markets, Reuters

Australia plans country-of-origin labelling after hep A outbreak

By Colin Packham February 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney | Reuters — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed plans on Thursday to introduce country-of-origin labelling in the wake of a hepatitis A outbreak, potentially risking contravention of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. With 18 confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to consumption of berries sold by Patties Foods Ltd., Abbott said he had […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Australia tightens rules over foreign buying of farmland

By Colin Packham February 12, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sydney | Reuters –– Australia tightened rules on Wednesday over foreign ownership of its agricultural land amid concerns that it is losing control of its own food security, slashing the amount beyond which land purchases would require regulatory approval. From March 1, foreign purchases of agricultural land over A$15 million (C$14.51 million) will be subject […] Read more

Crops, Guide Business

Canada on the fringe of the grain export market

In a world where a country’s market power starts with its grain storage capacity, we’re losing ground fast

By Gerald Pilger January 29, 2015

Reading Time: 6 minutes Canada’s performance, its objectives and its market power as a grain producer and exporter have changed significantly since the mid-1900s. Unfortunately those changes have not always been positive. In 1966 Alex McCalla, who was then at the University of Minnesota but who would go on to become one of the world’s top economists studying agricultural […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

By Jane Wardell January 28, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney | Reuters –– Australia faces a rise in temperature of potentially more than 5 C by the end of the century, outpacing global warming worldwide, the country’s national science agency said Tuesday. In its most comprehensive analysis yet of the impacts of climate change, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) painted a […] Read more

General, Reuters, Weather

Australia weather bureau says models show low chance of El Nino

By Reuters January 20, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sydney | Reuters –– Weather models show a low chance of an El Nino, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said Tuesday, after indicators of the climate event eased in recent weeks. El Nino — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific — can prompt drought in Southeast Asia and Australia and heavy rains […] Read more

Australia’s four grain export terminals are operated by farmers through their
CBH co-op.

Guide Business, Spring Wheat

Australia’s approach to grain co-ops

Owned by 4,200 farmers, the giant CBH Group adds a whole new dimension to phrases like value-adding and diversification

By Gerald Pilger December 11, 2014

Reading Time: 6 minutes Given the demise of the prairie pools and the recent sales of a number of Canada’s new-generation co-operative grain terminals, it would be understandable if many Canadian farmers, grain traders, farm advisers and policy makers believe co-operative grain marketing ventures are simply not viable in today’s world. Just don’t try and tell that to Western […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Australian ag exports to China still face hurdles after trade pact

By Jane Wardell November 18, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sydney | Reuters — A trade deal signed with great fanfare between China and Australia has been touted as a major step toward Australia shifting its economy from a “mining boom” to a “dining boom,” but the reality is likely to be more sobering. Australia is looking to replace its reliance on exports of minerals […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Australian farmers hold back wheat sales as dryness curbs yields

By Naveen Thukral November 12, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Australian farmers are holding back wheat crop sales as dryness in parts of the country’s eastern grain belt cuts yields, raising the likelihood for a boost to global prices that have dropped 13 per cent this year. Farmers in the world’s fourth biggest wheat exporter have sold only about a quarter of this […] Read more

Daily Network News

Conservative MP introduces bill to speed approvals of seeds, fertilizers

ICE Weekly: More to canola price gains than Middle East war

CBOT Weekly: U.S. trade monitoring crops, weather

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