Crops

Grain markets were showing downward movement this week. P.I. Financial commodity futures advisor Adam Pukalo says the July canola contract is down 20 dollars per metric ton, while spring wheat futures (July Minneapolis Wheat) have declined about 20 cents a bushel, at under $8.50 a bushel. There are two factors, Pukalo says, for the canola […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Spain is projecting an increase in grain production for the European Union in 2023-24. In the USDA’s Global Agricultural Information Network report released Wednesday, the attaché pegged the EU’s 2023-24 grain production at 284.7 million tonnes, 17.9 million more than this year’s crop which was hampered by drought. Initial crop conditions were […]

The International Grains Council has raised its estimate for total world grain production in 2023-24. Its forecasts on corn and soybeans were increased as well, while production estimates for wheat were held steady. The London-based IGC issued its latest supply and demand report yesterday (Thu). World grain production was bumped up by eight million tonnes from the […]

The French health safety agency has cleared the use of phosphine pesticide in contact with grains exported outside the European Union when importing countries require the process. That averted a halt to shipments from the EU’s top grain exporter. In late October, the agency cleared the use of phosphine tablets used for killing pests through fumigation, but said […]

Syngenta Canada announced today that it will release a limited amount of Matador® 120EC insecticide and Voliam Xpress® insecticide in Western Canada with a focus on horticulture and pulse crops in time for the 2023 growing season. The products will also be available in Eastern Canada with a focus on horticulture crops. This distribution decision is in response […]

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association wants the federal government to find a resolution to the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike as quickly as possible. President Gunter Jochum, who farms west of Winnipeg, is calling on Ottawa to ensure Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) employees within the PSAC Union return to work immediately. Jochum […]

CNH Industrial has announced that it’s ending support of its business activities in Russia. The company had suspended supplying the market in March 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. Prior to the announcement, the company had maintained paying employee salaries and administrative expenses related to its corporate office in Moscow. The Moscow office managed the import and […]

The European Union is going to provide financial compensation to farmers in five countries bordering Ukraine, and plans to introduce restrictions on imports of Ukrainian grains. Pressure has mounted on Brussels to work out a European Union-wide solution after Poland and Hungary banned some imports from Ukraine last weekend and other eastern European countries said they were considering similar […]

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is raising concerns with the potential impactsof strike action taken y members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada(PSAC) on Manitoba farmers and the agricultural sector.“PSAC represents thousands of public service employees who play a key role in thedelivery and administration of agricultural programs and services, including the suiteof business risk […]

Viterra is planning to make an $18-million upgrade to its Moose Jaw facility. Moose Jaw City Council approved Viterra’s discretionary use application, according to minutes from the March 27th meeting. Work includes building a 12,500 foot double-loop track to make terminal operations run more efficiently. Construction expected to begin sometime this month. The facility, first […]