Paris | Reuters –– France’s health and safety agency is poised to ban herbicides that combine chemicals glyphosate and tallowamine, citing concerns over possible health risks, it said Friday. The […] Read more
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France to ban some glyphosates over surfactant
Saskatchewan lentil acres seen rising
CNS Canada — The International Year of the Pulses is certainly living up to its name, as territories capable of growing them look to cash in on India’s insatiable demand […] Read more
Cargill books higher profits, warns of tough markets
Reuters — U.S. agricultural commodities trader Cargill on Thursday reported a rise in third-quarter profit on stronger results in food ingredients and grain handling, but warned about headwinds from oversupplied […] Read more
China may pay more for canola if standard changes
Winnipeg | Reuters –– Richardson International, one of Canada’s two largest grain handlers, may raise the price of canola shipments to China to reflect Beijing’s costly higher standard, its CEO said […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat dips again on weak sales, improving crop
Reuters — Chicago wheat dropped on Thursday for the fourth straight session on lacklustre weekly export sales and the improving condition of the U.S. winter crop. Soybeans slid in a […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola ebbs, flows in wide range
CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have moved steadily higher over the past month, but the market remains rangebound overall. “There are underlying supportive influences for canola, but […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans moving lower, corn up
CNS Canada — Soybeans and corn at the Chicago Board of Trade are both stuck in a trading range, one U.S. analyst says. Neither market is expected to see any […] Read more
Monsanto cools on large-scale M+A outlook
Chicago | Reuters –– Monsanto on Wednesday effectively pulled itself out of the mergers-and-acquisitions flurry in the seeds and agrochemicals industry, nearly a year after making a bid for rival […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat drops to near one-week low as crop progresses
Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Wednesday to a nearly one-week low, pressured by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that revealed U.S. wheat was progressing faster than expected. Corn […] Read more
Vale, Yara deny talks over fertilizer unit stake
Brasilia | Reuters — Vale SA denied a report on Wednesday that it was negotiating a sale of fertilizer assets to Norway’s Yara International as the Brazilian miner seeks to […] Read more