Lviv | Reuters — The area sown to sunflower in Ukraine is likely to fall to 4.81 million hectares (11.89 million acres) in 2022 from 6.66 million hectares in 2021 due to hostilities in many regions, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. Ukraine is the world’s largest sunflower seed grower and sunflower oil exporter. The […] Read more
Ukraine sunseed area seen falling due to war
Grain markets reach historic highs in March
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect wheat prices the most moving forward
World grain and oilseed markets have incorporated a risk premium due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ontario corn, soybean and wheat prices have made fresh historical highs during the first couple weeks of March. This rally comes on the heels of an extremely tight fundamental structure for Ontario grains and oilseeds. Ending stocks are […] Read more
Ukraine to start spring seeding in coming days, officials say
Lviv | Reuters — Ukraine plans to start sowing spring grains in the coming days and has enough grain in stocks to ensure the population has enough bread, deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy said Saturday. He said the country, which consumes eight million tonnes of wheat a year, had six million tonnes in stocks. Stocks […] Read more
Sunflower market seeing broad strength
MarketsFarm — Sunflower seed has found itself caught up with the general strength seen in most agricultural markets, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine adding another layer of uncertainty to the market as the two countries are both major world producers. “We believe sunflowers are a very attractive option going into 2022,” said Robert Deraas, […] Read more
Canadian company watches from afar as Ukrainian colleagues take shelter
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have “very long-term impacts on global supplies” of some agricultural commodities, says the CEO of an Ontario company active in the agricultural seed sector in the eastern European nation. “Right now, (agricultural exporters) don’t have access to their ports,” explained Claire Cowan of North American Plant Genetics (NAPG). “And I […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn limit up on Russia-Ukraine supply fears
Egypt cancels wheat tender amid market turbulence
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures jumped by their daily limit on Monday, while wheat futures spiked after hitting 13-1/2-year highs on Friday on concerns that Russia’s attack against Ukraine will continue to disrupt grain shipments from the Black Sea region. Soy futures also rallied as the conflict limited vegetable oil […] Read more
Sunflower field raises money for London Health Sciences Centre
St. Thomas-area farmer wanted to raise cancer awareness and say thank you
Jay Curtis, a farmer and prostate cancer survivor, planted five acres of sunflowers last year to raise funds for the London Health Sciences Centre. The project, “Blooms of Thanks and Hope for Others”, raised a little more than $10,000 and all proceeds were donated to Dr. Patrick Luke, a robotic surgeon expert with the centre. […] Read more
USDA expects canola, sunflowers elsewhere to offset Canada’s shortfalls
MarketsFarm –– Good canola and rapeseed crops in Australia and a number of other parts of the world along with large world sunflower seed production should help offset Canada’s smaller-than-expected production somewhat, according to the December oil crops outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total global canola/rapeseed production is now forecast by USDA at […] Read more
Lemken MicroHub 5 adds microgranules
The change aims to provide more precision application of fertilizer
Glacier FarmMedia – The latest version of the Azurit MicroHub 5 precision drill can apply microgranules as well as soybeans and sunflower seeds. As fertilizer efficiency gets more public attention, Lemken has increased its research and development into more efficient fertilizer equipment. The MicroHub 5 is the latest piece designed specifically with this factor in […] Read more
Rains make sunny days for sunflower crops
MarketsFarm — Despite drought conditions throughout southern Manitoba decimating crops during the summer, late rain showers in some areas are improving harvests of one crop in particular. Precipitation in August helped improve the sunflower seed harvest in areas of Manitoba, with the province reporting on Oct. 13 average yields of more than 2,000 lbs. per […] Read more
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