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Soybean growers feel abandoned by Ottawa
Sector accuses the federal government of focusing on canola, beef and pork while turning a blind eye to soybeans

Canadian farm equipment sales drop as net farm income plunges
Trade barriers, poor growing conditions and rising costs take bite from income

Argentinian politics may prompt soybean glut
Politics will continue to play a major role in grain markets in 2019-20 and this time some effect will come from Argentina

Dry beans absorb major hit
Canadian production is down, but not much as in the United States

Now might be the right time to buy phosphorus: analyst
Extra global supply has dropped prices, but the glut is ending

Game-changing breeding technique makes progress
University launches a four-year research project into apomixis, a ‘disruptive technology’ for plant breeding

The long-term African swine fever implications
Some analysts think the effect on the Chinese swine herd could be catastrophic
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