Glacier FarmMedia – Rising demand and below-trend yields are causing tightness in the global supply of major crops, says one of the world’s largest crop input suppliers. Why it matters: Yields have lagged the usual trend for the past four years, leading to a tight global grain supply. The global stocks-to-use ratio for major crops, […] Read more
Global crop yields don’t match increasing demand
Sluggish production blamed on adverse weather conditions and high input costs that lead to reduced fertilizer use
Good demand expected for Canada’s two biggest crops
Stephen Nicholson, global sector strategist of grains and oilseeds for Rabobank, said the U.S. hard red winter crop is big and getting larger as the weeks tick by. On the surface that sounds like it would be bad news for Canada's spring wheat growers, but he said big yields often correlate to low protein levels for U.S. HRWW.
Entrepreneurs tout products at Ag in Motion event
Entrepreneurs pitched their products at Ag in Motion’s AgTech Breakfast today.
FBN planning expansion of product line
FBN is planning a future expansion of its product line to include things like financial products and more inputs including canola seed.
New pulse varieties incoming
Limagrain has some small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show.
Global crop yields have not kept up with increasing demand
Sluggish production blamed on adverse weather conditions and high input costs that lead to reduced fertilizer use
The global stocks-to-use ratio for the major crops, excluding China, has been trending down since 2018, Jason Newton, Nutrien’s chief economist, told delegates attending the 24th International Farm Management Association Congress in Saskatoon.
Canada’s crush boom to benefit Aussie canola
A significant increase in domestic crush capacity is expected to lower exports and reduce competition for Australia
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is forecasting reduced competition from its main competitor and continued strong demand from its top export market.
U.S. shuns free trade agreements
Senators rake the U.S. Trade Representative over the coals for the Biden administration’s trade policy agenda
Virginia Houston, director of government affairs with the American Soybean Association, says president Joe Biden’s administration feels FTAs pit U.S. domestic industries against one another.
Focus on productivity has high cost, says Vilsack
U.S. agriculture secretary says the drive to increase production has taken a heavy toll on rural communities
Glacier FarmMedia – The pendulum has swung too far in favour of production agriculture, says the U.S. agriculture secretary. Tom Vilsack said the landscape of U.S. agriculture forever changed in the 1970s when the federal government decided it no longer wanted to manage supply and instead let the market dictate what would happen. The government […] Read more
Two class action lawsuits take aim at paraquat
Canadian legal actions will attempt to prove a link between the agriculture chemical and Parkinson’s disease
Glacier FarmMedia – Two class action lawsuits are underway in Canada alleging a link between paraquat and Parkinson’s disease. Paraquat is the active ingredient in a broad-spectrum herbicide marketed under the brand name Gramoxone in Canada by Syngenta between the mid-1960s and 2022, after which it was taken off the market. Why it matters: Paraquat […] Read more
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