Crops
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to a record high on Wednesday after Indonesia broadened its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to fight food inflation, […] Read more
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Crops
U.S. grains: Soyoil futures rally to record high
Corn hits highest since August 2012
Fine-tuning the advice on herbicide-resistant fleabane in soybeans
Diversifiying weed control options is important, especially with glysophate costs high
As the incidence of herbicide-resistant Canada fleabane rises in central and eastern Ontario to match the southwest, so too does the awareness that targeted tank mixes and lengthened crop rotations […] Read more
Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields
Zaporizhzhia | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia, are now wearing body armour to plough their […] Read more
Pot producer Canopy Growth to cut 250 jobs in profitability bid
Reuters — Canopy Growth Corp. said it would lay off about 250 employees as part of a cost-cutting plan as the Canadian pot producer tries to achieve long-elusive profitability. Most […] Read more
Indonesia’s palm oil export ban seen short-lived on limited storage
Jakarta/Mumbai | Reuters — Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports is unlikely to last more than a month as Jakarta has limited infrastructure to store the surplus oil and the […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT corn, wheat up on concerns about U.S. crops
Chicago soybean futures fall
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that adverse weather in key production areas would limit the size of harvests this year, […] Read more
StatsCan predicts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2022
Lentil, corn, soy acres are also expected up from 2021, barley down
MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers intend to seed more acres to wheat and less to canola in 2022, according to the first survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada for the upcoming crop […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022
Other pulses likely down, though
MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based crop acreage estimates of 2022 on Tuesday, reporting that while more lentil acres may be planted this spring, other pulses are expected […] Read more
Biopesticides find a place within integrated pest management
They are another management tool for vegetable growers
Research is ramping up on how biopesticides fit into integrated pest and disease management in vegetable production, especially for organic operations. When managing any vegetable disease, it’s essential not to […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT soyoil futures fall from highs; pull soybeans lower
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soyoil futures fell on Monday, retreating from all-time highs after Indonesia’s agriculture ministry said that crude palm oil shipments would be excluded […] Read more
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