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BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)
Crops

Tennessee restricts dicamba use as problems spread

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Chicago | Reuters — Tennessee on Thursday imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba, a flagship pesticide for Monsanto, to become the fourth state to take action as problems spread over damage the herbicide causes to crops not genetically modified to withstand it. Dicamba is sprayed by farmers on crops genetically modified to resist it […] Read more
(Syngenta.com)
Crops

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

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Reuters — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Syngenta to pay US$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, was announced by lawyers for the farmers, who blamed the […] Read more
A wheat crop in progress on May 24, 2016 north of London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn bounce on short-covering

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, supported by lingering concerns about crop damage in the U.S. Plains following a snow storm at the weekend. Short-covering also contributed to the wheat gains as traders covered bearish bets following a sell-off on Thursday. Corn futures also rose, with traders noting short-covering as a […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat futures flat as damage assessed

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures steadied on Wednesday, with the markets waiting for a good assessment of the crop damage caused by a snowstorm in Kansas over the weekend, traders said. Corn and soybeans rose but remained below levels hit earlier this week, supported by concerns that heavy rains in the Midwest and […] Read more
Livestock

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

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Austin | Reuters — Fast-moving wildfires that burned through nearly two million acres of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas this week have devastated ranches and left thousands of cattle and other livestock dead, officials said Thursday. Many of the grass fires grew rapidly on Monday due to dry weather and parched prairie land in the Texas […] Read more
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat firm on bargain buying

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and soybeans firmed on Wednesday, reversing overnight losses, on technical buying and a mild round of short-covering, traders said. Corn futures weakened, with buyers wary of pushing prices higher amid a swift pace of planting in the U.S. Midwest. Sharp declines on Tuesday caused investors to step in and […] Read more
(Dave Bedard file photo)
Livestock

Canada blocking poultry from Kansas, Arkansas

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Canada has expanded its restrictions on imports of live poultry, uncooked poultry products and eggs to include those from Kansas and Arkansas, as avian flu has now appeared in birds in both states. The Kansas cases of highly-pathogenic (“high-path”) H5N2 avian flu are in a backyard chicken and duck flock in Leavenworth County, on the state’s […] Read more

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