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U.S. reports world’s first deer with COVID-19

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 27, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government said Friday it had confirmed the world’s first cases of COVID-19 in deer, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported infections of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in wild white-tailed deer in the state of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. EPA recommends lowering 2020 biofuel mandates retroactively

Agency not confirming or denying sources' statements

By GFM Network News August 26, 2021

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended retroactively lowering biofuel blending mandates for 2020, two sources familiar with the matter said, after the agency on Thursday sent a proposal on the mandates to the White House for review. The move could provide immediate relief to oil refiners that have to comply with the […] Read more

An Asian giant hornet, trapped at Birch Bay, Wash. on July 14, 2020 by Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) researchers, is seen at Olympia, Wash. on July 29, 2020. (Photo: WSDA/Chris Looney/handout via Reuters)

Livestock, Reuters

Washington state eradicates first ‘murder hornet’ nest of the year

Nest found in northwestern county near B.C. border

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 26, 2021

Reuters — Washington state eradicated its first Asian giant hornet nest of the year by vacuuming out 113 worker hornets and removing bark and decayed wood near the nest, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) officials said Thursday. The so-called stinging “murder hornets,” the world’s largest hornets, can grow to five centimetres in length and […] Read more

People who use credit cards typically spend 34 per cent more.

Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Decreasing your money woes by tracking personal expenses

What you think you are spending is very likely much lower than the real number

By Elaine Froese August 26, 2021

A wise person once said you can have more money over a long time if you make more than you spend or spend less than you make. The roller-coaster of grain prices has pinched many farm folks who are saying, “I shoulda… ” What you can do is keep better track of what you are […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia has compiled an online resource for farmers who are feeling the brunt of drought this year.

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: The Dry Times. A GFM drought resource designed for farmers

By Kari Belanger August 25, 2021

Although Genny Silvernagle and her husband, Ron, consider themselves retired now, they still help their son, Brent, on the family farm and are active in their farming community near Biggar, Sask. Genny and Ron started farming together at Silver Acres farm in 1963, the same year they were married. They’ve been through a few drought […] Read more

World Food Programme executive director David Beasley speaks during an interview with Reuters in Doha, Qatar on Aug. 24, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Alexander Cornwell)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Afghanistan ‘marching towards starvation,’ UN food chief says

By GFM Network News August 25, 2021

Doha | Reuters — Millions of Afghans could soon face starvation due to a combination of conflict, drought and the coronavirus pandemic, the executive director of the World Food Programme said on Tuesday, calling on political leaders to act fast. “There’s a perfect storm coming because of several years of drought, conflict, economic deterioration, compounded […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Deere lifts 2021 forecast on solid equipment demand

By GFM Network News August 21, 2021

Reuters — Deere and Co. on Friday raised its full-year earnings forecast after quarterly profit topped Wall Street estimates on the back of strong demand for farm and construction equipment. The world’s largest farm equipment manufacturer now expects net income in fiscal 2021 to be between $5.7 billion and $5.9 billion, up from a range […] Read more

Sergio Rocha, executive director of a cannabis cultivation research project, works in a greenhouse at Brazil’s Federal University of Vicosa on Aug. 18, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Washington Alves)

Crops, Reuters

Cannabis firms catch whiff of opportunity in Brazil

Canadian producers among those now supplying Brazilian market

By GFM Network News August 21, 2021

Sao Paulo | Reuters — International cannabis companies are showing interest in Brazil, both its large consumer market for medicinal products and a proposal that could legalize planting of the crop. Major producers such as Colombia’s Clever Leaves and Canada’s Canopy Growth are developing and selling medicinal cannabis products to a Brazilian consumer segment estimated […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

U.S. training ag staff to track, trap, kill ‘murder hornets’

Invasive species remains threat to bees, honey producers

By GFM Network News August 20, 2021

Blaine, Wash. | Reuters — The first Asian giant hornet nest of the year has been found in Washington state, and plans are being developed to eradicate it, likely next week, the state’s agriculture department said on Thursday. The so-called stinging “murder hornets,” the world’s largest hornets, can grow to five centimetres in length and […] Read more

A Maersk ship and containers are seen at Brazil’s port of Santos on Sept. 23, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Amanda Perobelli)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Maersk signs first green methanol deal toward dropping fossil fuels

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 18, 2021

Copenhagen | Reuters — A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday it had signed a contract securing green methanol as the world’s largest shipping firm gears up to operate its first carbon-neutral ship in 2023. With about 90 per cent of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly three per cent of the world’s […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans tick up as market weighs crops, U.S.-China ties

Pulse Weekly: Good yields for Manitoba peas, beans

‘Nothing bullish’ for sliding oats market

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