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Smallest ag markets biggest winners in commodities rout

By GFM Network News December 31, 2015

New York | Reuters –– Some of the smallest niche agricultural commodities were the biggest winners this year as weather and disease raised concerns about tightening supplies, spurring a buying spree as an exodus of institutional cash punished oil, metals and grains markets. Cocoa, cotton, sugar and frozen concentrated orange juice on ICE Futures U.S. […] Read more

Crops, Potatoes

McCain french fry plant gets public funds for upgrades

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 30, 2015

CORRECTED, Jan. 13, 2016: The Manitoba and federal governments are dipping into an agribusiness support fund to cover half the cost of equipment upgrades for McCain Foods’ french fry plant in the province’s southwest. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and provincial Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn on Wednesday announced $380,000 from the Growing Value program for […] Read more

White and blue are just two of the new modern pumpkin colours. Who knew?

Columns, Hart Attacks

Crop diversification opportunities

If you get rich on either of these ideas, Lee Hart wants either fruit or a piece of pie

By Lee Hart December 30, 2015

With an ongoing commitment to bring farmers new cropping ideas, I have two. The first one I consider a sleeper crop… literally. The second falls into the category of “who knew?” If you are interested in a high value, slow return crop I recommend avocados. It is truly a sleeper, or plant-and-go-fishing, or plant and […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Equipment maker Buhler books year-end loss

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 30, 2015

Weak commodity prices and political unease in Eastern Europe have led to a year-end loss for Canadian farm equipment and Versatile tractor maker Buhler Industries. Winnipeg-based Buhler on Tuesday reported a net loss of $5.3 million on revenues of $245.7 million for its year ending Sept. 30, down from a $12.5 million profit on $325.5 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Precision ag firm AgJunction plans post-merger job cuts

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 30, 2015

Precision agriculture equipment and software firm AgJunction is set to cut down its workforce in the wake of its merger with a U.S. competitor. AgJunction, which in 2013 relocated its head office from Calgary to Kansas and shut its Calgary manufacturing plant, announced Wednesday it will reduce its total workforce by about 20 per cent […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Cargill to sell crop insurance unit to Silveus

By GFM Network News December 29, 2015

Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill will sell its crop insurance business to the Silveus Insurance Group next month, the two companies said Tuesday. The deal will close the second week in January, said Tyler Silveus, CEO for Silveus, based in Warsaw, Indiana. “We are not disclosing terms of the deal, other than we are […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Chinese group eyes indirect stake in Chile’s SQM

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 29, 2015

Santiago | Reuters — China’s CITIC CLSA Capital Markets will participate in the process to buy an indirect stake in Chilean crop nutrition and industrial chemical firm SQM, one of the world’s top lithium producers, the holding company selling the stake said Monday. Holding company Oro Blanco said in a filing with Chile’s securities regulator […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

India to launch new crop insurance scheme

By GFM Network News December 23, 2015

New Delhi | Reuters — India will launch a new farm crop insurance scheme early next year and use drones and other technologies to assess crop damage, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, in what could be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first major move to address rural hardship. The impact of unseasonal rains and two straight […] Read more

Noble Group, whose ag assets include this sugar mill in Brazil, is set to become a fully-owned arm of China’s COFCO. (ThisIsNoble.com)

Crops, Reuters

Noble exits ag markets with unit sale to China’s COFCO

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 23, 2015

New York | Reuters –– Noble Group said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its remaining 49 per cent stake in its agribusiness to China’s state-owned COFCO International, exiting agricultural markets as the Asian commodity merchant seeks to slash debt and shore up cash. The $750 million cash deal will hand COFCO full ownership of […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

By Will Dunham, GFM Network News December 21, 2015

Washington | Reuters — Wild bees, crucial pollinators for many crops, are on the decline in some of the main agricultural regions of the U.S., according to scientists who produced the first national map of bee populations and identified numerous trouble spots. The researchers on Monday cited 139 counties as especially worrisome, with wild bee […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

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Other fruit-vegetable

Smallest ag markets biggest winners in commodities rout

McCain french fry plant gets public funds for upgrades

Crop diversification opportunities

Equipment maker Buhler books year-end loss

Precision ag firm AgJunction plans post-merger job cuts

Cargill to sell crop insurance unit to Silveus

Chinese group eyes indirect stake in Chile’s SQM

India to launch new crop insurance scheme

Noble exits ag markets with unit sale to China’s COFCO

Wild bees seen dwindling in main U.S. crop regions

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