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Pulse weekly: Slight Canadian acreage shifts expected in 2025

More peas and lentils, less chickpeas and beans

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 21, 2025

Total Canadian pulse plantings are expected to hold relatively steady in 2025, with Canadian farmers seeding more peas and lentils while cutting area to chickpeas and edible beans, according to early estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 20.

Markets, News, Reuters

Argentina crops threatened by ongoing drought despite recent rainfall

By Reuters January 21, 2025

Recent rains in Argentina's agricultural heartland have not alleviated concerns that ongoing drought could further hurt crop yields, the Rosario grains exchange said in a report released on Monday.

News

No immediate tariffs means more time to engage, prepare say ag, food leaders

By Jonah Grignon January 20, 2025

No immediately-imposed tariffs means more time to engage with American officials on the importance of free trade and to prepare for future negotiations say agriculture industry groups say.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb on US-China optimism, Argentina weather jitters

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 17, 2025

U.S. corn futures climbed two per cent to a fresh one-year high on Friday and soybeans rose about 1.5 per cent ahead of a long holiday weekend, lifted by Argentine weather worries and cautious optimism about U.S.-China trade relations, analysts said.

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Lentils, Markets, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Bunge-Viterra deal ‘effectively ends competition’ says NFU

Feds’ conditions not near enough to alleviate concerns

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 17, 2025

The National Farmers Union denounced the approval of the Bunge-Viterra merger in a statement released on Jan. 17. The NFU said the multi-billion dollar deal “effectively ends competition in Canada’s agricultural commodity sector,” as it creates the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader, and it will control 40 per cent of the Canadian grain market.

Crops, News

Crop Production Show 2025: Ag research sector has productivity problem: panellists

By Delaney Seiferling January 15, 2025

Saskatchewan deputy agriculture minister Bill Greuel said the Canadian agriculture research sector has a productivity problem during an agriculture research panel discussion held Tuesday in Saskatoon as part of Crop Production Week 2025.

News, Reuters

Canada clears $34 billion Bunge-Viterra merger with conditions

By Ismail Shakil, Reuters January 15, 2025

Canada on Tuesday approved with conditions U.S. grains merchant Bunge's $34 billion (C$48.7 billion) merger with Glencore-backed Viterra, clearing one of the final remaining obstacles for a global agriculture tie-up that is unprecedented in dollar value.

Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Bayer introduces FieldView Drive 2.0

Digital system gets a technology upgrade

By Scott Garvey January 15, 2025

Bayer used the Western Canadian Crop Production show in Saskatoon as the venue to introduce Prairie farmers to its new FieldView Drive 2.0 digital system, which allows growers to monitor and record activities from different farm equipment types and brands. The updated “2.0” version offers what the company says is “enhanced processing power, increased data […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally stalls as farmers sell grain; Argentina weather eyed

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 14, 2025

U.S. corn futures retreated on Tuesday on a round of profit-taking after a tighter U.S. supply outlook lifted prices to one-year highs, analysts said.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grain: Corn futures hit 1-yr high after USDA tightens supply view

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 13, 2025

Benchmark corn futures Cv1 on the Chicago Board of Trade hit their highest in a year on Monday and soybean futures Sv1 notched a three-month top on follow-through buying after the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week cut its estimates of the size of the U.S. 2024 crops, analysts said.

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Pulses

Pulse weekly: Slight Canadian acreage shifts expected in 2025

Argentina crops threatened by ongoing drought despite recent rainfall

No immediate tariffs means more time to engage, prepare say ag, food leaders

U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb on US-China optimism, Argentina weather jitters

Bunge-Viterra deal ‘effectively ends competition’ says NFU

Crop Production Show 2025: Ag research sector has productivity problem: panellists

Canada clears $34 billion Bunge-Viterra merger with conditions

Bayer introduces FieldView Drive 2.0

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally stalls as farmers sell grain; Argentina weather eyed

U.S. grain: Corn futures hit 1-yr high after USDA tightens supply view

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