Polish farmers increased the number of trucks they let through the Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday but backpedaled on a promise to unblock it completely, state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday.
Polish farmers backtrack on unblocking Ukraine border crossing, PAP reports
Protesting farmers say they will block Slovakia border against Ukrainian, Russian goods until end of month
Bourgault updates two product lines
Quick depth adjustment on coulter drill and new XP Duo meter air planter
In February, Bourgault announced two new features that allow for significant design changes on some of its drills. First, the 3725QDA coulter drill makes its debut. “The 3725 was kind of an extension of the 5 Series model, the 3335, when Bourgault went with the quick-adjust frame,” said Colin Rush, North American sales and marketing […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat rise on technical trading, poor Brazilian weather
Chicago Board of Trade wheat and soybean futures all turned higher on Tuesday as a stubbornly bearish market gained support from weather issues in Brazil and a flurry of short covering as funds shift out of their huge net short positions.
Canadian pulse plantings to rise in 2024
Canadian lentil area is forecast to be up by 4.4 per cent on the year, at 3.829 million acres, according to the estimates of principal field crops report released by Statistics Canada on March 11. After conducting a survey of producers in December and Janyar, StatCan forecast pea area in 2024 at 3.122 million acres which would be up by 2.4 per cent on the year.
EU countries to demand bloc does more to help farmers, draft statement says
Reductions in farm inspections, exemptions for small farms under consideration
European Union country leaders will urge the EU to work quickly on more measures to support farmers in response to months of protests by angry agriculture workers, draft conclusions for an EU leaders' summit showed.
ADM announces plan to address accounting issues, posts earnings miss
The company's shares were up 4.3 per cent but down nearly 21 per cent for the year
Global grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland announced a plan to fix accounting issues that caused it to correct certain transactions in six years of financial results on Tuesday, though it warned the plan would take time to implement.
Farmland value growth slowed in 2023, FCC says
Saskatchewan, Quebec and Manitoba saw strongest growth in 2023, report shows
Farmland is still getting more expensive, but not quite as quickly as in recent years, according to the latest farmland value report from Canada’s biggest agricultural lender.
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on supply pressures; corn and wheat turn higher
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures drifted lower on Monday, amid ongoing pressure from a hefty global supply and signs of investors hunting for profits, traders said.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures bounce after 3-1/2 year low; soy, corn climb
Hefty global grain supplies, competition for export business anchor prices
Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn rose on Friday, extending their recovery from three-year lows set last month, following an uneventful monthly supply/demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), analysts said.
Managing irrigation with limited water
Some irrigation districts are advising users to brace for limits on available water
There is increasing concern with below-normal mountain snowpack and potential for limited irrigation water availability in 2024. Snowpack in mid-February was about 50 to 75 per cent of normal at most of the snow pillow monitoring sites in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana and southern Alberta (visit the Alberta River Basins web page, then […] Read more
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