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Enjoying apfelstreuselkuchen  in a café in Berlin.

In search of apples — anything with apples

This fruit brings back fond memories of growing up on the farm

By Amy Jo Ehman October 2, 2015

In Berlin, I left the hotel early one morning in search of coffee and apples. Anything with apples. Wandering the neighbourhood, I found a sunny little bakery on a leafy street near the Brandenburg Gate. It had a tiny sidewalk patio with four tables and a plethora of potted plants. Best of all, a sign […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

By GFM Network News October 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank on Friday on a round of end-of-week profit taking after prices hit an 8-1/2 week high on Thursday, traders said. Soybeans also fell, pressured by the expanding harvest of what is expected to be a bumper crop in the U.S., while corn was close to unchanged. Wheat […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 2, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada’s domestic canola processors are getting busier, with the latest crush data showing the most active week in two-and-a-half months. Capacity utilization during the week ended Wednesday climbed to 82.8 per cent, which compares with only 66.9 per cent the previous week, according to the latest report from the Canadian Oilseed Processors […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Glencore reported in talks on agriculture assets

By Euan Rocha, GFM Network News October 2, 2015

Reuters — Glencore is in talks with a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund and China’s state-backed grain trader COFCO, along with Canadian pension funds, to sell a stake in its agricultural assets, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Selling assets is one prong of a wider strategy by the Swiss-based trader and miner to […] Read more

Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

By GFM Network News October 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Lack of rain sees harvest progress smoothly, many areas see frost

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 28

By Saskatchewan Agriculture October 1, 2015

Warm and relatively dry weather has allowed many producers to return to the field following last week’s rain delay. Seventy-four per cent of the crop is now in the bin while 19 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2010-2014) average for this time of […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 1, 2015

Sofia | Reuters –– Bulgaria has told the European Union it will ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under EU rules that allow member states to opt out of GMO cultivation, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The agriculture ministry upholds its position that Bulgaria should be free […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prairies’ harvest a tale of two wheat crops

By GFM Network News October 1, 2015

CNS Canada — Prairie farmers are in the final stages of harvesting the 2015 wheat crop, and while yields continue to beat earlier expectations, there’s a distinct quality difference between crops harvested early and those harvested late. “In our country, all of the grain was top grade, but anything that was left out at this […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Features

Canola straight cutting on the rise

 Some growers are ditching their swathers in favour of straight combining in canola fields

By Julienne Isaacs October 1, 2015

Straight cutting is common practice for cereal crops, but canola presents unique challenges, particularly the risk of pod shatter, that have kept growers from adopting the practice. But that may be changing. According to a recent BASF Canada survey, the number of growers straight cutting canola rose by 50 per cent from 2013 to 2014’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

ConAgra to cut 1,500 jobs, shift base to Chicago from Omaha

By GFM Network News October 1, 2015

Reuters — ConAgra Foods said it would cut about 1,500 jobs and move its headquarters to Chicago from Omaha as part of a plan to save at least US$300 million in three years. The maker of Chef Boyardee pasta and Healthy Choice dinners is under pressure to cut costs and accelerate growth as consumers shift […] Read more

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Crops

In search of apples — anything with apples

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

Glencore reported in talks on agriculture assets

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

Lack of rain sees harvest progress smoothly, many areas see frost

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

Prairies’ harvest a tale of two wheat crops

Canola straight cutting on the rise

ConAgra to cut 1,500 jobs, shift base to Chicago from Omaha

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