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Nutrien’s head office building in Saskatoon. (Liam O’Connor photo)

Nutrien buys expanded ag retail presence in Brazil

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 20, 2022

Reuters — Top fertilizer maker Nutrien on Wednesday agreed to acquire Casa do Adubo S.A., as part of its ambitions to expand its Brazilian retail business. The deal marks Nutrien’s sixth acquisition in Brazil since 2019, when it set a strategic goal to build its market share in a country that is vital to feeding […] Read more

Excessive heat warnings (in magenta) and heat advisories (in orange) were in place July 19, 2022 for areas across much of the southern U.S. Plains. (Weather.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News July 20, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Scorching temperatures in the southern U.S. Plains are stressing cattle as well as crops such as cotton, corn and soybeans, meteorologists and traders said on Tuesday. Temperatures were forecast to reach 111 F (44 C) in parts of the Texas Panhandle, a core area for cotton and cattle production. While much […] Read more

File photo of a village in northeastern Uganda’s remote Karamoja region. (Guenterguni/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 20, 2022

Kampala | Reuters — More than 200 people have died from hunger this month in northeastern Uganda, where a prolonged drought and rampant insecurity have left more than half a million facing starvation, a local official and a charity worker said. Inhabited by nomadic pastoralists, the semi-arid and remote Karamoja region on the border with […] Read more

File photo of a bulk port facility in Ukraine. (Olivia Sabeskaya/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ukraine grain storage crisis hits home as farmers harvest new crops

Outlook bleak if sea export route not reopened soon

By GFM Network News July 20, 2022

Khreshchate, Ukraine | Reuters — Ukrainian farmer Mykola Tereshchenko hopes to start harvesting his wheat fields this week, but the smallholder in northern Ukraine has nowhere to store the grain. His silos are still crammed full with 1,100 tonnes of grain from last year’s harvest that he can’t export due to the closure of Ukraine’s […] Read more

File photo of a maize crop under irrigation in South Africa. (Deldew/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Markets

South Africa looking at another large corn crop in 2022-23

By GFM Network News July 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — South Africa is reported to be well on its way to producing another 15 million-plus-tonne corn crop in 2022-23, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) attaché in Pretoria. However, it will be far less than the USDA’s current estimate of 17.3 million tonnes. Nevertheless, if the attaché’s forecast were to hold, […] Read more

CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans end lower on crop prospects

Wheat down on cancelled export tender

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News July 20, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than two per cent on Tuesday and soybeans also declined on optimism for sizable U.S. crops and some forecasts for rain next week, despite pockets of stress from hot and dry conditions, traders said. Wheat futures finished lower after a choppy session, declining after Egypt’s state […] Read more

File photo of a field of soybeans under turbines at southern Manitoba’s St. Joseph wind farm. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s crops in ‘better situation’ than last year

Lost acreage still a question mark

By GFM Network News July 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite varied amounts of rainfall across the southern half of Manitoba over the past few weeks, pulses are faring quite well according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange, who’s based at Altona, said while peas in fields with excessive moisture are struggling, those grown in adequate moisture and lighter soils are in […] Read more

G3’s Prairie West elevator west of Plenty, Sask. (G3.ca)

Crops

Retailer takes over G3 ag input site

The Rack takes up ag retail business at Plenty, Sask.

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 19, 2022

A western Saskatchewan ag retail chain has expanded its footprint in that region after closing a deal for a G3 grain elevator’s crop input business. G3 announced Monday it had completed the sale of the ag input business adjacent to its elevator west of Plenty, Sask., to Saskatchewan input and bulk fuel dealer Rack Petroleum, […] Read more

Darlene Compton, shown here on provincial budget day in 2020, is Prince Edward Island’s new ag minister. (PrinceEdwardIsland.ca)

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P.E.I. finance minister moves to ag file

Darlene Compton named agriculture minister in shuffle

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 19, 2022

Prince Edward Island’s deputy premier now handles the provincial agriculture file following a cabinet shuffle Friday. Premier Dennis King has named Darlene Compton, MLA for the riding of Belfast-Murray River, as minister of agriculture and land, justice and public safety minister and attorney general, replacing Stanhope-Marshfield MLA Bloyce Thompson. Thompson, who had handled the ag […] Read more

File photo of sunset over a wheatfield in Brazil. (Evandrorigon/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Brazil seen adding wheat area, fewer acres in Argentina

By GFM Network News July 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — As farmers in Brazil plant more wheat this year, their counterparts in Argentina are cutting back on the amount of acres they plan to sow — although Argentina will still grow a great deal more wheat than Brazil. Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. at Hinsdale, Ill. said one reason […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Crops

Nutrien buys expanded ag retail presence in Brazil

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda

Ukraine grain storage crisis hits home as farmers harvest new crops

South Africa looking at another large corn crop in 2022-23

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans end lower on crop prospects

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s crops in ‘better situation’ than last year

Retailer takes over G3 ag input site

P.E.I. finance minister moves to ag file

Brazil seen adding wheat area, fewer acres in Argentina

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