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Australia’s ABARES raised its forecast for national wheat production this season by around 1.8 million tonnes to 35.6 million tonnes, cementing expectations for a bumper harvest that will add to abundant global supply and pressure prices.
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Australia raises wheat harvest estimate by nearly two million tonnes
California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat
U.S. crop breeders have created a wheat variety capable of creating its own nitrogen fertilizer.
India-Canada trade deal could guarantee some Canadian pulse sales, envoy says
India’s government is considering guaranteeing Canada ongoing pulse crop sales so its farmers keep growing the vital protein source, Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik said during a visit to Saskatchewan.
Cancer agency reclassifies another herbicide ‘probably carcinogenic’
Syngenta says IARC’s report shows no ‘causal link’ between atrazine and cancer
The WHO’s cancer research agency has now put atrazine, a herbicide well known to corn growers, in the same potential-hazard category where the agency put glyphosate.
Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices
Prices for feed barley and wheat have been trending higher lately, said analyst Jerry Klassen of Resilient Capital in Winnipeg.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring prices vary as durum nudges up
Spring wheat cash prices varied across the Prairies for the week ended Nov. 25, while those for durum were slightly higher. Losses in the United States wheat complex weighed on prices north of the border, while support came from a weaker Canadian dollar.
New soil treatment targets saline patches in fields
A Saskatchewan company’s product focuses on water flow through the soil, offering an alternative to gypsum and organic amendments
Crop Aid SS is a Saskatchewan-made spray that’s intended to help farmers manage saline soils by leaching salts away from the root zone.
Conagra considers selling its share in Ardent Mills
Conagra and Cargill each own 44 per cent of Ardent Mills, while CHS owns the remaining 12 per cent
Conagra is open to selling its 44 per cent share in Ardent Mills, North America’s largest milling company.
Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers
As trade talks between Canada and India are soon to restart, Pulse Canada said it’s looking for any deal arising out of those talks to be beneficial for Canadian pulse growers.
AAFC makes few changes to November S/D report
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made only a handful of alterations for its November report on principal field crops. The only changes AAFC made were with all wheat and durum exports plus domestic use for all wheat and corn in the estimates released on Nov. 24. The report had been initially scheduled for Nov. 19, but AAFC said they chose to delay it until after the United States Department of Agriculture issued its November supply and demand estimates following the U.S. government shutdown.
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