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Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 24, 2015

Proposed new controls on the use and sale of corn and soybean seed treated with neonicotinoid pesticides in Ontario are up for public comment between now and early May. The provincial government made its move Monday — three days ahead of a scheduled meeting between Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal and Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman […] Read more

Features, Soybeans

Price impacts soy seeding rates

Researchers say growers should evaluate input costs, plant survival rate

By Julienne Isaacs March 23, 2015

According to a recently completed three-year study into the effects of lower seeding rates on soybean yields, growers must pay attention to both the cost of seed and individual plant survival rates when making seeding rate decisions. This is one of the conclusions in a study by Ron Tone, Jordan Karpinchick and Elizabeth Karpinchick of […] Read more

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Argentine soy stocks double as farmer-government tensions rise

By GFM Network News March 21, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers have stockpiled more than twice as much soy this year than last, defying a government desperate to increase export tax revenue needed to finance rising state spending ahead of the October presidential election. Growers say the increase in soybean reserves, to 7.4 million tonnes from 3.4 million, comes […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 13, 2015

Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid out in GFO’s Ontario Pollinator […] Read more

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Weed management in soybeans

With high seed prices, farmers will be tempted to lower soybean seeding rates

By Michael Flood March 12, 2015

Soybean farmers have been facing a growing threat to their bottom line: rising seed costs. Seeds for the very popular glyphosate resistant cultivars have increased in price by $47.75 an hectare (or 230 per cent) since they were first introduced in 1996. This trend is likely to continue given soon-to-be-introduced varieties with new herbicide resistant […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly: Bullish U.S. dollar seen pinning grain futures

By GFM Network News March 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures remained largely unchanged over the past week but a bullish U.S. dollar, currently outperforming many of the world’s other currencies, will keep the long-term bias pointed lower, according to a U.S. analyst. “We’re going to need a weather event, we’re going to need a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

Argentina says ‘worried’ about flooded soy fields

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 6, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Flooding in some of the soy-growing areas of Cordoba, Entre Rios and Santa Fe provinces has become “worrying” to the government as farmers get ready to start harvesting the 2014-15 crop, the agriculture ministry said in its weekly report on Friday. The northern part of the Pampas grains belt has […] Read more

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Floods in Argentina expected to cause soy crop losses

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 5, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Some of Argentina’s northern soy-growing areas were flooded by heavy rains in the past week, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said Thursday, warning that it may lower its 57 million-tonne 2014-15 harvest forecast in the coming weeks. The country is the world’s No. 3 soybean exporter and top supplier of […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Soybeans to see continued growth in Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News March 5, 2015

CNS Canada — Soybeans are a relatively new crop in Saskatchewan, but are generating more traction and are expected to increase their footprint in 2015. Saskatchewan farmers planted 270,000 acres of soybeans in 2014, nearly double the previous year, according to Statistics Canada data. “We’re expecting soybean acres to rise again,” said Carl Potts, executive […] Read more

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Argentine farmers to halt crop sales for three days in protest

By GFM Network News March 4, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will suspend grain sales for three days to protest export quotas and other government policies they say hurt profits, the country’s main growers’ organizations said Tuesday. The strike will start on Wednesday, March 11, leaders of three of Argentina’s biggest farm groups told a press conference. “This action […] Read more

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