Soybeans & Production Tips

Pearce: Monsanto’s next-gen weed control trait on deck

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News January 23, 2015

The question has been asked time and again for the past three or four years: when will we see Monsanto’s Xtend technology in Canada? The answer has been wrapped up in a long list of concerns and government procedure, but the first glint of opportunity for growers has cleared the next-to-last of a series hurdles. […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Seasonal pressures to weigh on CBOT soybeans, corn

By GFM Network News January 21, 2015

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved lower during the week ended Wednesday and could be due for more losses, given the seasonal trends and looming South American crops. “As long as South America has no real weather problems… it will be hanging over the soybean market,” said Scott […] Read more

Crops, Forages, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba to boost insurance coverage on pedigreed soybeans

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 21, 2015

Increased coverage for pedigreed soybeans is among the changes planned for Manitoba’s provincial crop insurance program for the 2015 growing season. Soybeans are expected to be the largest pedigreed seed crop in Manitoba this year, the province said in a release, and the increased coverage is expected to reflect the “additional cost” of producing the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Argentina’s ‘Soy King’ abdicates in favor of biotech

By GFM Network News January 16, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– The company that led the breakneck expansion of Argentine soy cultivation over the last two decades has quietly reduced the area it farms by more than half as inflation, trade restrictions and high taxes drain growers’ profits. Los Grobo, once known as the South American country’s “King of Soy” has […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

USDA approves Monsanto’s new GMO soybeans, cotton

By GFM Network News January 15, 2015

Reuters — Monsanto Co. received final U.S. approval on Thursday for herbicide-tolerant crops to be used with a new herbicide the company says will fight problematic weed resistance on farm fields, but critics say will only worsen the problems. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said the genetically modified […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT soybeans poised to drop below US$10

By GFM Network News January 14, 2015

CNS Canada — The Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures market has dropped sharply during the week ended Wednesday, and is poised to fall even further. “For March soybeans, I think it could potentially trade back to the US$9.45-$9.50 per bushel area,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago (all figures US$). A bearish […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 13, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters –– An important road for soy and corn shipments linking to ports in northern Brazil will not be paved until 2016, the country’s transport minister said on Tuesday. President Dilma Rousseff said last year that the highway, known as BR-163, would be ready by mid-2015 as the government tries to relieve crowded […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Argentina denounces farmer soy hoarding, says hurts state income

By GFM Network News January 9, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine growers hoarding soybeans to protect themselves from inflation are hurting both state and farm income in the world’s No. 3 exporter of the oilseed, a top government official said Thursday. The South American country pioneered the use of plastic horizontal silos to stockpile grains. Growers are hanging onto soybeans, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

China approves Viptera corn, two types of soybeans

By GFM Network News December 17, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– A top Chinese government official said the country has approved imports of genetically modified Agrisure Viptera corn and two varieties of biotech soybeans after years of review, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday. Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang said imports of Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, had been approved by […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Argentine state bank to cut off farmers who hoard soy

By GFM Network News December 13, 2014

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s main state bank will deny credit to farmers who are holding onto soybeans as a hedge against inflation, a top official said on Friday, as the government cracks down on crop hoarding as part of a campaign to build up its dollar reserves. The grains-rich but cash-poor South American […] Read more

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Soybeans

Pearce: Monsanto’s next-gen weed control trait on deck

Seasonal pressures to weigh on CBOT soybeans, corn

Manitoba to boost insurance coverage on pedigreed soybeans

Argentina’s ‘Soy King’ abdicates in favor of biotech

USDA approves Monsanto’s new GMO soybeans, cotton

CBOT soybeans poised to drop below US$10

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

Argentina denounces farmer soy hoarding, says hurts state income

China approves Viptera corn, two types of soybeans

Argentine state bank to cut off farmers who hoard soy

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