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BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)

Tennessee restricts dicamba use as problems spread

By GFM Network News July 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Tennessee on Thursday imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba, a flagship pesticide for Monsanto, to become the fourth state to take action as problems spread over damage the herbicide causes to crops not genetically modified to withstand it. Dicamba is sprayed by farmers on crops genetically modified to resist it […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

By GFM Network News June 23, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Syngenta to pay US$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, was announced by lawyers for the farmers, who blamed the […] Read more

A wheat crop in progress on May 24, 2016 north of London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn bounce on short-covering

By GFM Network News May 5, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, supported by lingering concerns about crop damage in the U.S. Plains following a snow storm at the weekend. Short-covering also contributed to the wheat gains as traders covered bearish bets following a sell-off on Thursday. Corn futures also rose, with traders noting short-covering as a […] Read more

Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges, erasing most of Monday’s rally

By GFM Network News May 4, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 3.7 per cent on Thursday, pressured by results from a crop tour that showed yield prospects in Kansas remained above-average despite a severe snow storm, traders said. A round of profit-taking also pressured wheat prices, which rallied this week to their highest in nearly two months on […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat futures flat as damage assessed

By GFM Network News May 3, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures steadied on Wednesday, with the markets waiting for a good assessment of the crop damage caused by a snowstorm in Kansas over the weekend, traders said. Corn and soybeans rose but remained below levels hit earlier this week, supported by concerns that heavy rains in the Midwest and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

By GFM Network News March 9, 2017

Austin | Reuters — Fast-moving wildfires that burned through nearly two million acres of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas this week have devastated ranches and left thousands of cattle and other livestock dead, officials said Thursday. Many of the grass fires grew rapidly on Monday due to dry weather and parched prairie land in the Texas […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat firm on bargain buying

By GFM Network News May 4, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and soybeans firmed on Wednesday, reversing overnight losses, on technical buying and a mild round of short-covering, traders said. Corn futures weakened, with buyers wary of pushing prices higher amid a swift pace of planting in the U.S. Midwest. Sharp declines on Tuesday caused investors to step in and […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as colder weather threatens crop

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News March 21, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat jumped as much as one per cent on Monday, led by gains in K.C. hard red winter wheat as extremely cold weather threatened to curb yields in parts of the southern U.S. Plains growing region already suffering from dry conditions. Wheat futures pared early gains on technical selling, keeping […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada blocking poultry from Kansas, Arkansas

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 15, 2015

Canada has expanded its restrictions on imports of live poultry, uncooked poultry products and eggs to include those from Kansas and Arkansas, as avian flu has now appeared in birds in both states. The Kansas cases of highly-pathogenic (“high-path”) H5N2 avian flu are in a backyard chicken and duck flock in Leavenworth County, on the state’s […] Read more

U.S. livestock: New contract highs for live cattle

CBOT Weekly: Grain prices showing weakness

Manitoba Crop Report: More scattered rains across the province

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: New contract highs for live cattle

CBOT Weekly: Grain prices showing weakness

Manitoba Crop Report: More scattered rains across the province

Tag Archives Kansas

Tennessee restricts dicamba use as problems spread

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn bounce on short-covering

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges, erasing most of Monday’s rally

U.S. grains: Wheat futures flat as damage assessed

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat firm on bargain buying

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as colder weather threatens crop

Canada blocking poultry from Kansas, Arkansas

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