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UAW picketers march across the street outside of Deere & Co., makers of John Deere products, in support of employees on strike on Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny. Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect

Deere considers rejected offer its “best and final” as strike continues

By GFM Network News November 4, 2021

Reuters – Deere & Co said on Wednesday its latest offer rejected by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is the U.S. tractor maker’s “best and final offer”, adding that it will keep all options open as the workers’ strike continues. Workers at the Illinois-based company continued their three-week-old strike a day after they voted […] Read more

Reuters

U.S., UAE lead $4-bln effort to help farming adapt to climate change

By GFM Network News November 2, 2021

Johannesburg | Reuters – The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday used COP26 climate talks to launch efforts to channel funding into making agriculture resilient to climate change, as well as to cut its emissions. The farming industry, a major part of the U.S. economy, is already battling the effects of climate change, including […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

Bunge raises 2021 profit outlook on higher food, renewable fuel demand

By GFM Network News October 27, 2021

Bunge Ltd reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter results and raised its full-year profit outlook on Wednesday for a third time this year amid improved demand for food and renewable fuel as pandemic restrictions have eased. Although volumes in the U.S. agricultural commodities trader’s core agribusiness and its refined and specialty oils units were down, robust oilseed processing […] Read more

Corn, Reuters

Slow U.S. corn shipments could pressure supply forecasts

By GFM Network News August 11, 2021

Reuters – The United States has already secured a record corn export campaign for the nearly concluded season, but the shipments are unlikely to match the government’s current forecast because the pace has recently been too slow. Disappointing export inspections last week – a marketing year low – might be an indication that the U.S. […] Read more

Scientists emphasize that the effects of climate change are already here. Photo: Getty Images

Reuters

Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade: U.N. climate report

By GFM Network News August 9, 2021

Reuters – Extreme heat waves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, a U.N. climate science report said on Monday. The report www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1 found that we are already experiencing those effects of climate […] Read more

Bear Flag says its company’s technology is designed to be installed on an existing tractor.
Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Machinery, Reuters

Deere, Bear Flag aim to automate tractors as ‘fast as possible’

By GFM Network News August 5, 2021

Reuters – U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co said on Thursday it would buy tech startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million, with the goal of developing over the next year systems Deere can sell to allow farm tractors to operate without a human driver in the cab. “We are effectively in market with real […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

Bayer Q2 misses forecasts as costs, forex effects bite

By GFM Network News August 5, 2021

Frankfurt | Reuters – Bayer shares fell to their lowest levels in more than seven months after the German agricultural and pharmaceuticals group reported lower-than-expected second-quarter core earnings due to higher production costs and currency headwinds. Second-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) before special items fell 10.6 percent to 2.58 billion euros ($3.05 billion), […] Read more

A sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to drought may force bakers to change how they work with flour. Photo: DanielBendjy/E+/Getty Images

Cereals, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America’s spring wheat

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 5, 2021

Reuters – Millers and bakers are draining wheat reserves and paying more for spring wheat used in baking, as drought shrivels crops across the Canadian Prairies and northern U.S. Plains that produce more than half of the world’s supply. U.S. and Canadian farmers are bracing for a sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to the […] Read more

Nelson Aquino observes his pig farm after pigs died of African swine fever, as the government announced the slaughter of tens of thousands of pig after detecting outbreaks of African swine fever in pigs farms across the country, in Palmarito, Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic August 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Rojas

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Dominican Republic to kill thousands of pigs over swine fever outbreak

By GFM Network News August 3, 2021

Santo Domingo | Reuters – The Dominican Republic will slaughter tens of thousands of pigs after detecting outbreaks of African swine fever in 11 of the country’s 32 provinces, authorities said on Monday. Fernando Duran, administrator of the state-run Banco Agricola, told a news conference the government will pay pig farmers the market price of each animal […] Read more

Reuters

Meatpacker Tyson Foods mandates Covid vaccines for workers

By GFM Network News August 3, 2021

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc said on Tuesday it was mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire workforce, joining a growing list of major U.S. companies as they face renewed pandemic restrictions due to the fast-spreading Delta variant. Surging COVID-19 cases and new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Deere considers rejected offer its “best and final” as strike continues

U.S., UAE lead $4-bln effort to help farming adapt to climate change

Bunge raises 2021 profit outlook on higher food, renewable fuel demand

Slow U.S. corn shipments could pressure supply forecasts

Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade: U.N. climate report

Deere, Bear Flag aim to automate tractors as ‘fast as possible’

Bayer Q2 misses forecasts as costs, forex effects bite

Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America’s spring wheat

Dominican Republic to kill thousands of pigs over swine fever outbreak

Meatpacker Tyson Foods mandates Covid vaccines for workers

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