The following are some problems worth noting as we head into the Northern Hemisphere's planting season.
A year ago at this time, all eyes were on the corn market and just how many acres of corn might get planted in the United States. The bigger question back then was: Will there be enough planting seed or will a seed shortage limit corn acres? Ultimately, there was plenty of planting seed and a lack of seed did not affect the number of acres planted. Some months ago, these very same questions were the topic of conversation for 2013. The awful U.S. 2012 corn yield sparked some fears that there definitely would be a corn seed shortage in 2013; however, seed people I have spoken with say they see no evidence of any shortage of corn plant...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
