Published: Oct 12, 2012

The Canadian floriculture industry will be able to cultivate new international market opportunities with an investment from the Harper Government.

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Jeff Wilson

Mostly warm, dry Midwest weather last week helped U.S. farmers move past the halfway point in collecting the soybean crop and closer to completing the corn harvest.

Published: Oct 11, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

As corn harvest nears completion, farmers in the northern Corn Belt are discovering just how much a short crop year will impact on the livestock sector.

Published: Oct 11, 2012

Bioenergy crops can be a good match for areas of fields that have lost productivity. Crops such as switchgrass and miscanthus can help soil, improve water quality and provide alternative revenue, says Newell Kitchen.

Published: Oct 10, 2012

Agriculture and food processing minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday stated that full advantage would be taken of high moisture content in soil to maximise crop production in the coming Rabi season.

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: hitney McFerron and Tony C.

Wheat futures rose for the second straight day on speculation that the U.S. will lower its forecasts for global supplies as dry weather damages crops from Russia to Australia.

Published: Oct 10, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

More and more attention among traders, grain merchandisers and farmers is aiming toward Thursday's monthly USDA Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate reports, which will be released at 7:30 AM CDT on Thursday.

Published: Oct 10, 2012

Three of Canada's leading malting barley organizations will collaborate on a long-term international strategy and a unified brand to highlight Canada's world-class malt and barley industry with the support of the Harper Government.

Published: Oct 08, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

What America needs during a historic drought that is devastating corn production sure isn't a mandate to divert a lot of what corn is being harvested into 13 billion gallons of ethanol.

Published: Oct 06, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets have a mixed day of trading ahead Friday.

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The first notable snows of the season in the Nation's midsection have been found over North Dakota and into northwestern Minnesota from late yesterday and overnight.

Published: Oct 04, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

The growing season's drawn to a close in the Corn Belt and the combines are barreling through the corn and soybean crops at a record pace.

Published: Oct 04, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

Soybean harvest is rolling right along. But, one issue's starting to pop up in parts of the Midwest where conditions have been driest throughout the growing season.

Published: Oct 03, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

The grain markets felt some major pressure on Monday from a couple of factors, the biggest one being corn and soybean harvest that remains way ahead of the normal pace.

Published: Oct 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The United Nations' food organization said Tuesday it has signed an agreement with China to bolster joint efforts to defeat hunger, increase agricultural production and improve rural livelihoods.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Corn futures soared the maximum daily limit, with wheat posting a 5% rise too, after the US said that its stocks of both grains fell last season more steeply than investors had expected, in a report which maintained its knack for surprises.

Published: Sep 29, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--The U.S. grain stocks continue to tighten, with the corn and soybean inventories the most concerning, according to the USDA.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: RJ Whitehead

Corn imports to China will hit 20mn tonnes per year by 2017, leading to major reverberations on world markets. This is the likely scenario if current trends in the country’s pork production and industrialisation continue, according to a major study.

Published: Sep 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Today Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Ed Fast announced that Canadian breeding cattle now have market access to Libya.

Published: Sep 27, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Committee of Chief Ministers of Eastern States held a meeting with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar in Kolkata on Wednesday and reiterated the government's commitment to make the eastern region the granary of the nation by growing food grains in thei