The US initiative is seeking to streamline the information transfer process for grain as it moves from the field to grain elevator and on to end users.
The online grain sales platform FarmLead is expanding its services to offer users a richer picture of market prices, and historical trends for grains and feed ingredients, says CEO.
Grain surplus, export competition and trade agreements may bring headwinds to US grain producers, but the outlook is more positive for feed grain users, says expert.
Pipeline looks to establish an organic and non-GMO supply chain in North American, with related investments pegged in around $300-$500m over the next several years, says CEO.
Dairy farmers looking to get more protein from local grain can harvest more feed wheat and boost its protein content through alkalization, says an expert in the field.
A new type of wheat that said to support healthier bones in poultry could be available commercially within five years, according to the company that is funding the research into its benefits.
The USDA, in its survey of planting intentions, sees the expected corn planted area to be lower than last year, while soybean planted area for 2017 looks set to top the charts. The wheat planted area, though, is predicted to be the lowest since records...
US grain producers and handlers may soon have more powerful data management capabilities to address traceability and the regulatory needs of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) thanks to a collaborative effort.
Biomin has found, in a year-on-year comparison of mycotoxin occurrence data, fumonisins are on the rise in North American corn, DON levels are elevated in European cereals, Asia faces a heightened risk of mycotoxins overall, and the risk level in South...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) had raised the US soybean yield again; the agency projected it at 51.4 bushels per acre, up 0.8 bushels from the September forecast.
The grain market in Venezuela continues to flounder as consumption and production remain stagnant and producers struggle to feed animals, says specialist.
ADM, Cargill, Express Grain Terminal LLC and Rail Transfer Inc have recently called for third-party and counterclaims brought against them by Syngenta in the ongoing biotech corn lawsuit to be dismissed.
For the second year in a row, Beijing is planning to cut Chinese maize prices in a bid to encourage local processors to buy domestic stocks, reported Reuters citing industry sources.
In the latest cereals supply and demand balance sheet from the EU Commission, production and stocks have been increased for wheat and barley, but it is a different story for maize.
Speculative funds in agricultural commodities currently are said to be broadly short, and such positions benefit when grain prices fall, said an industry specialist.
Chinese imports of maize are expected to be cut from three to two million tons in 2015/16, reports the grain market analysis division of a UK agriculture research agency.
Factors such as a larger acreage than expected and buoyant stock levels going into the year have weighed in on US corn prices, notes a grain market specialist.
Livestock producers can expect abundant feed grains and subsequent downward pressure on prices as bumper maize harvests are predicted in the EU and the US, and a greater proportion of the EU wheat crop is diverted to feed use.
Greater availability, combined with lower open market prices for oats and a historically small wheat crop, has seen a hike in the use of oats in animal feed in the UK in recent months.
Average prices for compound feed across all animal categories in the UK have slipped in the past quarter, says Defra in its animal feedstuffs price report.
Rocketing feed costs are pushing up poultry production costs,
making a substantial price increase in poultry meat inevitable,
warned the British Poultry Council (BPC) this week. Widespread
drought in the UK and across cereal producing...
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