China Dalian Exchange soybean meal, soybeans, soybean oil, and non GMO soybeans close higher while corn futures close lower. Weekly Exports sales are viewed as neutral for corn, soybeans and soybean oil with soybean meal and wheat results viewed as bullish. Malaysian Palm oil futures close up 21 ringgit on weakening currency, attracting export business. New contract highs for French wheat futures as crop stress in Europe redevelops. The main driver here is perceptions beef demand will fall...

Almost a million acres of fertile land is lying idle there for want of investment because local farmers cannot raise sufficient money to buy the machinery, fertilisers and seeds to cultivate it. Scottish farmers eye new pastures in Russia . UK News . The Observer Skip to main content. Tempted by the prospect of cultivating a seam of nutrient-rich, prime arable land, stretching from Ukraine into central Russia, for a fraction of the cost incurred at home, the first organised group,...

Inflation-beleaguered UPA Government has been warned that unless an immediate strategy is worked out to end the stagnation in food production, this will only trigger off both a large increase in the prices of domestic foodgrains and fiscal deficit in case imports are subsidised. Low yield likely to raise food prices, import: NDC report. Inflation-beleaguered UPA Government has been warned that unless an immediate strategy is worked out to end the stagnation in food production, this will...

When a plant does not form grain, as was the case with the freeze-damaged wheat, nitrogen from fertilizer accumulates in the leaves of the plant, explained Mac Stone, director of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture s Division of Value-Added Plant Production. Producers advised to test winter wheat for feeding. The state s livestock diagnostic laboratories will perform this service for $10 per sample. The samples came from fields that received a second nitrogen fertilizer application in...

LAURIE OAKES: Has Therese Rein the right thing and in deciding to sell the Australian arm of her business? MARK VAILE: Well obviously that was a decision for Mrs Rudd and what she did with her company obviously, and that obviously became abundantly apparent to them that if following the election this year Mr Rudd does become Prime Minister there would be a significant conflict of interest. LAURIE OAKES: Has Therese Rein the right thing and in deciding to sell the Australian arm of her...