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Janina Currah and her husband Rob’s farm near Foam Lake, Sask., was devastated by a tornado June 29. Their new farm shop was hammered and grain bin yard shattered, leaving bins and debris scattered over nearby fields and closing the highway and the railway track and knocking down powerlines, but sparing their home. No one Read more

UkrAgroConsult believes Ukraine’s grain and oilseed exports could be much higher than the United States Department of Agriculture forecasts. “Export potential is serious and supported by unusually high ending stocks,” company grain market analyst Maryna Marynych said in a webinar. She forecasts as much as 31.5 million tonnes of corn and 16 million tonnes of Read more

Global agricultural production systems need to be transformed if the world is going to eliminate hunger by 2030, according to a new report. A 28 percent increase in agricultural productivity is required to meet that objective, according to an agricultural outlook report released by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the United Nations Read more

MORRIS, Minn. — When something is the “first in the world,” it’s usually a big deal. And when it’s a “first in the world” technology, it’s normally a big secret. That’s not the case in Morris, a town with about 5,000 people in western Minnesota. The University of Minnesota researchers who developed the first in Read more

Eric Snodgrass has a feeling there will be lots of crop comparison photos on the Canadian Prairies at the end of this year’s growing season. “We’re going to see pictures side-by-side of 2021 versus 2022 and it’s going to be a stark difference for some folks,” said the senior science fellow at Nutrien Ag Solutions. Read more