Agri-Business
The government has approved a bill which will enable the ratification of the EU-Canada...
High rate US tariffs on Chinese shipping costs now represent a real challenge for Irish grain and raw material importers.
Brazil is forecast to have a "historic bumper harvest" with grain production estimated at over 328 million tonnes for 2024/2025.
Tillage
A discussion on the 2023 performance achieved by the world's main grain growing regions was the focus of a recent Tillage Edge podcast.
The grain harvest in Brazil for the 2023/24 season could reach an estimated 288 million tonnes (317.5 million tons), official figures state.
Brazil has confirmed that the 2022/23 grain harvest has reached a new record at an estimated 293 million tonnes.
As the end of the marketing year for corn ends, a report reflects 'lower production and increased competition' for corn in the US
Tillage News
Corn prices in the US dropped by 18% from its late June peak during July due to a strong harvest, according to Reuters
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association CEO, Gill Gallagher, is indicating that up to five ships per day could leave Ukrainian ports.
Ukraine exported three million tons of agricultural products in July, according to the country's Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
Initial reports are indicating that wheat yields in Romania have fallen by 43%, year-on-year. The prospects for corn are equally devastating
On the back of last year’s severely reduced Ukrainian harvest, EU corn (maize) prices shot up. Brazil followed-on with late crop plantings
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its latest Crop Progress Report on Monday (October 26).
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report on Friday.
Grain markets took the rise farmers had been waiting for this week ahead of the release of the WASDE report on Friday.
Bank of Ireland launched Ireland's first bio-sourced Visa Debit Card last week. It is composed of 82% bio-sourced renewable materials made from field corn.
Record-high wheat production, increased barley production and mixed corn reports were all in this month's WASDE report.
Prices have been increasing over the past few weeks and on Thursday evening, the UK, French and Chicago wheat all moved upwards.
US corn price has increased this week - moving from 324.50c/bu last Thursday (August 20) to 331.75c/bu last night (August 24).
Grain markets recovered yesterday (August 21) following a midweek drop. MATIF wheat for September was at €184/t.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour came to an end yesterday and in six out of the seven states sampled yields were estimated above last year.
There has been a lot of interest from our readers in the Pro Farmer Crop Tour in the US.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour gets underway today, August 17, in the US.
