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Herbicide Resistance

 
First off today, weed resistance has been an issue in crop production for many years but is coming to the forefront as increasing numbers of weeds are no longer responding to herbicides. Harry Brook, crop specialist at the Ag-Info Centre, says that most producers are aware of the issue but, unless it affects them directly, don’t see it as a huge issue.
 
Interview with Harry Brook (3:12 minutes) (1.47 Mb) 
Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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Higher geo-politics from Trump wanting to annex Greenlland to conflict with Iran has caused investors to sell everything America. With Matto Grosso Brazil 7% harvested weather has turned wet as harvest progresses but Argentina has turned dry! Both soybean and wheat futures have traded back above the pre-USDA January crop report close a positive technical chart signal. A monster weekly U.S. export report is price supportive but a kick the can down the road on E15 is very disappointing.