oilseed

The United States Department of Agriculture announced new members of the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds, and Planting Seeds.

A sharp fall in exports resulting from the Russian invasion is causing a significant shortage of storage facilities in Ukraine for the 2022-2023 season. Analyst APK-Inform said that Ukraine is getting forced to export grain by train over its western border or from smaller ports along the Danube River ...

Ukraine’s military shut down commercial shipping operations at the country’s ports after Russia invaded. According to Reuters the announcement comes from an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff and stoked fears of supply disruptions from one of the world’s top grain and oilseeds exporters. Ukraine is a major ...

Cargill is building a new $350 million canola plant in Saskatchewan, to take advantage of the booming demand for the oilseed. Canola futures recently hit record highs, and soybeans reached multi-year highs as demand for canola to process into vegetable oil and animal feed is greater than the available supply ...

World food prices rose for the tenth-consecutive month in March, rising to their highest level since June of 2014. Reuters said the climb got sparked by costs rising in the vegetable oils, meat, and dairy indices. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat, and sugar. The ...

Washington State University will hold their first oilseed workshops of 2019 later this month.  The first will be on January 23rd in Wilbur, with the second in Clarkston on the 25th.  WSU’s Karen Sowers said workshops this year will focus on stand establishment.   “Some ...

Washington State University will hold their first oilseed workshops of 2019 later this month.  The first will be on January 23rd in Wilbur, with the second in Clarkston on the 25th.  WSU’s Karen Sowers said workshops this year will focus on stand establishment.   “Some peop...

Washington State University’s Oilseed workshops well take place next week across the Inland Northwest.  Karen Sowers with WSU told the Washington Ag Network the three workshops have information is tailored to the cropping systems in that respective area.  Sowers a...

With a steady local demand for canola, and wheat production being challenged by falling numbers and falling prices, many dryland growers are looking at adding oilseed crops like canola to diversify their rotation.  A move, Washington State University’s Karen Sowers said can be very beneficial for many growers across the Inland Northwest.   “...

The WSU Oilseed Cropping Systems Project Workshops kick off later this week.  There will be three workshops across Central and Eastern Washington.  WSU Extension and Outreach Specialist Karen Sowers.   “Try to cover the gamut of cropping systems and rainfall zones.”   Thursday’s...