StatsCanada released the results of its survey of farmers on their planting intentions this year. The survey was conducted during March and, given developments since then, some of the numbers were surprising:
Canola acres could fall 6.7 percent despite record high futures prices. This could be one crop that farmers ultimately decide to plant more than they thought they would back in March. The wheat area was expected to expand, and it will, especially for durum where supply and use hit a 20-year low on drought impacts. The largest percentage increase in area will be in oats, where global ending stocks are down 25 percent and off 15 percent from the five-year average. Pulses are the new alt-meat protein and supposedly a trending...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
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