Oilseed Market News for March 2013

Flax Peptide Grant

SASKATOON - Mar 4/13 - SNS -- Prairie Tide Chemicals Inc. received CDN $200,000 from Canada's Agricultural Innovation Program to recover bioactive peptides from flax and test them for safety for use in pharmaceuticals and neutraceuticals. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 7/13 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 14/13 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 21/13 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Modest Drop in Soybean Interest

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS --American soybean growers intend to plant an estimated 77.1 million acres in 2013, down slightly from last year but up 3% from 2011, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Flax Plantings to Dip

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS --Producers intend to plant 272,000 acres of flaxseed in 2013, down 21% from 2012 but 53% more than was planted in 2011, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Total U.S. Canola Area Could Drop

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/13 - SNS --Canola producers in the United States intend to plant 1.65 million acres in 2013, down 6% from 2012, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2013, as declines in North Dakota offset gains in the U.S. Pacific Nothwest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 28/13 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed. . . . Continue or visitors click here