(Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture News Roundup for Wednesday June 26, 2019.

Jun 26, 2019 | 10:36 AM

The Chinese Embassy is asking Canada to suspended all meat exports.

Chinese customs inspectors said they detected residue from a restricted feed additive called ractopamine in a shipment of Canadian pork products.

The additive has permitted uses in Canada but is banned in China.

The request also comes with the ongoing diplomatic dispute over the December arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver.

China has also stopped imports of Canadian canola and has suspended import permits for three pork producers.

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CN Rail said grain is moving at a record setting pace.

CN Rail director of sales and marketing David Przednowek said Western Canadian shipments from last August to June have reached 24.6 million metric tonnes (MMT) of grain.

That’s 1.85 MMT ahead of the same time last year and 750,000 MMT or three per cent ahead of the previous record set in 2016-2017.

Przednowek said CN Rail improvement projects are underway and are being co-ordinated between engineering and network operations.

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Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) signed a co-operation agreement with the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, Scotland.

CWA CEO Chris Lane said they like to have a formal relationship with shows or organizations that are in the same business.

Lane said it creates partnerships in promoting trade between the two markets and helps producers.

The agreement was signed last week during a trade mission to the United Kingdom.

CWA has similar agreements with Australia, Argentina and Mexico.

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Syngenta has introduced an insecticide seed treatment to control flea beetles and cutworms.

Fortenza Advanced contains sulfoxaflor and cyantraniliprole.

Syngenta said the product will give producers better protection against pests in their canola fields.

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AccuWeather is predicting even lower corn and soybean yields for 2019.

The rain and flooding that has affected the U.S. corn belt continues to be reflected in poor crop progress numbers.

AccuWeather predicts a 2019 corn yield of 13.13 billion bushels, which is lower than its June 10 estimate of 13.26 billion bushels.

The USDA estimates the 2019 corn yield at 13.68 billion bushels as of June 11.

There will be an updated forecast on Friday for both corn and soybeans.

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