HURON PERTH AG SCIENCE CENTRE ANNOUNCES 1st ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

Virtual Meeting Scheduled for March 29, 2023 

North Perth, ON – The Board of Directors of the Huron Perth Ag Science Centre is pleased to announce the first ever Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 starting at 7pm. All interested in learning more about our plans to bring Canada’s first Ag Science Centre to North Perth are welcome. You must register in advance to receive the link to our Annual Meeting.

Participants of the AGM are welcome to view the presentations, but only those with valid memberships are able to vote during the AGM. Please consider joining our not-for-profit, Charitable status organization. Cost of membership is $20 annually and will help cover our very modest administrative costs. If you are interested in membership or donating towards this exciting project, please contact us by email at huronperthagsciencecentre@gmail.com. 

Press Release

This week we look at the history of price movement on the day the USDA releases its Prospective Planting and Grain Stocks reports. We also take a look at mixed signals being seen for the US corn export market, and the updated weather forecast for double crop corn in Brazil. Additionally, we review updated trends in US soybean exports, as well as a change in the weather pattern in Argentina.

Click the links to watch videos:

• Corn
• Beans

Episode 2 of RealAgriculture's third season of Edible Bean School, brought to you by Hensall Co-op, is now available. Bernard Tobin is joined by Alan Christison, from Gowan Canada, to discuss how growers can optimize an Edge application and when to consider other options. Watch it here.

This week we focus on trends in world consumption, as well as export trends in U.S. corn and soybeans. We also take a look at planting progress for corn in Brazil and their harvest progress for soybeans. We wrap things up looking at trends in December Corn and November Soybean futures. 

Click the links to watch the videos:

• Corn
• Beans

Do you know a not-for-profit community-based initiative you think would benefit from a $10,000 grant from Hensall Co-op? We are introducing another year of our Strong Communities Initiative and are calling for nominations for our 2023 program.

The key criteria are as follows:

• Applications are accepted from Canadian Community-based not-for-profit organizations in the Hensall Co-op trading area that support the broader community
• Funding of a project that will have a long-term impact on the community (i.e., not for normal operations)
• Project has a clear and measurable benefit to the community
• The project fills a strong need in the community; not for the benefit of a single individual
• The organization has demonstrated that they can sustain the initiative to the end of the project
• Priority will be given to organizations that have not received a large-scale sponsorship/donation in the past 5 years
• Our employees have identified that Community Health and Healthy living are important to them, therefore, we will give priority to projects in the area of Health and Healthy living
• The organization must also be registered with Canada Revenue Agency as a charity, have a bank account in its own name and have been operating for over 12 months

More details related to eligibility criteria are outlined in the application form which is available here:

Strong Communities

 The deadline for applications is May 31, 2023.

Episode 1 of RealAgriculture's third season of Edible Bean School, brought to you by Hensall Co-op, is now available. Growers experienced much different conditions in the key growing regions, but overall the season was generally positive. Watch it here.

This week we concentrate on South American weather where corn is pollinating in Argentina and corn planting is still taking place in Brazil. Also, soybeans are in the pod set and pod fill stage in Argentina, and Brazil is attempting their soybean harvest. We wrap things up this week looking at the trends in December corn and November soybean futures.

Click the links to watch the videos:

• Corn
• Soybean

This week we take an updated look at weather prospects for the Argentina corn crop. We also look at the potential impact on US corn exports and early planting progress for Brazil’s safrinha crop. We also highlight some dry conditions for soybeans in Argentina and a potential weather trend in Brazil. We wrap things up this week looking at trends in November soybean futures.

Click the links to watch the videos:

• Corn
• Beans

Hensall, Ontario, Canada - February 7th, 2023

Hensall Co-op Enters New Seed Distribution Agreement with

Syngenta Seeds

Hensall Co-op has entered into a new agreement with Syngenta Seeds IP high-protein soybean distribution. This agreement, which is effective beginning the 2024 growing season, offers benefits directly to IP soybean growers as well as global end use customers. This agreement will give the entire supply chain the tools needed to achieve a higher level of success as a food ingredient industry. Put simply, it offers a full, value-added supply chain of growing, processing, marketing, and distributing Syngenta high-protein soybean varieties in conjunction with grower and end-use customer communications, seed forecasting and traceability for farm members and the end-use markets served by Hensall Co-op.

Read Full Press Release

This week we take a look at an updated weather forecast in South America, where Argentina is pollinating corn, and soybeans are in pod-set and pod-fill stage. We then switch gears to the demand-side to look at trends in US corn and soybean export sales and wrap things up with long-term trends in November Soybean and December Corn futures.

Click the links to watch the videos:

• Corn
• Beans