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CBOT May 2019 soybeans, with May corn in orange. (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: Fresh trade news would move markets

By Glen Hallick March 6, 2019

MarketsFarm — Fresh news out of U.S./China trade talks will move the soybean and corn markets in the near future, rather than USDA’s next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE), according to an analyst following the Chicago Board of Trade. However, a lack of fresh news regarding those trade talks has become a problem […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Market aims to ration tight barley supplies

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 28, 2019

Tightening feed barley supplies in Western Canada have end-users looking to alternatives, with cheaper U.S. corn imports likely to keep a lid on prices. “Barley stocks are tight, so the market is trying to ration the amount of barley being used and it’s doing a pretty good job of that,” said Jim Beusekom of Market […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching trade talks

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 27, 2019

Movement in grain and oilseed futures at the Chicago Board of Trade remains highly dependent on developments in trade talks between the U.S. and China. China-U.S. trade negotiations have provided some sporadic support for the futures, but there have yet to be any concrete developments. While confirmation of an actual deal would change the outlook, […] Read more

Cracked soybeans enter a SunOpta soymilk processing plant at Modesto, California. (Video screengrab from SunOpta.com via YouTube)

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SunOpta sheds U.S. Midwest organic corn, soy business

By GFM Staff February 25, 2019

Organic food firm SunOpta Inc. has stepped out of the U.S. organic corn and soybean business in a $66.5 million deal with Minnesota-based organic startup Pipeline Foods. Mississauga-based SunOpta announced Monday it closed a deal with Pipeline last Friday for the Canadian firm’s organic and “specialty” soy and corn operations, which include five plants in […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Low ending stocks supportive

By Glen Hallick February 21, 2019

With some of the lowest ending stocks in more than a generation, feed grain prices are doing quite well in Western Canada, said Ed Baldwin of AgChieve Grain Marketing in Winnipeg. Baldwin, AgChieve’s manager of advisory services, said Canada has its lowest ending stocks for feed grains in the last 35 years. On the world […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 soybeans with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy in ‘little bit of a free fall’

By Glen Hallick February 20, 2019

Soybeans, wheat and corn have been trading generally lower of late on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). In particular soybeans are in “a little bit of a free fall,” said Terry Reilly, senior agriculture futures analyst with Futures International in Chicago. “It’s purely technical. We closed below the 100-day moving average (Tuesday) based on […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Markets steady amid cold Alberta weather

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 14, 2019

Excessively cold temperatures in Alberta may be causing headaches for both feed grain buyers and sellers, but prices remain relatively steady for what’s moving. The cold weather hasn’t really led to a significant increase in demand, but “it’s definitely made the farmer grumpy,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. “In general, the […] Read more

CBOT March 2019 corn (orange) and March 2019 soybeans (green). (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: All eyes on March 1 trade deadline

By Glen Hallick February 13, 2019

As high-level trade talks are underway in Beijing this week between the U.S. and China, commodity markets are watching carefully, said an analyst following the Chicago Board of Trade. “All eyes are on March 1,” said Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. Should negotiators fail to make any progress toward resolving the U.S./China trade war, the […] Read more

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U.S. EPA wins new chance to argue against pesticide ban

By jonathan-stempel, GFM Network News February 7, 2019

Reuters — The Trump administration has persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reconsider its recent decision ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos, which critics say can harm children and farmers. In an order on Wednesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it will again review former EPA administrator […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Little to change for Prairie prices

By Glen Hallick February 7, 2019

As feedlots reduce their cattle numbers, demand for feed grains has declined on the Canadian Prairies, according to Market Place Commodities trader Allen Pirness at Lethbridge. “It’s a pretty calm time of year. The feedlots are shipping a lot of fat cattle more than they are replacing. Their grain consumption drops off a little bit […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans extend losses as Midwest weather looks crop-friendly

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CBOT weekly outlook: Fresh trade news would move markets

Feed weekly outlook: Market aims to ration tight barley supplies

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching trade talks

SunOpta sheds U.S. Midwest organic corn, soy business

Feed weekly outlook: Low ending stocks supportive

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy in ‘little bit of a free fall’

Feed weekly outlook: Markets steady amid cold Alberta weather

CBOT weekly outlook: All eyes on March 1 trade deadline

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Feed weekly outlook: Little to change for Prairie prices

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