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CBOT weekly outlook: Traders flee stocks for commodities

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 25, 2018

CNS Canada — Traders shifted attention to Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean markets in the wake of a drop in Wall Street stocks, causing a commodities rally Wednesday. Wall Street was dragged down Tuesday by U.S. bond yields, which hit the three per cent mark for the first time in four years. […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy recovers from wild week

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 11, 2018

CNS Canada — After a wild week in which the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean market plunged, following China announcing tariffs on imports of U.S. soybeans, it has recovered. China on Thursday announced plans for a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. soybean imports in retaliation of previously announced tariffs by the U.S. on […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices rising for northern Alberta feedlots

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 5, 2018

CNS Canada — While feed barley prices are holding steady in the Lethbridge area, further north around Edmonton, prices are starting to climb. “We’re starting to see already just difficulty with loading here and there and buyers getting caught off-guard with not getting barley coming in when they needed it to happen. And that’s spurring […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans wade through turbulent trade waters

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News April 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade suffered sharp losses Wednesday after China said it would slap a 25 per cent tariff on soybean imports in retaliation for U.S. sanctions that had been placed on it. The dominant May contract plummeted 55 cents to $9.83 a bushel, before bargain-hunters stepped in […] Read more

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Corn, Crops, Markets

Spot corn prices strengthen on Prairies amid logistics challenges

By Dave Sims April 3, 2018

CNS Canada –– Corn prices across the Prairies have broken out of their long-held range, which should put cash in producers’ pockets, but it may not be enough to significantly increase seeding plans this spring. For much of 2017 and the early portion of 2018, corn prices in Western Canada were hanging around the $4-$4.30 […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Shipping to feedlots becomes problem

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 29, 2018

CNS Canada –– Spring has sprung on the Prairies, meaning road bans are starting, leading to problems shipping feed grains to feedlots in Alberta. “The supply is actually there at the farm gate but getting the supply from the farm gate to the end-user means more truck logistics and higher freight rates typically,” said Jim […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 29, 2018

CNS Canada — Two much anticipated reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent markets soaring and left traders speechless in the last trading day before the Easter holiday. USDA released its quarterly grain stocks and prospective plantings reports Thursday at 11 a.m. CT. Traders had been expecting corn area to be at 80.3 […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn market attention shifts north

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 21, 2018

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower over the past week, but stabilized at those lows as attention shifts from weather concerns in Argentina to planting intentions in North America. Rains in Argentina over the past weekend helped ease dryness concerns there somewhat and caused soybeans and […] Read more

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Corn-state senators seek Trump meeting as biofuel changes loom

By Jarrett Renshaw March 16, 2018

Reuters — A group of senators from U.S. corn states have asked President Donald Trump for a meeting about the nation’s biofuels law, amid expectations the administration will soon act to lower the regulation’s costs to the oil refining industry. The group of Republican senators wrote a letter to Trump on Thursday in which they […] Read more

Container ships pass through locks on the Panama Canal. (CIA.gov)

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazilian grain growers explore increased use of Panama Canal

By Marcelo Teixeira March 15, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian farmers in top soy state Mato Grosso signed a memorandum of understanding with the Panama Canal Authority to evaluate ways to cut transportation costs and boost Brazilian grain volumes using the waterway, the authority’s chief administrator said. The canal’s administration is looking to increase its participation in rising Brazilian […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit two-week low; soy slides, wheat steadies

U.S. complaints about protectionist Canadian dairy policy hypocritical, report argues

Dryness reduces Australian wheat output says USDA attaché

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U.S. grains: Corn futures hit two-week low; soy slides, wheat steadies

U.S. complaints about protectionist Canadian dairy policy hypocritical, report argues

Dryness reduces Australian wheat output says USDA attaché

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CBOT weekly outlook: Traders flee stocks for commodities

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy recovers from wild week

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices rising for northern Alberta feedlots

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans wade through turbulent trade waters

Spot corn prices strengthen on Prairies amid logistics challenges

Feed weekly outlook: Shipping to feedlots becomes problem

CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn market attention shifts north

Corn-state senators seek Trump meeting as biofuel changes loom

Brazilian grain growers explore increased use of Panama Canal

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