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CBOT weekly: Soybeans, corn await next USDA reports

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2015

CNS Canada –– Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved up and down during the week ended Wednesday, but posted losses on the whole as concerns over a truckers’ strike in Brazil subsided. While large South American crop prospects remain a bearish influence in the background, the market could be due for […] Read more

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CBOT soy seen weakening as soon as Brazil’s logistics improve

By Terryn Shiells February 25, 2015

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as continued good export demand for U.S. soybeans was bullish. Brazil’s slower than normal harvest pace and its logistics problems related to a trucker strike both led to strong export demand for the U.S. As soon as those […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

By Dave Sims February 21, 2015

CNS Canada — A mixture of extremely wet conditions in 2014 and a projected dry outlook for southwestern Manitoba are leading one corn expert to predict fewer corn acres in the province in 2015. “The southwest was wet, wet, wet and now they’re expecting to be dry, dry, dry. Neither of those conditions is great […] Read more

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Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

By Tom Polansek February 2, 2015

Reuters — Cargill has started selling a variety of genetically modified Syngenta corn seed that previously disrupted U.S. grain trading, now that China has approved imports of the biotech crop. Cargill, one of the top U.S. grain exporters, began selling seed containing the Agrisure Viptera trait last month and scrapped a policy that required farmers […] Read more

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Seasonal pressures to weigh on CBOT soybeans, corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 21, 2015

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved lower during the week ended Wednesday and could be due for more losses, given the seasonal trends and looming South American crops. “As long as South America has no real weather problems… it will be hanging over the soybean market,” said Scott […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT soybeans poised to drop below US$10

By Terryn Shiells January 14, 2015

CNS Canada — The Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures market has dropped sharply during the week ended Wednesday, and is poised to fall even further. “For March soybeans, I think it could potentially trade back to the US$9.45-$9.50 per bushel area,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago (all figures US$). A bearish […] Read more

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Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

By Reuters January 13, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters –– An important road for soy and corn shipments linking to ports in northern Brazil will not be paved until 2016, the country’s transport minister said on Tuesday. President Dilma Rousseff said last year that the highway, known as BR-163, would be ready by mid-2015 as the government tries to relieve crowded […] Read more

Corn, Crops

U.S. farmland rents soften with grain prices

By Christine Stebbins December 23, 2014

Reuters — U.S. farmland rents for 2015 are on track to be down 5 to 10 per cent from the top fees of a year ago due to lower grain prices, but landowners remain stubborn about deeper cuts and some are adding clauses to boost revenue if grain prices bounce back. More than half the […] Read more

Corn, Crops

New record corn yield — 503 bushels

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 19, 2014

Randy Dowdy of Valdosta, Georgia has been declared winner of the U.S. National Corn Growers Association 2014 National Corn Yield Contest with an all-time record of 503 bushels per acre. The 18 winners in six production categories had verified yields averaging more than 383.6 bushels per acre, compared to the projected national average of 173.4 […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

China approves Viptera corn, two types of soybeans

By Tom Polansek December 17, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– A top Chinese government official said the country has approved imports of genetically modified Agrisure Viptera corn and two varieties of biotech soybeans after years of review, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday. Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang said imports of Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, had been approved by […] Read more

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CBOT weekly: Soybeans, corn await next USDA reports

CBOT soy seen weakening as soon as Brazil’s logistics improve

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

Seasonal pressures to weigh on CBOT soybeans, corn

CBOT soybeans poised to drop below US$10

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

U.S. farmland rents soften with grain prices

New record corn yield — 503 bushels

China approves Viptera corn, two types of soybeans

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