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CBOT July 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy slips as traders await China deals

CBOT corn, wheat futures rise

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News May 19, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures dipped on Tuesday, pressured by a fast pace of planting and slowing export deals to China after a string of sales earlier in the month, traders said. “The trade is very dependent on China buying, and we really have not seen an announcement here in […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Net short position reduced in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 19, 2020

MarketsFarm — Rising futures prices saw speculators exiting short positions in canola and adding to a growing net long in soybeans, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in at 38,738 contracts on Tuesday, […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China hits Australia with barley tariff

Duty to last for five years; China may turn to Canada, other exporters

By Colin Packham, Dominique Patton, GFM Network News May 19, 2020

Beijing/Sydney | Reuters — China added to tensions with Australia on Monday by announcing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties totalling 80.5 per cent on Australian barley imports from Tuesday (May 19), which is expected to all but halt a billion-dollar trade between them. China’s ministry of commerce said it had confirmed dumping by Australia and significant […] Read more

CBOT July 2020 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits lowest since March

Soybeans, corn firm as oil rallies

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News May 19, 2020

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in more than two months on Monday, pressured by sluggish demand on the export front and some much-needed rain in the U.S. Plains, traders said. Soybean futures were higher, supported by gains in the crude oil market as well as strong demand from China. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids weaken with seeding underway

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 18, 2020

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada lost ground during the week ended Thursday, with losses in U.S. futures and improving Prairie seeding weather weighing on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by 50 cents to $1 per tonne, according to price quotes from a […] Read more

CBOT July 2020 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week down four per cent

Soybean, corn futures firm

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News May 15, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday and recorded their biggest weekly slide in a month, dragged down by rising global stockpiles and improving crop prospects in Europe that signal strong competition for export business, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures closed modestly higher in rangebound trade. Chicago Board of Trade July […] Read more

Tests of potato genetic material, loaded onto an agarose gel, show the presence of an experimental gene. (Ken Hackman photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Reuters

USDA limits review requirements of some biotech farm products

By P.J. Huffstutter, GFM Network News May 15, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday a rule that will simplify or waive agency reviews of certain biotech farm products, including plants and seeds that have been genetically modified or engineered. As a result, some products could be sold to farmers without a USDA review — a move that […] Read more

Soybeans in Ontario, June 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Weather

Ontario stretches production insurance deadlines

Three already-passed deadlines bumped to June 1

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 15, 2020

Ontario farmers who missed their April 1, May 1 and/or May 10 deadlines for production insurance filings now have until June 1 to enroll or make coverage changes. Agricorp, the provincial farm program delivery agency, announced the extension Thursday. The extension gives farmers the “time and flexibility to make business decisions and to assess their […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat holding fairly well

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News May 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed prices for wheat and barley have softened over the last month, said Erin Harakal, senior trader for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “Right now for wheat, we have seen it drop off in the last little bit,” she said, noting barley prices have slipped as well. Harakal pointed to the overwintered barley […] Read more

CBOT July 2020 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans drift lower on favourable crop prospects

CBOT July wheat up on short-covering

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News May 15, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures drifted lower on Thursday as generally favourable U.S. Midwest crop weather bolstered expectations for large harvests, analysts said. “We just don’t have enough demand … to overcome the good growing conditions that are seen across the Midwest,” said Brian Hoops, president of Midwest Market Solutions. So […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

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U.S. grains: Soy slips as traders await China deals

Net short position reduced in canola

China hits Australia with barley tariff

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits lowest since March

Prairie cash wheat: Bids weaken with seeding underway

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week down four per cent

USDA limits review requirements of some biotech farm products

Ontario stretches production insurance deadlines

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat holding fairly well

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans drift lower on favourable crop prospects

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