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U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rally

By Mark Weinraub January 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday on follow-through buying on the U.S. Agriculture Department’s surprise cut to its domestic production estimate and ending stocks on Thursday, traders said. Soymeal led soybeans higher on concerns that forecasts for more rain in Argentina could limit the size of the soybean crop in the […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Pulses

Pinto prices strong, farmers weigh new-crop options

By Jade Markus January 13, 2017

CNS Canada –– Manitoba pinto bean spot prices are holding steady near yearly highs, as adverse weather during the growing season scaled back production. “It was a pretty wet year, compared to the previous year,” said Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture’s industry development specialist for pulse crops in Altona. Areas of southern Manitoba saw heavy rainfall […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy up as USDA lowers crop, stocks estimates

By Julie Ingwersen January 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a 3-1/2-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its estimate of the 2016 soy harvest and lowered its forecast of domestic inventories, analysts said. Wheat futures advanced after the USDA said farmers planted the fewest U.S. acres to winter wheat since 1909. Corn […] Read more

Canola plants with clubroot galls from a field near Verner, Ont., about 50 km west of North Bay. (OntarioCanolaGrowers.ca)

Canola, Crops

Clubroot arrives in Ontario canola

By John Greig January 12, 2017

Ontario has its first case of clubroot disease in canola — and further testing has confirmed clubroot in canola fields across the province. During the 2016 growing season an agronomist in the Verner area of northern Ontario examined a canola field and found the distinctive clubbed roots, said Meghan Moran, canola and edible bean specialist […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek January 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has left the agriculture secretary as the last department head to be named to his cabinet, while a meeting with the chief executives of two agribusiness giants gave a hint at a roster of farm issues the incoming president will face. Trump met on Wednesday with the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Winter Wheat

U.S. farmers cut winter wheat acres to 108-year low

By Mark Weinraub January 12, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers slashed their winter wheat plantings to the lowest in more than a century as supplies of the grain ballooned to a 29-year high, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday. USDA also dialed back its harvest estimates for the U.S. soybean and corn crops but 2016-17 marketing year production of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week low on Plains forecasts

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News January 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly two per cent on Wednesday on forecasts for much-needed moisture in the southern Plains, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also declined as traders adjusted positions ahead of key crop data due on Thursday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat […] Read more

Cattle drink from the Yamuna River near Agra in northern India. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Canada keen to boost ties, seal trade pact with India

By Euan Rocha January 11, 2017

Gandhinagar, India | Reuters –– Canada is keen to boost its business ties with India and is moving forward with attempts to seal a trade pact, Canada’s minister of infrastructure and communities told Reuters. “There is an emphasis on signing a trade agreement with India,” Amarjeet Sohi said in an interview Tuesday. “The process was […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching South America

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 11, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below some chart resistance levels in the process. The chart pattern is turning flat, however, and further moves will likely depend on outside factors. Speculators have moved to the short side in the canola market, which accounted for some […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn to tilt lower moving forward

By Jade Markus January 11, 2017

CNS Canada — Following a U.S. government supply and demand report due out Thursday, soybeans and corn are expected to be sideways to lower as traders anticipate upcoming supplies, one U.S. analyst says. “Technically we’ve kind of ran up to the higher end of our trading ranges. We probably can back off a little bit,” […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rally

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U.S. grains: Soy up as USDA lowers crop, stocks estimates

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