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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn ease on profit-taking

By Michael Hirtzer June 9, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn fell about one per cent on Thursday as traders locked in profit after the previous session’s multimonth highs and ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture supply and demand report due on Friday. Soybean prices were narrowly mixed at the Chicago Board of Trade, holding near the […] Read more

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B.C. pension funds to get piece of Glencore ag unit

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 9, 2016

The investment firm for British Columbia’s public-sector pension funds is set to buy just under 10 per cent of the agricultural arm of commodities firm Glencore. Swiss-based Glencore announced Thursday it has a “definitive” deal to sell 9.99 per cent of its “Glencore Agri” business for US$624.9 million cash to the B.C. Investment Management Corp. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

MGEX spring wheat shows strength

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 8, 2016

CNS Canada — Minneapolis (MGEX) spring wheat futures have climbed back to their highest levels in two months and could remain strong relative to other wheat classes over the next few months, according to an analyst. The nearby July 2016 contract is trading at about US$5.50 per bushel, while the July 2017 contract is now […] Read more

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Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

By Rod Nickel June 8, 2016

Reuters — Agrium, North America’s largest retail seller of products for crop producers, could benefit if some of the biggest makers of seed and agricultural chemicals merge, CEO Chuck Magro said on Wednesday. Responding to a question during a company investor day in Toronto about how possible tie-ups of ChemChina and Syngenta, or of Bayer […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola gains depend on soybeans

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 8, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday and may have more room to the upside, provided the market continues to see a boost from the U.S. soy complex. “Right now, this market does not want to go down,” said senior analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing, on […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy likely to decline in wake of USDA reports

By Jade Markus June 8, 2016

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean markets at the Chicago Board of Trade moved to fresh highs on the week, gaining alongside mounting weather concerns, but one U.S. analyst says the rally could be limited. Soybeans — “It’s just completely insane, but we’ll see what the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) has to say,” said Sean […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Weather concerns spark soybean rally

By Mark Weinraub June 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped 3.4 per cent to their highest in nearly two years on Wednesday as forecasts for hot temperatures to hit key growing U.S. regions stoked fears of damage to nascent crops, traders said. “The weather is mostly dry this week, but now meteorologists are wrestling […] Read more

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BASF says not backed into corner by Bayer’s Monsanto swoop

June 8, 2016

Ludwigshafen, Germany | Reuters — BASF, which has so far kept out of a consolidation push among global seeds and pesticides groups, said its business model was not affected by rival Bayer’s plans to buy Monsanto. “We are not backed into a corner by what is happening in the market,” the group’s deputy chief executive […] Read more

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Thunder Bay expects more activity beyond sluggish start

By Jade Markus June 8, 2016

CNS Canada — Since the Port of Thunder Bay’s season opening, its grain handle has been slower compared with previous years, but the port’s CEO says this year is a reversion to normal. The northern Lake Superior port started shipping on March 26, and as of May 31 has moved 1.5 million tonnes of cargo, […] Read more

Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt returns to zero tolerance of ergot in wheat

By Eric Knecht, maha-el-dahan June 8, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has rejected two shipments of wheat for containing trace levels of the ergot fungus, backtracking on a government pledge to apply international standards and alarming traders looking to do business with the world’s largest buyer of the grain. Earlier this year traders boycotted state wheat tenders after the country’s […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Crops

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn ease on profit-taking

B.C. pension funds to get piece of Glencore ag unit

MGEX spring wheat shows strength

Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

ICE weekly outlook: Canola gains depend on soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy likely to decline in wake of USDA reports

U.S. grains: Weather concerns spark soybean rally

BASF says not backed into corner by Bayer’s Monsanto swoop

Thunder Bay expects more activity beyond sluggish start

Egypt returns to zero tolerance of ergot in wheat

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