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Ardent restarts Illinois flour mill after flooding

By Michael Hirtzer January 5, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The largest U.S. flour miller, Ardent Mills, has resumed operations in Alton, Illinois, as floodwaters along the Mississippi River receded while a mill at Chester, Ill. will remain down for weeks, company executives said Tuesday. Near record-high floodwaters following deadly winter storms forced the company to shut down the mills a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Limited farmer selling keeping pea prices steady

By Jade Markus January 5, 2016

CNS Canada –– Prairie pea prices are steady, but farmers are holding out, according to one trader, as emerging new-crop bids grow in strength. “I think what’s moving prices is simply the expectation that (they) can’t go that much lower,” said David Newman of Victoria-area pulse trading and processing firm Commodious Trading. A lack of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Short-covering spurs slight gains in corn, soy, wheat

By Mark Weinraub January 5, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures edged higher on Tuesday as investors used the previous session’s sharp declines to take profits on bearish bets they had placed on the commodities sector, traders said. But concerns about a weaker global economy cutting into demand limited buying and all three commodities closed below […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Ex-Legumex crush plant gets new owners, supply deal

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 5, 2016

Canada’s top grain handler is set to start feeding canola to a U.S. West Coast crushing plant now half-owned by the Prairie company’s parent firm. Regina-based Viterra, the grain handling arm of multinational commodity firm Glencore, on Tuesday announced a supply and marketing deal with Pacific Coast Canola (PCC), a next-to-new crush plant at Warden, Wash., […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Argentine soy sales after tax cut disappoint government

By Reuters January 5, 2016

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s centre-right government said Monday it was disappointed by the volume of soy stocks sold by farmers in the three weeks since it reduced the tax on soybean exports. President Mauricio Macri cut the tax on shipments of soybeans, the country’s main cash crop, from 35 per cent to 30 […] Read more

TBARS director Dr. Tarlok Singh Sahota shows off a test plot of black barley in this 2014 file photo.

Crops, Weather

Thunder Bay ag research station gets stay

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 4, 2016

More time has been bought for a northern Ontario agricultural research station on the brink of closing to come up with a new operating plan. The Ontario government on Monday announced $350,000 in bridge funding for the not-for-profit Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Association, operator of the Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station (TBARS), to “develop a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

Force majeure declared for CBOT soy shipping stations

By Reuters January 4, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group declared force majeure for all soybean shipping stations until further notice because of flooding on the Illinois River, a notice from the exchange operator said Monday. A majority of facilities on the river, which are delivery points for soybean futures traded on CME’s Chicago Board of Trade, are unable […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Dreyfus owner pregnant, plans maternity leave

By Reuters January 4, 2016

Paris | Reuters — Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, majority owner and chairwoman of global trading house Louis Dreyfus Commodities, is pregnant with twins and plans to take short maternity leave following the birth due in early April, the company said. Louis-Dreyfus, 53, will continue as chair of the group’s supervisory board until the birth of the twin […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie spring wheat bids down with U.S. futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 4, 2016

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved lower during the two-week holiday period ending Thursday (Dec. 31), as the U.S. futures also drifted lower during that time frame. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by C$7-$8 per tonne during the two-week period, according to price quotes from […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans sag to start 2016

By Mark Weinraub January 4, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn, wheat and soybean futures fell sharply on Monday as concerns about economic weakness in China and the dollar’s strength raised concerns about global demand for U.S. commodities, traders said. Corn sank to its lowest level in four months while wheat hit a low not seen since […] Read more

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Ardent restarts Illinois flour mill after flooding

Limited farmer selling keeping pea prices steady

U.S. grains: Short-covering spurs slight gains in corn, soy, wheat

Ex-Legumex crush plant gets new owners, supply deal

Argentine soy sales after tax cut disappoint government

Thunder Bay ag research station gets stay

Force majeure declared for CBOT soy shipping stations

Dreyfus owner pregnant, plans maternity leave

Prairie spring wheat bids down with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans sag to start 2016

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