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U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

By Mark Weinraub October 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank on Friday on a round of end-of-week profit taking after prices hit an 8-1/2 week high on Thursday, traders said. Soybeans also fell, pressured by the expanding harvest of what is expected to be a bumper crop in the U.S., while corn was close to unchanged. Wheat […] Read more

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Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

By MarketsFarm Team October 2, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada’s domestic canola processors are getting busier, with the latest crush data showing the most active week in two-and-a-half months. Capacity utilization during the week ended Wednesday climbed to 82.8 per cent, which compares with only 66.9 per cent the previous week, according to the latest report from the Canadian Oilseed Processors […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Glencore reported in talks on agriculture assets

By Clara Denina, Euan Rocha, Sarah McFarlane October 2, 2015

Reuters — Glencore is in talks with a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund and China’s state-backed grain trader COFCO, along with Canadian pension funds, to sell a stake in its agricultural assets, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Selling assets is one prong of a wider strategy by the Swiss-based trader and miner to […] Read more

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StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

By Dave Sims October 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

By Reuters October 1, 2015

Sofia | Reuters –– Bulgaria has told the European Union it will ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under EU rules that allow member states to opt out of GMO cultivation, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The agriculture ministry upholds its position that Bulgaria should be free […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prairies’ harvest a tale of two wheat crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 1, 2015

CNS Canada — Prairie farmers are in the final stages of harvesting the 2015 wheat crop, and while yields continue to beat earlier expectations, there’s a distinct quality difference between crops harvested early and those harvested late. “In our country, all of the grain was top grade, but anything that was left out at this […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

ConAgra to cut 1,500 jobs, shift base to Chicago from Omaha

By Anjali Athavaley, Sruthi Ramakrishnan October 1, 2015

Reuters — ConAgra Foods said it would cut about 1,500 jobs and move its headquarters to Chicago from Omaha as part of a plan to save at least US$300 million in three years. The maker of Chef Boyardee pasta and Healthy Choice dinners is under pressure to cut costs and accelerate growth as consumers shift […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Market demand for Canadian hemp exceeding supply

By Dave Sims October 1, 2015

CNS Canada — As hemp users develop more uses for the plant and its seed, so too grow the demands on the crop. It’s a demand becoming tougher to fill, according to an industry expert, as the general public becomes increasingly interested in the plant. “You talk about canola being the miracle crop? Well, hemp […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally, soybeans slip

By Rod Nickel October 1, 2015

Reuters — Chicago wheat rose more than one per cent on Thursday, extending a rally triggered by Wednesday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture data that put the 2015 U.S. crop below market estimates. Corn futures rose slightly on technical buying and spillover support from wheat. Soybeans slumped on pressure from an advancing Midwest harvest and technical […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

CHS says Viterra intriguing at right price

By Karl Plume September 30, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm co-operative and grains trader CHS Inc. would be interested in the Canadian grain handling assets of embattled commodities trader Glencore, but only if they came at a discounted price, CHS CEO Carl Casale said in an exclusive interview. As part of a debt-reduction plan, Swiss-based Glencore has said it […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

Glencore reported in talks on agriculture assets

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

Prairies’ harvest a tale of two wheat crops

ConAgra to cut 1,500 jobs, shift base to Chicago from Omaha

Market demand for Canadian hemp exceeding supply

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally, soybeans slip

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