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Exporters fear Brazil agents’ strike could hurt corn exports

By Roberto Samora September 20, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — A strike by Brazilian federal agricultural agents responsible for approving certificates required for shipments could affect Brazil’s corn exports, the director of the cereal exporters association Anec Sergio Mendes said Friday. Mendes said the strike that started on Thursday was “the worst thing that could happen” to grain exports, though […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as harvest looms; wheat firms

By Julie Ingwersen September 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday and were down about 0.8 per cent for the week as farmers prepared to harvest a bumper crop in the Midwest, traders said. Corn followed soybeans lower while wheat futures firmed on short covering, despite ample global supplies. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Russia defends crop data reliability

By Reuters September 18, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry defended the reliability of its crop data on Thursday, after a farmers’ lobby said regional officials were pressuring farmers to report bigger grain crops to the ministry than they actually harvested this year. The ministry said its numbers, compiled by its regional departments which send “operational information” to […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

By Reuters September 17, 2015

Paris | Reuters — France is to use a new European opt-out scheme to ensure a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the country remains in place, it said on Thursday. The European Union’s largest grain grower and exporter has asked the European Commission for France to be excluded from some GM […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy drift lower in cautious trade

By Julie Ingwersen September 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell for a third day on Thursday as the harvest of an expected bumper crop expanded, but price movement was restrained as markets digested a Federal Reserve decision to leave U.S. interest rates unchanged. Wheat and soybean futures sagged on a lack of supportive fundamental news. All three […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan raises wheat, canola estimates with new model

By Jade Markus September 17, 2015

CNS Canada — Wheat and canola production are expected to be higher than in previous estimates, but still lower than in 2014, according to a new Statistics Canada model for field crop production estimates. The model-based report, released Thursday, pegs this year’s spring wheat production at 18.4 million tonnes, higher than previously forecast in the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans moving on technical trading

By Jade Markus September 16, 2015

CNS Canada –– Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are mostly moving on technical trading, profit-taking and good harvest weather. “It’s a technical trade; the range may have moved up a little bit higher than what we had thought,” said Scott Capinegro, senior broker with Highground Trading Group. Soybeans saw […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Growers hanging onto supplies

By Dave Sims September 16, 2015

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chalked up gains for the week ended Wednesday, as farmers hung onto supplies in the quest to draw out better prices. The January canola contract was the most consistent mover, finishing higher for the seventh consecutive session on Wednesday. Either “producers are not selling it or the […] Read more

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Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Labatt owner AB InBev seeks US$275B tie-up with SABMiller

By Martinne Geller, philip-blenkinsop September 16, 2015

Brussels/London | Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has approached rival SABMiller about a takeover that would form a colossus producing a third of the world’s beer. A merged group would have a market value of around US$275 billion (C$363 billion) at current prices, and would combine AB InBev’s dominance of Latin America […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

By Tom Polansek September 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) unit is reviewing its procedures after posting incorrect crop data online on Wednesday, an error that temporarily pressured grain prices. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) inadvertently issued the wrong data on crop acreage around 5 a.m. CT and posted corrected data four hours later. The agency […] Read more

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Exporters fear Brazil agents’ strike could hurt corn exports

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as harvest looms; wheat firms

Russia defends crop data reliability

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy drift lower in cautious trade

StatsCan raises wheat, canola estimates with new model

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans moving on technical trading

ICE weekly outlook: Growers hanging onto supplies

Labatt owner AB InBev seeks US$275B tie-up with SABMiller

USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

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