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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Fund selling keeps U.S. wheat futures pointed down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 5, 2015

CNS Canada –– Chicago wheat futures dropped to fresh contract lows Thursday and have more room to the downside from a chart perspective as speculators continue to add to their short positions, according to a broker. “It’s a momentum trade here with the funds,” said Adam Knosalla, a broker with Frontier Futures in Minneapolis. “They’re […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Soybeans to see continued growth in Saskatchewan

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 5, 2015

CNS Canada — Soybeans are a relatively new crop in Saskatchewan, but are generating more traction and are expected to increase their footprint in 2015. Saskatchewan farmers planted 270,000 acres of soybeans in 2014, nearly double the previous year, according to Statistics Canada data. “We’re expecting soybean acres to rise again,” said Carl Potts, executive […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Fababeans making more inroads on Prairies

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2015

CNS Canada — Fababean acres are on the rise in Western Canada, as the crop is seen as a good pulse alternative for producers seeking other options in their rotations. Better disease resistance and ease of harvest have been two selling points for the crop. “We’ve had significant uptake on fababeans,” said Leanne Fischbuch, executive […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Sask. backs new northeastern shortline

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 4, 2015

A Canadian National Railway (CN) spur line in northeastern Saskatchewan, set to become the province’s 14th shortline this spring, has picked up provincial financing. The provincial government on Wednesday announced an interest-free loan worth about $550,000 for Kinistino-based Northern Lights Railroad to buy 59 km of track from Melfort west to Birch Hills on CN’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Argentine farmers to halt crop sales for three days in protest

By Maximilian Heath March 4, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will suspend grain sales for three days to protest export quotas and other government policies they say hurt profits, the country’s main growers’ organizations said Tuesday. The strike will start on Wednesday, March 11, leaders of three of Argentina’s biggest farm groups told a press conference. “This action […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola testing major support

By Dave Sims March 4, 2015

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were lower for the week ended Wednesday, as continued losses in soybeans, and technical factors, weighed on canola values. The spillover weakness from soybeans was pronounced, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing in Winnipeg, who noted beans were 40 cents off their nearby highs. The […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly: Soybeans, corn await next USDA reports

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2015

CNS Canada –– Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved up and down during the week ended Wednesday, but posted losses on the whole as concerns over a truckers’ strike in Brazil subsided. While large South American crop prospects remain a bearish influence in the background, the market could be due for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Russia starts spring seeding with raised hopes for harvest

By darya-korsunskaya, Polina Devitt March 4, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russian farmers have started their spring seeding campaign with prospects for the 2015 crop brighter than first thought, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Russia, one of the main key wheat exporters to North Africa and the Middle East, needs a good crop after a sharp drop in the rouble has […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop for third day

By Karl Plume March 4, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Wednesday as the end of a truckers’ strike in Brazil and easing concerns about a farmers’ protest in Argentina reduced fears of major South American export disruptions. Wheat fell under the combined pressure of a stronger dollar, which makes U.S. grain […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Viterra boosts Glencore results

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 4, 2015

Commodity giant Glencore saw its earnings from mining and oils drop last year, but saw a 172 per cent increase in its earnings from agricultural trading — largely due to results from Viterra. The world’s largest commodity trader on Monday reported overall EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $12.8 billion on sales […] Read more

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Fund selling keeps U.S. wheat futures pointed down

Soybeans to see continued growth in Saskatchewan

Fababeans making more inroads on Prairies

Sask. backs new northeastern shortline

Argentine farmers to halt crop sales for three days in protest

ICE weekly outlook: Canola testing major support

CBOT weekly: Soybeans, corn await next USDA reports

Russia starts spring seeding with raised hopes for harvest

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop for third day

Viterra boosts Glencore results

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