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ADM says U.S. floods to cut into Q1 operating profit

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding and severe winter weather in the U.S. Midwest will reduce Archer Daniels Midland’s first-quarter operating profit by US$50 million to $60 million, the U.S. grains trader said on Monday. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the farm belt across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and several other states. The […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

By Karl Plume, GFM Network News March 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped sharply on Monday in reaction to a government report that showed larger-than-expected supplies of cattle on feed in the U.S., traders said. Nearby cattle futures contracts fell more than 1.5 per cent, with selling accelerating as prices breached key technical support levels. The selling […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

By Karl Plume, GFM Network News March 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to contract highs for a third straight session on Friday on hopes for strong demand from China before easing from those peaks on profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. China is expected to be in the market for imported pork as the deadly hog […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

By Karl Plume March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a 3-1/2-week high on Friday as China booked its largest purchase of the grain in more than five years and as flooding in the western U.S. Midwest raised concerns over spring planting. Technical selling and profit-taking later pulled corn from the highs, although the market closed […] Read more

ICE May 2019 canola futures, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

By David Ljunggren, Mark Weinraub March 22, 2019

Ottawa/Chicago | Reuters — Canada is optimistic it can make progress this year in talks to persuade China to allow imports of Canadian canola seed to resume, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, even as tensions between Ottawa and Beijing reach new highs. Trudeau spoke hours after an industry group said Chinese importers had […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China’s pork imports seen doubling in 2019 on swine fever impact

By Dominique Patton, Hallie Gu March 22, 2019

Wuzhen, China | Reuters — China’s 2019 pork imports are set to double from last year to two million tonnes, a Rabobank analyst said on Thursday, as African swine fever hits production of the meat in the world’s top hog market. China has reported 113 outbreaks of the contagious disease since last August, though farmers […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

By Karl Plume, GFM Network News March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied by their daily trading limits for a second straight day on Thursday on expectations that imports by China would surge as the country’s domestic hog herd is ravaged by a deadly hog disease. All hog contracts posted new contract highs and spot futures reached […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

By Karl Plume March 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped more than one per cent on Thursday to their highest level in 2-1/2 weeks as concerns about delayed planting in the western U.S. Midwest sparked buying and fund short-covering. Soybeans followed corn higher, although gains were restrained by lower-than-expected weekly export sales data and concerns about trade […] Read more

Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson says China’s block on Canadian canola has now expanded beyond just shipments from Richardson International. (Co-operator file photo by Allan Dawson)

Canola, Crops, Markets

China stops buying Canadian canola

By Allan Dawson March 21, 2019

China has stopped buying any Canadian canola, says Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson. “The Chinese are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola (from any company) at this time,” he said Thursday. “Trade that was executed earlier is continuing. New sales are what appears to be affected.” Earlier this month China blocked canola imports from […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared by the company’s daily price limit to new contract highs on Wednesday on increasing worries about the spread of a deadly hog disease in China. Traders expect that China, the world’s biggest hog producer and pork consumer, will need to import more U.S. pork […] Read more

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

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ADM says U.S. floods to cut into Q1 operating profit

U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

China’s pork imports seen doubling in 2019 on swine fever impact

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

China stops buying Canadian canola

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

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