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U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump survey damage and are briefed by a FEMA official on March 8, 2019 in Beauregard, Alabama, where 23 people in Lee County were killed by tornadoes earlier in the week. (Photo: Reuters/Mike Theiler)

Trump budget proposes steep subsidy cuts to U.S. farmers

By Humeyra Pamuk March 11, 2019

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget on Monday proposed a 15 per cent cut for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, calling its subsidies to farmers “overly generous” at a time when they are going through the worst crisis in decades because of depressed commodity prices and Trump’s trade tariffs. The Republican […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans inch up on China purchases

By P.J. Huffstutter March 7, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures inched upward on Thursday on news that Chinese state-owned firms bought at least 500,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans, while wheat futures dropped to their lowest levels in more than a year on pressure from a strengthening dollar, traders said. Chinese state-owned firms bought the U.S. soybeans for shipment […] Read more

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told the Canadian Crops Convention March 6 the Canadian government is trying to restore Richardson International’s canola exports to China. (Allan Dawson photo)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canada working to end China’s canola block, Freeland says

By Allan Dawson March 7, 2019

Montreal — The Canadian government is working hard to reopen Richardson International’s Canadian canola markets in China, says Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs. “We’re working closely with Canadian farmers and Canadian industry,” Freeland said in a brief interview after speaking at the Canadian Crops Convention (CCC) here Wednesday. “Our embassy is very focused […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat sag as trade news awaited

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News March 7, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell roughly one per cent on Wednesday and wheat slipped nearly three per cent on sluggish export demand for U.S. grains and a lack of news on U.S.-Chinese trade negotiations, traders said. “The single biggest potential factor right now that could turn these market dynamics is […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news

By Karl Plume, GFM Network News March 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures retreated on Wednesday after four straight sessions of gains in a technical and profit-taking setback from two-week highs as investors awaited new developments in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Cattle futures also fell broadly, although worries about a late-winter snowstorm forecast for the beef cattle-producing U.S. Plains underpinned the […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: China worries keep market trending down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 6, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola futures on the ICE Futures U.S. platform dropped sharply during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their lowest levels in 2-1/2 years. Concerns over declining Chinese demand sparked the latest selloff in canola amid news that the major canola-buying country had blocked shipments from Canada’s Richardson International. Canadian canola exporters have faced problems […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 soybeans, with May corn in orange. (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Fresh trade news would move markets

By Glen Hallick March 6, 2019

MarketsFarm — Fresh news out of U.S./China trade talks will move the soybean and corn markets in the near future, rather than USDA’s next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE), according to an analyst following the Chicago Board of Trade. However, a lack of fresh news regarding those trade talks has become a problem […] Read more

A rapeseed field in southern China’s Yunnan province. (YuenWu/iStock/Getty Images)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Richardson disputes China claim of ‘hazardous pests’ in canola

By ben-blanchard, Tom Polansek March 6, 2019

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian agribusiness Richardson International said on Wednesday that canola it shipped to China met regulatory requirements after a Chinese official charged that “hazardous pests” were found in samples taken recently from Canadian canola imports. Beijing this month cancelled Richardson’s registration to ship Canadian canola to China, the world’s top importer of […] Read more

A beagle. (BPretorius/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. to train more beagles to sniff out swine fever

By Reuters March 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government will increase the number of dogs used to sniff out illegal pork products at airports and seaports in an effort to keep out a contagious hog disease that has spread across Asia and Europe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The disease, African swine fever, can […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures set two-week peak on pork price hopes

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures jumped to two-week highs on Tuesday amid hopes for increased pork prices, which have been under pressure from large supplies and weakened demand from China. Wholesale pork prices, known as the cutout, rose by $1.01 on Monday to $62.93/cwt for carcasses, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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Trump budget proposes steep subsidy cuts to U.S. farmers

U.S. grains: Soybeans inch up on China purchases

Canada working to end China’s canola block, Freeland says

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat sag as trade news awaited

U.S. livestock: Hogs dip from two-week high, await trade news

ICE weekly outlook: China worries keep market trending down

CBOT weekly outlook: Fresh trade news would move markets

Richardson disputes China claim of ‘hazardous pests’ in canola

U.S. to train more beagles to sniff out swine fever

U.S. livestock: Hog futures set two-week peak on pork price hopes

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