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Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States. Canada will require all truckers entering from the U.S. to show proof […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
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U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as global demand offsets virus worries

USDA confirms China buys U.S. soybeans

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. and European wheat futures jumped on Thursday as a series of import tenders and fears of rain damage to Australia’s harvest overshadowed concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus variant. Soybean and corn futures also advanced at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Global demand for wheat put renewed […] Read more
CBOT January 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and dark green lines). (Barchart)
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U.S. grains: Grain futures regain ground as COVID jitters ease

Corn, soy firm after also hitting near three-week lows with wheat

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures turned higher Wednesday, recouping some of their steep losses from the previous session, as investor concerns that the Omicron coronavirus variant would derail the global economy began to ease. Corn and soybeans also regained ground on end-user buying, traders said, following hopes of export buyers looking for deals […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
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U.S. grains: Wheat extends slide as Omicron worries mount

Corn, soybeans also slip on virus fears

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat prices fell to a nearly three-week low on Tuesday, as concerns that the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant could slow the global economy drove investors to reduce risk exposure. The entire grains complex felt pressure early in the session, after Moderna’s CEO cautioned that COVID-19 shots were unlikely […] Read more
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Canada shuts to seven African countries’ travelers

Latest COVID-19 variant spurs decision

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters Friday. The European Union, the United States and Britain are among those tightening border controls as […] Read more

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