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U.S. grains: Export concerns pressure soy

By Mark Weinraub April 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Thursday on worries about declining demand from top importer China, traders said. Wheat futures firmed to their highest since April 10, their third straight day of gains, while corn eased for the fourth time in five […] Read more

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures drop despite slow planting pace

By Mark Weinraub April 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Tuesday, their third straight day of declines, as traders shrugged off concerns about cold weather causing planting delays in the U.S. Midwest. “You plant more in the month of May than in the month of April, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop as weather improves

By Mark Weinraub April 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in 10 days on Monday, led by a 3.4 per cent drop in K.C. hard red winter wheat prices, on forecasts for rain in key growing areas that will provide relief to a drought-stressed crop, traders said. “Wheat prices are lower, with longs running […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

By Julie Ingwersen April 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday to a one-week low, pressured by forecasts for much-needed rain late next week in the southern Plains winter wheat belt, analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower amid a lack of fresh supportive news, and soybeans turned down, erasing early advances, as nervous traders booked profits […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

By David Lawder, Michael Hirtzer April 13, 2018

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. pork exporters will soon be free to ship meat to Argentina for the first time in 26 years after the two countries thrashed out an agreement to overturn an Argentinian import ban. The deal is a sliver of good news for U.S. farmers facing trade tariffs and disruption to exports […] Read more

Feed markets, Market talk

Feeder cattle outlook

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

By Jerry Klassen April 13, 2018

It’s that time of year when I receive many inquiries from cow-calf producers and feedlot operators regarding the price outlook for feeder cattle. Throughout March, yearling prices were under pressure while calves and cattle fit for grass were rather firm. The feeder cattle market appears to be sending mixed signals. Feedlot margins have been rather […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on sluggish export demand

By Julie Ingwersen April 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on reminders of ample world supplies and strong competition for export business, along with some forecasts for much-needed rains next week in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on export demand for U.S. supplies, and corn ended modestly […] Read more

The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

By Chris Prentice, Jarrett Renshaw, GFM Network News April 12, 2018

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with the heads of the Environmental […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola backs away from lofty heights

By Dave Sims April 11, 2018

CNS Canada — It was a busy week for canola contracts on ICE Futures Canada as the most-active July contract rocked and rolled between $530 and $540 per tonne before settling Wednesday at the $528 mark. The last time the dominant canola contract was above the $535 mark was in November last year. Commercial interest, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy recovers from wild week

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 11, 2018

CNS Canada — After a wild week in which the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean market plunged, following China announcing tariffs on imports of U.S. soybeans, it has recovered. China on Thursday announced plans for a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. soybean imports in retaliation of previously announced tariffs by the U.S. on […] Read more

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

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

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

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

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U.S. grains: Export concerns pressure soy

U.S. grains: Corn futures drop despite slow planting pace

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop as weather improves

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

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U.S. grains: Wheat sags on sluggish export demand

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

ICE weekly outlook: Canola backs away from lofty heights

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy recovers from wild week

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