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Farmers protesting in Toulouse, France, on January 16, 2024, with tractors bearing placards that read ‘Macron still an effort, soon all farmers will be dead’. Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Reuters

Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?

Many farmers feeling pinched by costs, imports, environmental regulations and disregarded by French society

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 24, 2024

French farmers are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as protests in the European Union's agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing protest movement and how the government could respond.

General, Markets

FCC predicts drop in farm cash receipts for 2024

Interest rates, inputs costs may come down but farmers urged to sharpen their pencils

By Jeff Melchior, GFM Network News January 24, 2024

FCC's top economist is urging farmers to find any way they can to save money, as the ag lender projects a 4.8 per cent decline in farm cash receipts in 2024 on the heels of lower commodity prices.

Crops, Markets

Only minor acreage shifts expected for most Canadian crops in 2024

Major pulse crop acres expected to rise; canola, wheat expected to dip slightly

By GFM Network News January 24, 2024

Early planting estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada called for only minor adjustments to most major crops grown in the country in 2024, with reductions in wheat, canola and barley acres, and increases in oats and pulses.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise in technical rebound; corn ends firm, wheat flat

Gains limited by sizable South American crops; doubts over Chinese demand hangs over market

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 23, 2024

U.S. soybean futures Sv1 rose for a second straight session on Tuesday on technical buying and short covering after notching multi-year lows last week, although lacklustre demand and improved crop weather in top exporter Brazil limited gains.

Markets, Reuters

Accounting probe hits ADM as crop glut, lower margins point to tough 2024

ADM shares fell 24 per cent Monday as news of accounting issues broke

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 23, 2024

An investigation into accounting practices in Archer-Daniels-Midland's ADM.N Nutrition segment could not come at a worse time for the company as sinking crop prices look set to erode profit for its core grain trading and processing businesses this year.

CBOT soybeans ZSH24 on Jan. 22 with 20 and 50-day moving averages (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise, led by soyoil and crude oil; wheat up, corn choppy

Crude oil futures rose almost 2 per cent on supply disruptions, supporting soy

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters, GFM Network News January 22, 2024

U.S. soybean futures climbed on Monday as soyoil futures jumped 2.7 per cent on short-covering and strength in crude oil, traders said.

Crops, Markets

Early signs point to increased crop production in 2024/25: AAFC

Rotation, moisture, expected prices, costs among main factors expected in seeding decisions

By GFM Network News January 22, 2024

A return to trend yields should see an increase in production for most of the major crops grown in Canada in the upcoming 2024/25 (Aug/Jul) marketing year, according to the first outlook for the season from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 22.

Former CFA president Mary Robinson has been named to the Senate. She’s pictured at the CFA’s AGM in Ottawa in February 2020. (CFA-fca.ca)

General

Robinson named to Senate

Former CFA president brings agricultural and business acumen to Canada’s upper house

By GFM Network News January 22, 2024

Mary Robinson, former president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, has been appointed to the Senate.

Markets

Record large short position grows in canola

CBOT net short position on soybeans more than doubled

By GFM Network News January 22, 2024

The record large net short position in ICE Futures canola continued to rise in mid-January, as fund traders put on more bearish bets and liquidated long positions, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

General, Reuters

France’s farmer lobby turns up heat on government before talks

French farmers have a long history of disruptive protests

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 22, 2024

French farmers' representatives threatened to expand protests on Monday before a meeting with government to address anger over price pressures, taxes and green regulation - grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe.

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

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

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

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Oilseeds

Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?

FCC predicts drop in farm cash receipts for 2024

Only minor acreage shifts expected for most Canadian crops in 2024

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise in technical rebound; corn ends firm, wheat flat

Accounting probe hits ADM as crop glut, lower margins point to tough 2024

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise, led by soyoil and crude oil; wheat up, corn choppy

Early signs point to increased crop production in 2024/25: AAFC

Robinson named to Senate

Record large short position grows in canola

France’s farmer lobby turns up heat on government before talks

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