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U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on technical selling ahead of storm

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were lower on Thursday, with live cattle prices easing from recent contract highs on technical selling ahead of a major winter storm forecast to hit U.S. cattle country, traders said. Feeder cattle futures fell to a roughly 1-1/2 week low, pressured in part by rising corn […] Read more

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General, Weather

Rural development strategy sought in federal shuffle

By GFM Network News January 17, 2019

Rural economic development has been given a promotion at the federal level in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest cabinet shuffle. In the shuffle, following the departure of Treasury Board president Scott Brison from cabinet, Trudeau on Monday called up Bernadette Jordan, MP for the southern Nova Scotia riding of South Shore-St.Margaret’s, to head a newly […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble to two-month low

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped as much as 3.7 per cent on Wednesday, skidding to the lowest levels in two months on pressure from chart-based selling and ample U.S. hog supplies, traders said. Hog prices on Tuesday had dipped below their closely watched 200-day moving average and on Wednesday […] Read more

USDA’s main home page on Jan. 11, 2019. (GFM Staff photo)

General, Markets, Reuters

USDA recalls workers to help with farm loans, taxes; data uncertain

By GFM Network News January 16, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 980 Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices for three days starting on Thursday to help process farm loans and tax documents during the partial federal government shutdown. About 2,500 FSA employees who have been furloughed by the partial shutdown that began on Dec. 22 […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose to life-of-contract highs at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday, lifted by worries that severe winter weather could prompt beef packers to pay higher prices for animals in the U.S. Plains, traders said. Technical buying and short-covering also buoyed cattle prices while lean hog futures finished narrowly […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop in technical sell-off

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 14, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for the second straight session on Monday, sliding to a one-week low on pressure from technical selling and a lack of bullish information to propel gains, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also eased to the lowest since Jan. 7, while more actively traded live […] Read more

File photo of a Brazilian coffee plantation. (Sidney de Almeida/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Brazil plans to fight invasions by landless workers

By GFM Network News January 14, 2019

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s right-wing government under President Jair Bolsonaro will seek to classify invasions of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, with harsher penalties for perpetrators, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday. Nabhan Garcia, land issues secretary at the ministry, said the government must convince the National Congress to […] Read more

Flags in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Inakiantonana/E+/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

By GFM Network News January 12, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Friday signaled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of this year’s planned U.S.-EU trade talks, publishing negotiating objectives that seek comprehensive EU access for American farm products. The objectives, required by Congress under the “fast-track” trade negotiating authority law, seek […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slip on weaker cash

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News January 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Friday, following softening cash hog prices, traders said. CME February hog futures settled down 1.425 cents at 62.65 cents/lb., halting a three-session advance (all figures US$). Traders noted that hogs in the top cash market of Iowa and southern Minnesota traded […] Read more

General, Markets

Ag seen gaining on slightly weaker loonie in 2019

By GFM Network News January 11, 2019

CNS Canada — Farm Credit Canada (FCC) predicts the Canadian dollar will spend the year around the 75-U.S. cent mark — slightly softer than last year’s average of 76. “We’re going to see volatility throughout the year obviously but when we look at that season, or the full year average, we’re looking for it to […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on technical selling ahead of storm

Rural development strategy sought in federal shuffle

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble to two-month low

USDA recalls workers to help with farm loans, taxes; data uncertain

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop in technical sell-off

Brazil plans to fight invasions by landless workers

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slip on weaker cash

Ag seen gaining on slightly weaker loonie in 2019

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