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Cargill’s net earnings down as trade fight bites

By GFM Network News January 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Grains trader Cargill on Thursday reported a 20 per cent drop in its fiscal second-quarter 2019 net earnings, as global trade tensions hit the bottom line along with challenges in the Chinese hog sector and a struggling U.S. dairy business. Three of the company’s four business units reported results that were […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices higher than last year

By GFM Network News January 3, 2019

CNS Canada — Nice weather over the holidays allowed for good movement of feed grains in Western Canada, with prices steady to above year-ago levels. “I would say we cruised through Christmas and (the) New Year holidays fairly well. Not a lot of massive panic. We had nice weather which really helped, loads continued to […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on hopes of pork exports to China

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures jumped to a nearly two-week high on Wednesday on speculation that exports of U.S. pork to China will rise in the coming months, traders and analysts said. Representatives from the U.S. and China were negotiating to end the trade war between the world’s biggest economies that has […] Read more

A file photo of Brazil’s Mata Atlantica (Atlantic rainforest). (FG Trade/E+/Getty Images)

General, Reuters, Weather

Bolsonaro gives Brazil farm ministry powers on indigenous land

By GFM Network News January 2, 2019

Rio de Janeiro/Brasilia | Reuters — New Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued an executive order on Wednesday making the agriculture ministry responsible for deciding on lands claimed by indigenous peoples, in a victory for agribusiness that will likely enrage environmentalists. The temporary decree, which will expire unless it is ratified within 120 days by Congress, […] Read more

CME February 2019 live cattle with 100-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle weaken on profit-taking, hogs firmer

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 31, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures finished slightly lower on Monday as traders locked in profits in end-of-year position squaring, after prices earlier touched contract highs, traders said. Lean hog futures were mostly higher, buoyed by short-covering and position squaring on the final trading day of the month, quarter and year. Cattle futures […] Read more

A Whole Foods store in Omaha. (WholeFoodsMarket.com)

General, Markets, Reuters

Amazon reported planning to expand Whole Foods chain

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 31, 2018

Reuters — Amazon.com is planning to expand its Whole Foods Market portfolio by adding more stores to put more customers within its two-hour delivery service range, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources. Whole Foods employees have visited regions of western North America for potential retail spaces in parts of Idaho, southern Utah […] Read more

A sign, declaring the U.S. National Archive closed due to a partial federal government shutdown, is shown on Dec. 22 in Washington, D.C. (File photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Is China buying U.S. soy? Washington shutdown keeps traders guessing

By GFM Network News December 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– Commodity traders are in the dark because of the partial U.S. government shutdown, unable to see daily and weekly reports of agricultural exports to obtain clues as to whether China is following through with promises to buy grain and soy amid the ongoing trade war. Traders have been anxiously awaiting proof […] Read more

CME January 2019 feeder cattle with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle edge higher on technical buying, weather

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures edged higher on Friday, buoyed by technical buying and as wintry weather in the U.S. Plains hampered transportation of animals to market, traders and analysts said. Heavy snowfall, rains and falling temperatures in much of the central U.S. stressed livestock, likely slowing weight gains in […] Read more

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Dec. 19. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

El Nino likely not responsible for warm, dry conditions

By GFM Network News December 27, 2018

CNS Canada — The above-normal temperatures Western Canada has generally experienced since the fall weren’t necessarily caused by an El Nino. Rather, to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the phenomenon that’s likely affected the weather was a ‘blob’ that formed off of the coast of British Columbia. “It’s a big warm pocket of ocean water and […] Read more

CME February 2019 live cattle with 50-day moving average. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle jump to contract highs

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures climbed to life-of-contract highs on Thursday as a storm brought blizzard-like conditions to much of the Plains cattle belt, stoking expectations of higher prices for the animals in cash markets, traders said. Heavy snow could impede transportation of cattle to market in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and elsewhere while […] Read more

GFM Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

Pigs

Cargill’s net earnings down as trade fight bites

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices higher than last year

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on hopes of pork exports to China

Bolsonaro gives Brazil farm ministry powers on indigenous land

U.S. livestock: Cattle weaken on profit-taking, hogs firmer

Amazon reported planning to expand Whole Foods chain

Is China buying U.S. soy? Washington shutdown keeps traders guessing

U.S. livestock: Cattle edge higher on technical buying, weather

El Nino likely not responsible for warm, dry conditions

U.S. livestock: Cattle jump to contract highs

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