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U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 26, 2016

Reuters — Wheat futures dropped to their lowest price in Chicago in nearly a decade on Friday, pressured by ample supplies and technical selling. Corn dropped for the fifth straight session and soybeans lost ground for the fourth straight day, as a U.S. tour of mostly robust crops wrapped up. The Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more

A Russian grain terminal at the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. (NMTP.info)

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Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

By GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — Russia is muscling in on the markets of its European and North American competitors as it overtakes the European Union to become the world’s biggest wheat exporter for the first time. Russia is expecting a record crop in the 2016-17 marketing season, which began on July 1, while EU harvests are […] Read more

A wheat crop stands at the ready in NW Sask., taken Aug. 22.

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Saskatchewan harvest ahead of five-year average, despite wet weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 22

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 25, 2016

Despite rain delays in some areas, Saskatchewan producers now have nine per cent of the 2016 crop combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. This is slightly ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of eight per cent for this time of year. Twenty-one per cent of the crop is swathed or ready to straight-cut. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, giving up three per cent to their lowest since mid-August, as a widely watched crop tour reported bumper prospects across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat lost ground for a fourth session in a row, amid expectations for huge global grain supplies. […] Read more

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Quality still a question for Canada’s big wheat crop

By GFM Network News August 25, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are sitting on a very large wheat crop this year, but the moisture that helped boost yields also caused disease issues and supplies of higher-quality wheat may still be in short supply. While the spring wheat harvest is just getting started and it’s hard to get a firm handle on […] Read more

Khaled Hanafi, Egypt’s minister for supply and internal trading, shown here at a meeting Tuesday, has resigned in the wake of the country’s ongoing probe into purchases of local wheat. (MSIT.gov.eg)

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Egypt’s wheat corruption scandal takes down supply minister

By GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafi has resigned amid the highest-profile corruption case since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in 2014. Hanafi’s resignation is the most senior-level fallout from a probe into whether millions of dollars intended to subsidize farmers were used to purchase wheat that did not […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 24, 2016

Reuters — U.S. soybeans and grains dipped on Wednesday, weighed down by abundant harvest prospects in key countries. Soybeans led the way lower, as the closely watched four-day Pro Farmer U.S. Midwest Crop Tour scouted impressive crops in central Illinois, following its observation a day earlier of above-average soybean pod counts in Nebraska and Indiana. […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn touches one-week low on improved crop conditions

By GFM Network News August 23, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures slid to a one-week low on Tuesday and soybean futures lost ground, a day after a U.S. government report showed both crops were thriving. Expectations that a privately run U.S. crop tour would uncover stronger yields in the coming days than on Monday, when it began, put additional […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on persistent export demand

By GFM Network News August 22, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, with the benchmark November contract reaching its highest in a month on strong export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Wheat futures fell nearly three per cent, led by the spot September contract, while corn drifted lower in rangebound trade. At the Chicago Board of […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Weather forecast weighs on soybeans

By GFM Network News August 19, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday as the weather outlook for the Midwest bolstered expectations of a huge harvest in the fall, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade corn and wheat futures firmed, recovering from early weakness on short-covering and technical buying. The forecast for key growing areas of the U.S. […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

Masterfeeds to enter new ADM/Alltech feed joint venture

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

Masterfeeds to enter new ADM/Alltech feed joint venture

Spring wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

Saskatchewan harvest ahead of five-year average, despite wet weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

Quality still a question for Canada’s big wheat crop

Egypt’s wheat corruption scandal takes down supply minister

U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-week low on improved crop conditions

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on persistent export demand

U.S. grains: Weather forecast weighs on soybeans

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