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Dry weather helps make for good harvest progress

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 5

By Saskatchewan Agriculture September 8, 2016

Saskatchewan producers made good progress with harvest, thanks to a week of primarily dry weather. Thirty-two per cent of the crop has been combined and 38 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. This is ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of 28 per cent combined for […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high on short-covering

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News September 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent to a two-week high on Thursday as investors exited short positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop report due on Monday, when the government is expected to trim corn yields. Soybean futures reversed from small losses and turned higher […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat gain ahead of USDA supply data

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News September 7, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat each rose one per cent or more on Wednesday, lifted by short-covering linked to export demand prospects and expectations of bullish supply data due next week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA earlier said exporters sold 484,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans to China and unknown […] Read more

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Summer moisture was either too much or just right

While it will be a struggle to get crop harvested in some parts of Western Canada, other farmers say they are looking at one of their best crops ever

By Lee Hart September 6, 2016

Despite some early season concerns that 2016 might be a dry year, no one is talking about lack of moisture now as western Canadian farmers head into harvest. Producers contacted for the late-August Farmer Panel report everything from excessive moisture bordering on a wreck to just about perfect conditions with “exceptional” looking crops depending on […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soy ends firm, rebounding from last week’s multi-month lows

By GFM Network News September 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday on reminders of fresh export demand, extending a modest rebound from multi-month lows set last week, traders said. Wheat futures drifted lower after a long U.S. holiday weekend while corn ended steady to slightly higher, with the benchmark December corn contract settling unchanged. At the […] Read more

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Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

By GFM Network News September 6, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country’s grain purchases earlier this year is back to stay. The decree, seen by Reuters, brings the ministry in line with an agriculture ministry decree […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises for a second day on short-covering

By GFM Network News September 2, 2016

Singapore/Paris | Reuters, 7:01 a.m. CT –– Chicago wheat futures prices rose for a second session on Friday with short-covering ahead of the Labour Day holiday weekend supporting prices, although the trend was set for a second week of declines amid plentiful world supplies. Corn was up for a second day, recovering from a multi-year […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Bargain buyers boost corn, wheat from multi-year lows

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 1, 2016

Reuters — Chicago corn and wheat rose on Thursday as investors covered short positions and bought at bargain prices after the grains plumbed multi-year lows during eight-day skids on prospects of abundant U.S. and world supplies. Most-active soybeans edged higher, halting a seven-day losing streak under pressure from an expected record U.S. crop. Chicago Board […] Read more

Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

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Egypt’s GASC cancels wheat tender as ergot policy bites

By GFM Network News August 31, 2016

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s ability to buy wheat from abroad while demanding zero ergot fungus in shipments was dealt a serious blow on Wednesday, with state grain buyer GASC cancelling its tender after receiving just one offer. It was the country’s first tender to purchase wheat since it reinstated its zero-tolerance ergot policy […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat records fourth month of decline

By GFM Network News August 31, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures posted a fourth consecutive month of losses on Wednesday, pulled down by plentiful global supplies, while expectations of bumper U.S. harvests pressured soybeans and corn. At the Chicago Board of Trade, most-active December wheat settled down four cents at $3.88-1/4 per bushel (all figures US$). December corn ended […] Read more

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Spring wheat

Dry weather helps make for good harvest progress

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high on short-covering

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat gain ahead of USDA supply data

Summer moisture was either too much or just right

U.S. grains: Soy ends firm, rebounding from last week’s multi-month lows

Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

U.S. grains: Wheat rises for a second day on short-covering

U.S. grains: Bargain buyers boost corn, wheat from multi-year lows

Egypt’s GASC cancels wheat tender as ergot policy bites

U.S. grains: Wheat records fourth month of decline

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