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CBOT September 2019 corn (candlesticks) and MGEX September 2019 wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA’s acreage report could push up prices

By GFM Network News June 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — At least one analyst predicts the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next acreage report, due out Friday, could have a bullish effect at the Chicago Board of Trade. “If we come in near trade expectations for the (soybeans), it might be supportive,” said Terry Reilly, grains analyst with Futures International in Chicago. Trade expectations […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on improved weather

By GFM Network News June 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell for the first time in three sessions and soybeans fell for a second straight day on Wednesday, with prices weighed down by forecasts of dry weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest that lifted hopes for improved crop conditions. “This short-term warm weather can lead to a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

By GFM Network News June 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose for a second straight day on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the condition of U.S. crops deteriorated last week following rain, although gains were pared late in the session on improving weather. Soybeans turned lower on forecasts for a window of warmer and drier […] Read more

Ardent Mills’ baking mix plant at Burlington, between Toronto and Hamilton, is now part of Michigan-based baking ingredient firm Dawn Foods. (ArdentMills.com)

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Ardent Mills sells Ontario bakery ingredient plant

By GFM Network News June 25, 2019

Flour miller Ardent Mills plans to push off further from the sweet baking ingredient business, with a deal to sell its southern Ontario ingredient mix plant. Denver-based Ardent said Monday it closed a deal the previous Friday to sell its Burlington, Ont. plant to U.S. bakery ingredient processor Dawn Foods. The deal’s financial terms weren’t […] Read more

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The basic facts around limestone

The limestone market is worth a billion dollars annually, but invaluable for yield increases

By Ieuan Evans June 24, 2019

Limestone, or calcium carbonate, CaCO3, makes up about 10 per cent of the sedimentary rocks on earth. Sometimes limestone contains appreciable amounts of magnesium. It’s then called dolomitic limestone, CaMg (CO3)2. Under pressure, limestone rock becomes metamorphosed into marble. Limestone rock is quarried in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Ontario and […] Read more

Kansas City September 2019 hard red wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Wheat rises on global weather worries

By GFM Network News June 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed nearly two per cent on Monday due to weather-damaged crops in key production areas around the world, while corn and soybeans firmed as wet U.S. Midwest conditions stoked concerns about reduced harvests. Some optimism that U.S.-China trade talks may get back on track also underpinned markets. The […] Read more

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Making sourdough bread

First We Eat: If you have trouble digesting bread try sourdough

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith June 21, 2019

Gluten and wheat intolerance has been in my family for decades. My sister Lee gave up eating all wheat-based foods in her early 20s after a childhood and teenage years filled with bellyaches and gastrointestinal distress. Fifteen years ago, I started to experience similar negative reactions to bread. But according to food writer and historian […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease as traders expect improving weather

By GFM Network News June 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures slumped on Friday on expectations that crops may benefit next week from a break in the rains that stalled plantings across the American Midwest this spring. Widespread storms caused unprecedented delays in corn plantings and prevented farmers from planting crops across millions of acres. The weather […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News June 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Thursday as expectations for more rain in the U.S. Midwest heightened worries about bad weather reducing autumn harvests. Forecasts called for rain over the next five days, which would keep some fields too wet to plant and add stress to planted crops that are […] Read more

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Topsoil moisture improves in Sask., crop conditions range ‘poor to good’

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending June 17

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 20, 2019

Some of the areas of the province received rain last week; however, many of the areas in desperate need of moisture received little to no rainfall again. The rain will help to relieve dry soil conditions in the areas where it fell, and encourage germination and growth on cropland, hay land, and pasture. The amount […] Read more

GFM Network News

Prairie forecast: Active pattern continues with mostly-dry west, wet start for east

Grain trader Bunge lowers 2025 profit forecast after closing Viterra deal

Trump mulls ending some trade ties with China, including in relation to cooking oil

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CBOT weekly outlook: USDA’s acreage report could push up prices

U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on improved weather

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

Ardent Mills sells Ontario bakery ingredient plant

The basic facts around limestone

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on global weather worries

Making sourdough bread

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease as traders expect improving weather

U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

Topsoil moisture improves in Sask., crop conditions range ‘poor to good’

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