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Alberta crop commissions name leadership

Cereal, canola, pulse organizations welcome new board members

By Grainews Staff March 2, 2024

Meeting season on the Prairies brings new leadership to Alberta’s merged wheat and barley commissions, along with new board members for the province’s canola and pulse groups. Alberta Grains on Jan. 31 announced Tara Sawyer, who farms near Acme, as the chair for its inaugural board of directors. Sawyer previously served as Alberta Barley’s chair, […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans off 3-year low, but gain limited by global supplies

Slowing Chinese demand also weighs on prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 1, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures turned higher on Friday on signs of bargain buying and short-covering, after hitting three-year lows the previous day, although sluggish exports and hefty global supplies continue to weigh on prices, traders said.

Markets

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices for red wheat up, amber durum mixed

U.S. wheat complex also mixed; Canadian prices bolstered by dollar's drop

By GFM Network News March 1, 2024

There were modest price increases for wheat on the Canadian Prairies during the week ended Feb. 29. However, as Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat edged up, prices for Canadian Western Amber Durum were mixed.

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip to new 3-year low in volatile trading day

Weekly soybean exports on lower end of expectations -USDA

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 29, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures dipped on Thursday to a new three-year low, pressured by improving South American weather, tepid U.S. export sales and heavier-than-expected contract deliveries, traders said.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise from three-year low

Corn extends recovery; wheat futures fell

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 28, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures settled higher on short-covering and technical buying on Wednesday as the market rebounded after the front-month contract matched a three-year low, analysts said.

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn extends bounce from three-year lows on bargain buying

Soybean futures backpedal from early advances

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 27, 2024

Chicago | Reuters -- Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, extending a slight recovery from their lowest levels in more than three years.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise in turnaround from 3-year lows in nearby futures

US grain exports face competition from South America

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 26, 2024

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. corn and soybean futures bounced on short-covering on Monday, after large supplies earlier knocked nearby contracts to their lowest levels in more than three years, traders said.

Markets

Managed money still adding to record large canola short position

Net short position in soybeans increased by about 2,300 contracts

By GFM Network News February 26, 2024

Speculators continued to add to their record large net short position in canola in mid-February, showing little sign of moving to the other side of the market any time soon, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Markets

Prairie wheat bids mixed as choppy futures trend lower

Wheat futures tested fresh contract lows

By GFM Network News February 24, 2024

Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Feb. 23 as choppy activity in the United States futures spilled into the cash market.

French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

General, Reuters

EU leader proposes policy shift as farmers protest

Rules "create a risk for EU food security" agriculture commissioner says

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 23, 2024

The EU should change conditions imposed on farmers who wish benefit from Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) funding, European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said in an interview with French newspapers of the Ebra group.

U.S. biofuel plan would reallocate half or less of waived blending quotas, sources say

Manitoba farmers focused on harvesting

Prairie forecast: Summer holds on

GFM Network News

U.S. biofuel plan would reallocate half or less of waived blending quotas, sources say

Manitoba farmers focused on harvesting

Prairie forecast: Summer holds on

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Alberta crop commissions name leadership

U.S. grains: Soybeans off 3-year low, but gain limited by global supplies

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices for red wheat up, amber durum mixed

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip to new 3-year low in volatile trading day

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise from three-year low

U.S. grains: Corn extends bounce from three-year lows on bargain buying

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise in turnaround from 3-year lows in nearby futures

Managed money still adding to record large canola short position

Prairie wheat bids mixed as choppy futures trend lower

EU leader proposes policy shift as farmers protest

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