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U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley speaks to reporters after a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 14, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Ag-state senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers

By GFM Network News August 16, 2019

Washington | Reuters — Iowa’s Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has “screwed” the U.S. ethanol industry and farmers by granting waivers to 31 small petroleum refineries, effectively exempting them from an obligation to use more ethanol in their products. The powerful senator, who represents the largest ethanol-producing state in […] Read more

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

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn estimates, U.S./China talks befuddle

By GFM Network News August 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — For Steve Georgy, the events of this week have left him somewhat gobsmacked. The president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. said he didn’t completely buy the numbers in the August supply and demand report issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). And Georgy has been wondering why the U.S. “punted” […] Read more

CBOT November 2019 soybeans (candlesticks) and December 2019 corn (line). (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: Market bearish ahead of WASDE

By GFM Network News August 7, 2019

MarketsFarm — Prices for commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade have been “under pressure and on the defensive” due to the lingering trade war between the U.S. and China, improved weather, and an unclear picture of planted acres. “Less threatening U.S. weather, coupled with the lack of China buying U.S. agriculture products, have definitely […] Read more

Nutrien expects U.S. farmers to plant as many as 95 million acres of corn in 2020. Photo: File/Greg Berg

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Nutrien sees big corn comeback in 2020, following U.S. floods

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 30, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters – Fertilizer producer and farm supply dealer Nutrien Ltd expects U.S. farmers to plant as many as 95 million acres (38.5 million hectares) of corn next year, the most in seven years, after a frustrating year of floods, its chief executive said. The wet conditions left millions of acres unplanted across the […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans and corn watching weather, waiting on acreage numbers

By GFM Network News July 24, 2019

MarketsFarm – Shifting weather forecasts and trade talk rumours should keep the soybean and corn markets at the Chicago Board of Trade on edge over the next few weeks, as participants wait on updated acreage numbers from the United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA’s August 12 report will include results of an acreage resurvey […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices softer ahead of harvest

By GFM Network News July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have softened ahead of harvesting season, due in part to improving growing conditions and a stronger Canadian dollar. Drought conditions earlier in the summer had threatened Prairie crop yields and buoyed feed grain prices, but the weather premium has subsided thanks to recent rains. “Rain showed us we’ll have a […] Read more

CBOT December 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: Market stuck in range until acreage report

By GFM Network News July 17, 2019

MarketsFarm — Until the U.S. Department of Agriculture issues its next acreage report, expect the Chicago Board of Trade to remain stuck within a range, a trader said. “Until the August report and the USDA verifies the plenty of preventative planting acres, and if August happens to be hot and dry side, I can expect […] Read more

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U.S. refiners urge EPA to keep biofuel waiver requests secret from USDA

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 9, 2019

Washington | Reuters — A law firm representing small U.S. refineries has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to keep refiners’ applications for waivers from the nation’s biofuel policy secret from the Department of Agriculture, arguing that the petitions include confidential business information. The request, made by Perkins Coie in a letter to the EPA dated […] Read more

CBOT September 2019 soybeans (candlesticks) compared to September corn (line). (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report leaves trade unsteady

By GFM Network News July 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Chicago Board of Trade markets were volatile following Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acreage report, which saw more corn acres and fewer soybeans than expected. “We had a sharp break, but now we’re starting to recover a bit,” said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. in Illinois. USDA’s next world agriculture supply and […] Read more

Barley, Beef Cattle, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prices fall with rain

By GFM Network News June 28, 2019

Feed grain prices for Lethbridge’s feedlot alley took a tumble after parts of the Prairies received some much-needed rain. Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said barley and wheat prices recently dropped. Barley was around $285-$290 per tonne in the area, down about $10 from the week ending June 21. Wheat was […] Read more

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Ag-state senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn estimates, U.S./China talks befuddle

CBOT weekly outlook: Market bearish ahead of WASDE

Nutrien sees big corn comeback in 2020, following U.S. floods

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans and corn watching weather, waiting on acreage numbers

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices softer ahead of harvest

CBOT weekly outlook: Market stuck in range until acreage report

U.S. refiners urge EPA to keep biofuel waiver requests secret from USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report leaves trade unsteady

Feed weekly outlook: Prices fall with rain

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