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ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

By GFM Network News April 26, 2019

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Biofuels pioneer Archer Daniels Midland took another step toward abandoning its pure-play ethanol assets on Friday, the latest sign of the industry’s struggles with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars, thin margins, and overproduction. U.S. law requires ethanol to be blended into gasoline but domestic demand for the biofuel added […] Read more

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WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

By GFM Network News April 18, 2019

MarketsFarm — The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled largely in favour of the United States in a trade dispute regarding China’s application of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, corn and rice. The ruling, issued by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), stated China did not apply the TRQs on imports of wheat, rice […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 corn (candlesticks), with July 2019 soybeans (green line). (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

By GFM Network News April 17, 2019

MarketsFarm –– The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is currently a bear-market, according to broker Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. “It’s like the markets are saying ‘Show me something, we’ll take anything,’ but the bears are winning,” he said, noting there has been almost no news to drive the market in a bullish manner. […] Read more

AGCO measured the impact of the precision planting features on its White Planter line on corn yields over a three-year trial.

Corn, Machinery

AGCO proves precision features add value

On-farm trials show yield gains in the U.S. when new technology is added

By Scott Garvey April 15, 2019

Three years ago, AGCO decided to prove to its customers — and potential customers — that outfitting one of its White Planters with precision planting technology would offer them a payback in higher yields. The company organized a series of field trials across the Midwest and measured the impact of improving seed placement, and depth on yields. The trials involved […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Markets brace for weather, trade war

By GFM Network News April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — With the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report in the rearview mirror, the Chicago Board of Trade is trading largely on weather forecasts and flood reports. Markets did react, however, when the WASDE report dropped on Tuesday. “We did see some short covering in the market yesterday […] Read more

The AltEn ethanol plant at Mead, Neb. on March 21, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Humeyra Pamuk)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

By GFM Network News April 8, 2019

New York | Reuters — The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have roiled the ethanol industry, hammering prices and trapping barrels in the country’s interior while the U.S. coasts suffer from shortages of the biofuel. The historic March floods have dealt a series of blows to large swaths of an ethanol industry that […] Read more

Emerging corn plants in Canada. (Sophie-Caron/iStock/Getty Images)

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Feed weekly outlook: Corn acreage predicted to be flat

By GFM Network News April 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Experts predict corn acreage will be flat in Western Canada in 2019. While flooding remains a concern to many this spring, years of dry summers have impacted soil conditions to the point where a wet spring may be a welcome reprieve. “I’m more concerned about how much moisture we will have gained because […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn (candlesticks) compared with May 2019 soybeans (green line). (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

By GFM Network News April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — This spring’s weather and flooding in the United States have become the main focus for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said an analyst. “What kind of planting conditions, how much rain, how much flooding, and how cold things are,” listed Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. The […] Read more

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

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CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

By GFM Network News March 27, 2019

MarketsFarm — Traders are bracing for more inclement weather to hit the U.S. Midwest, which in turn could rock commodities. Springtime floods and adverse weather have impacted the majority of the U.S. Plains and Midwest, and those regions expect another snow system before the end of March. Flooding may delay planting dates, causing farmers to […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

By GFM Network News March 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — Weather conditions have the potential to swing feed grain markets in Western Canada over the next few weeks, although prices generally remain steady for the time being. “Spring is here, and as the snow melts it creates mud, road bans and all that lovely stuff,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, […] Read more

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ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

AGCO proves precision features add value

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets brace for weather, trade war

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

Feed weekly outlook: Corn acreage predicted to be flat

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

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