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

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)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

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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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop report due out March 29, market experts are looking to headlines for direction in the Chicago futures. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin return to China next week, with the goal of hammering out a trade deal in weeks to […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: DDGS market to adjust with E15 move

By GFM Network News March 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — The prospect of higher-ethanol gasoline blends year-round in the U.S., and a likely increase in production of the renewable fuel, would also result in more distillers dried grains (DDGS) looking for a home in global livestock feed channels. However, that won’t mean an oversupply of the ethanol byproduct, as feed markets will adjust, […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn, with May 2019 soybeans in yellow. (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Time running out for trade talks

By GFM Network News March 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — As trade talks between the U.S. and China continue, many are watching headlines closely for hints of what’s to come. The crop commodity market “has been in a downslide for a long time which is mainly due to U.S. and China trade uncertainties,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. “It always sounds […] Read more

Valero Energy’s ethanol plant at Aurora, S.D., about 90 km north of Sioux Falls. (Valero.com)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Trump’s EPA unveils plan to pump up ethanol as Big Oil cries foul

By GFM Network News March 13, 2019

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released its proposed rule lifting a summer ban on higher-ethanol blends of gasoline to help farmers, putting the agency on a collision course with Big Oil which has called the move illegal. The proposal to broaden sales of the so-called E15 rule marks the latest flashpoint […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan offers up corn rainfall insurance plan

By GFM Network News March 10, 2019

Saskatchewan’s crop insurance offerings for 2019 will include a new program allowing corn growers to insure against a substantial drop in moisture. The provincial and federal government on Feb. 26 rolled out Saskatchewan’s 2019 crop insurance program, in which coverage levels on average are to reach a record $230 per acre, up from $216 last […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices on the rise

By GFM Network News March 7, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have been on the upswing recently, according to Nelson Neumann of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “We saw them at the end of last week, the beginning of this week, really jump up. Guys were scrambling to get stuff in before road bans,” he said. He attributed the increased prices […] Read more

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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

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

Feed weekly outlook: DDGS market to adjust with E15 move

CBOT weekly outlook: Time running out for trade talks

Trump’s EPA unveils plan to pump up ethanol as Big Oil cries foul

Saskatchewan offers up corn rainfall insurance plan

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices on the rise

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