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Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices rising for northern Alberta feedlots

By GFM Network News April 5, 2018

CNS Canada — While feed barley prices are holding steady in the Lethbridge area, further north around Edmonton, prices are starting to climb. “We’re starting to see already just difficulty with loading here and there and buyers getting caught off-guard with not getting barley coming in when they needed it to happen. And that’s spurring […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans wade through turbulent trade waters

By GFM Network News April 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade suffered sharp losses Wednesday after China said it would slap a 25 per cent tariff on soybean imports in retaliation for U.S. sanctions that had been placed on it. The dominant May contract plummeted 55 cents to $9.83 a bushel, before bargain-hunters stepped in […] Read more

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

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Spot corn prices strengthen on Prairies amid logistics challenges

By GFM Network News April 3, 2018

CNS Canada –– Corn prices across the Prairies have broken out of their long-held range, which should put cash in producers’ pockets, but it may not be enough to significantly increase seeding plans this spring. For much of 2017 and the early portion of 2018, corn prices in Western Canada were hanging around the $4-$4.30 […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Shipping to feedlots becomes problem

By GFM Network News March 29, 2018

CNS Canada –– Spring has sprung on the Prairies, meaning road bans are starting, leading to problems shipping feed grains to feedlots in Alberta. “The supply is actually there at the farm gate but getting the supply from the farm gate to the end-user means more truck logistics and higher freight rates typically,” said Jim […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

By GFM Network News March 29, 2018

CNS Canada — Two much anticipated reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent markets soaring and left traders speechless in the last trading day before the Easter holiday. USDA released its quarterly grain stocks and prospective plantings reports Thursday at 11 a.m. CT. Traders had been expecting corn area to be at 80.3 […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn market attention shifts north

By GFM Network News March 21, 2018

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower over the past week, but stabilized at those lows as attention shifts from weather concerns in Argentina to planting intentions in North America. Rains in Argentina over the past weekend helped ease dryness concerns there somewhat and caused soybeans and […] Read more

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Corn-state senators seek Trump meeting as biofuel changes loom

By GFM Network News March 16, 2018

Reuters — A group of senators from U.S. corn states have asked President Donald Trump for a meeting about the nation’s biofuels law, amid expectations the administration will soon act to lower the regulation’s costs to the oil refining industry. The group of Republican senators wrote a letter to Trump on Thursday in which they […] Read more

Container ships pass through locks on the Panama Canal. (CIA.gov)

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazilian grain growers explore increased use of Panama Canal

By GFM Network News March 15, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian farmers in top soy state Mato Grosso signed a memorandum of understanding with the Panama Canal Authority to evaluate ways to cut transportation costs and boost Brazilian grain volumes using the waterway, the authority’s chief administrator said. The canal’s administration is looking to increase its participation in rising Brazilian […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie wheat stored as southern Plains dry out

By GFM Network News March 15, 2018

CNS Canada — A rise in U.S. corn prices has helped lift the entire feed market in southern Alberta, though one industry expert says it isn’t the only factor strengthening the market. “Barley is getting increasingly difficult to buy as we clean up old-crop supplies,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge. Cattle […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy running out of time for move upward

By GFM Network News March 14, 2018

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade came off their highs during the week and could be poised for further losses, according to a trader. The most-active May contract recorded a high of $10.77 a bushel on March 7 but ended at $10.32 at Wednesday’s close (all figures US$). Jack Scoville […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices rising for northern Alberta feedlots

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans wade through turbulent trade waters

Spot corn prices strengthen on Prairies amid logistics challenges

Feed weekly outlook: Shipping to feedlots becomes problem

CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn market attention shifts north

Corn-state senators seek Trump meeting as biofuel changes loom

Brazilian grain growers explore increased use of Panama Canal

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie wheat stored as southern Plains dry out

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy running out of time for move upward

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