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China to stockpile corn during 2015-16 at lower price

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 20, 2015

Beijing | Reuters — The Chinese government will continue its controversial corn stockpile policy during 2015-16 and will start to stock the grain from farmers at a lower price compared with last year, government bodies said in a statement late Friday. Beijing will pay 2,000 yuan (C$414) per tonne to farmers in the northeast, the […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Exporters fear Brazil agents’ strike could hurt corn exports

By GFM Network News September 20, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — A strike by Brazilian federal agricultural agents responsible for approving certificates required for shipments could affect Brazil’s corn exports, the director of the cereal exporters association Anec Sergio Mendes said Friday. Mendes said the strike that started on Thursday was “the worst thing that could happen” to grain exports, though […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 17, 2015

Paris | Reuters — France is to use a new European opt-out scheme to ensure a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the country remains in place, it said on Thursday. The European Union’s largest grain grower and exporter has asked the European Commission for France to be excluded from some GM […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans moving on technical trading

By GFM Network News September 16, 2015

CNS Canada –– Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are mostly moving on technical trading, profit-taking and good harvest weather. “It’s a technical trade; the range may have moved up a little bit higher than what we had thought,” said Scott Capinegro, senior broker with Highground Trading Group. Soybeans saw […] Read more

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USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

By GFM Network News September 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) unit is reviewing its procedures after posting incorrect crop data online on Wednesday, an error that temporarily pressured grain prices. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) inadvertently issued the wrong data on crop acreage around 5 a.m. CT and posted corrected data four hours later. The agency […] Read more

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French court upholds Monsanto poisoning ruling

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 10, 2015

Lyon/Paris|Reuters — A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found liable in the chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso herbicide. The decision by an appeal court in Lyon confirmed the initial judgment, the first such case heard in court […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. farmers unlikely to book sales off the combine this fall

By GFM Network News September 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Cash market sales of corn and soybeans will probably be slow around the U.S. this fall as weakness in the futures market and crumbling basis levels have left prices well below growers’ targets and threatened profitability. But the downturn has not killed farmers’ hopes for a fall rally, even with expectations […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy trade up, but fundamentals bearish

By GFM Network News September 9, 2015

CNS Canada — Despite short-term bullish factors in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybeans, one analyst anticipates prices will be pressured in coming weeks. To start the week, a turnaround in crude oil markets supported prices, said Terry Reilly, senior commodity analyst at Futures International. Rebounds in Malaysian palm oil prices are also […] Read more

Record showers in August have already swamped parts of Argentina, with more rain on the way next month. (Argentina.gob.ar)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

El Nino seen pushing Argentina into planting more soy, less corn

By GFM Network News September 3, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to start dumping torrential rains on Argentina next month, pushing farmers to plant more low-cost soy and less corn despite concern over lack of crop rotation in one of the world’s main food suppliers. Argentina, the No. 1 exporter of soymeal livestock feed […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans bearish on economic woes

By GFM Network News September 2, 2015

CNS Canada — CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) corn and soybean futures have abandoned fundamental trading in favour of moving alongside macro-markets, which for the most part are bearish. “It’s not all doom and gloom, but it sure isn’t pretty right now,” said Scott Capinegro, president at Barrington Commodity Brokers. Outside influencers have been prevalent […] Read more

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China to stockpile corn during 2015-16 at lower price

Exporters fear Brazil agents’ strike could hurt corn exports

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans moving on technical trading

USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

French court upholds Monsanto poisoning ruling

U.S. farmers unlikely to book sales off the combine this fall

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy trade up, but fundamentals bearish

El Nino seen pushing Argentina into planting more soy, less corn

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans bearish on economic woes

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