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CBOT weekly outlook: Choppy, two-sided trade ahead for corn, soy

By GFM Network News July 8, 2015

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures chalked up slight gains for the week ended Wednesday, while soybean futures posted steep losses on volatile trading. Sean Lusk, director of the commercial hedging division for Walsh Trading in Chicago, said there are growing worries about the quality of the corn crop due to excess […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

By GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Brussels | Reuters — European food safety officials found there was no need to widen buffer zones around genetically modified (GM) crops even though research shows pollen from GM maize can travel kilometres further than previously thought. The buffer zones to protect vulnerable species, such as butterflies, have been part of heated debate in Europe […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather seen steering soybeans

By GFM Network News June 30, 2015

CNS Canada — CBOT soybean futures posted solid gains over the past week, coming to a five-and-a-half month high on Tuesday. Weather guided the soybean trade, rather than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acreage and stocks reports. John Weyer, co-director of the commercial hedge division at Walsh Trading, said soybeans came in near or above […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Corn, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Corn prices drop CME feeder cattle limit down

By GFM Network News June 30, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Thinly traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures closed down their 4.5-cent/lb. maximum daily limit on Tuesday, responding to steep corn market gains, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures jumped nearly eight per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s bullish grain report. Pricey corn could increase input costs […] Read more

Western corn rootworm larvae. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. farmers file for stay of province’s neonic regs

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 29, 2015

Ontario’s corn and soybean grower group is taking the province’s planned regulations on the use and sale of pesticide-treated seed to court. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) said Monday it filed a request late last week with the provincial Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, seeking a legal “interpretation” of the province’s rules on neonicotinoid-treated […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Forages, Markets, Weather

U.S. corn, DDGS imports likely as drought tightens feed supply

By GFM Network News June 26, 2015

CNS Canada –– Livestock producers in Western Canada will likely have to import feed grains such as corn and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) this year, as drought is seen trimming domestic barley and other feed production. “We’ve seen droughts before, and when it’s happened, usually what has to happen is we import other […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn futures seen hinging on USDA data

By GFM Network News June 24, 2015

CNS Canada — CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean futures posted solid gains over the past week, but backed away Wednesday, which could be a sign of further losses to come as market participants await direction from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acreage report on Tuesday. John Weyer, co-director of the commercial hedge division at […] Read more

Corn, Livestock, Soybeans, Weather

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 18, 2015

Early data from federal pesticide regulators appear to suggest Ontario’s bee yards are moving past a spell of unusually high death losses seen around the 2012 and 2013 planting seasons. Combining the numbers of acute honey bee mortality “incidents” by bee yard in Ontario in the 2015 pre-planting and planting periods, up to June 11, Health Canada’s […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

By GFM Network News June 17, 2015

CNS Canada –– Excess moisture across broad swaths of the the U.S. Midwest and southern Plains has dampened the outlook for U.S. corn and soybean crops in the near future. Both crops finished higher on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to cap off the week ended Wednesday; however, the current outlook is dim, according […] Read more

Canola, Corn, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. FDA to cut trans fats from foods

By GFM Network News June 16, 2015

Washington/New York | Reuters –– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made good on its proposal to effectively ban artificial trans fats from a wide range of foods, from microwave popcorn to frozen pizza, saying they raise the risk of heart disease. Under new FDA regulations, partially hydrogenated oils, which have been shown […] Read more

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