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Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 24, 2015

Proposed new controls on the use and sale of corn and soybean seed treated with neonicotinoid pesticides in Ontario are up for public comment between now and early May. The provincial government made its move Monday — three days ahead of a scheduled meeting between Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal and Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 13, 2015

Ontario corn and soybean growers have secured a meeting with the provincial ag minister on the farmers’ proposed Plan B to balance crop pest control against bee health. Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday its representatives will meet March 26 with Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to discuss the proposals laid out in GFO’s Ontario Pollinator […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly: Bullish U.S. dollar seen pinning grain futures

By GFM Network News March 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures remained largely unchanged over the past week but a bullish U.S. dollar, currently outperforming many of the world’s other currencies, will keep the long-term bias pointed lower, according to a U.S. analyst. “We’re going to need a weather event, we’re going to need a […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly: Soybeans, corn await next USDA reports

By GFM Network News March 4, 2015

CNS Canada –– Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved up and down during the week ended Wednesday, but posted losses on the whole as concerns over a truckers’ strike in Brazil subsided. While large South American crop prospects remain a bearish influence in the background, the market could be due for […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT soy seen weakening as soon as Brazil’s logistics improve

By GFM Network News February 25, 2015

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as continued good export demand for U.S. soybeans was bullish. Brazil’s slower than normal harvest pace and its logistics problems related to a trucker strike both led to strong export demand for the U.S. As soon as those […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

By GFM Network News February 21, 2015

CNS Canada — A mixture of extremely wet conditions in 2014 and a projected dry outlook for southwestern Manitoba are leading one corn expert to predict fewer corn acres in the province in 2015. “The southwest was wet, wet, wet and now they’re expecting to be dry, dry, dry. Neither of those conditions is great […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

By GFM Network News February 2, 2015

Reuters — Cargill has started selling a variety of genetically modified Syngenta corn seed that previously disrupted U.S. grain trading, now that China has approved imports of the biotech crop. Cargill, one of the top U.S. grain exporters, began selling seed containing the Agrisure Viptera trait last month and scrapped a policy that required farmers […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Seasonal pressures to weigh on CBOT soybeans, corn

By GFM Network News January 21, 2015

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved lower during the week ended Wednesday and could be due for more losses, given the seasonal trends and looming South American crops. “As long as South America has no real weather problems… it will be hanging over the soybean market,” said Scott […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT soybeans poised to drop below US$10

By GFM Network News January 14, 2015

CNS Canada — The Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures market has dropped sharply during the week ended Wednesday, and is poised to fall even further. “For March soybeans, I think it could potentially trade back to the US$9.45-$9.50 per bushel area,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago (all figures US$). A bearish […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 13, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters –– An important road for soy and corn shipments linking to ports in northern Brazil will not be paved until 2016, the country’s transport minister said on Tuesday. President Dilma Rousseff said last year that the highway, known as BR-163, would be ready by mid-2015 as the government tries to relieve crowded […] Read more

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Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment

Ont. ag minister to review GFO proposal on bee health, neonics

CBOT weekly: Bullish U.S. dollar seen pinning grain futures

CBOT weekly: Soybeans, corn await next USDA reports

CBOT soy seen weakening as soon as Brazil’s logistics improve

Manitoba corn acres expected to be ‘down or flat’

Cargill begins selling GM corn seed at centre of lawsuits

Seasonal pressures to weigh on CBOT soybeans, corn

CBOT soybeans poised to drop below US$10

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

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