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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat bids mixed

By GFM Network News August 24, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cash bids across Western Canada were steady to slightly lower during the week ended Friday, while Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were mixed. Average CWRS wheat prices were steady to C$3 per tonne lower across the three Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Farmers in soy powerhouse Argentina start five-day sales strike

By GFM Network News August 24, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farmers started a five-day crop sales strike on Monday, part of an election-year push in the world’s No. 3 soybean exporter to change policies that they say have killed profits under outgoing President Cristina Fernandez. The country is the biggest international supplier of soybean livestock feed, which has helped […] Read more

Shanghai, from the Huangpu River near the Oriental Pearl tower. (CIA.gov)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola exports to feel pinch of Chinese market crash

By GFM Network News August 24, 2015

CNS Canada — Canada’s canola exports will likely get dragged down by the sea of red ink flowing from Chinese markets, according to an analyst. “It will slow the export market. The whole canola engine has shrunk a little bit. Production will be down about 15 per cent or thereabouts,” said Errol Anderson of ProMarket […] Read more

Canola, Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto sweetens offer for Syngenta

By GFM Network News August 24, 2015

New York/Chicago | Reuters — U.S.-based Monsanto sweetened its offer to buy Switzerland’s Syngenta, valuing the company at around US$47 billion as it tries to lure the Swiss firm to the negotiating table, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. Monsanto, which wants to combine its world-leading seeds business with Syngenta’s own seeds […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: China woes push soy to six-year low, soyoil to nine-year low

By GFM Network News August 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped to their lowest levels in over six years on Monday and soyoil touched a nine-year low as concerns about China’s faltering economy fuelled selloffs in commodities and equities markets. Broad selling pressured markets early as investors rushed for the exits after stock prices in China, the world’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Futures slump on weather, China gloom

By GFM Network News August 21, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures fell on Friday as investor jitters about China’s economy continued to cool confidence in commodity markets and early data from a recent industry crop tour showed strong yield potential in the western Corn Belt. Corn made a modest weekly gain after falling two per cent last […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

StatsCan production estimates ‘too low’ for canola, wheat

By GFM Network News August 21, 2015

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based production estimates for the 2015-16 crop year Friday morning, with canola and wheat figures coming in at the lower end of expectations. But the grain trade is shrugging off the report, as it believes final production numbers for most crops will be larger than what Statistics […] Read more

Mondelez’s brands in Canada include Oreo cookies, which marked their 100th anniversary with this giant replica unveiled in 2012 in Toronto. (CNW Group/Kraft Canada)

Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Ardent to buy major Ontario soft wheat mill

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 20, 2015

The owner of Canada’s Robin Hood flour mills is poised to buy the biggest soft wheat milling operation in the country. Ardent Mills, the joint North American flour venture of agrifood giants Cargill, CHS Inc. and ConAgra, announced Thursday it will buy the former Kraft Milling operation in Mississauga, Ont. from Mondelez Canada for an […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce from six-year low

By GFM Network News August 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rebounded from near six-year lows on Thursday in a short-covering bounce and as weekly government data showed solid soybean and soymeal export sales last week. Corn edged higher, hovering close to last session’s one-week peak after field reports from an annual crop tour suggested the country’s output may […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Further weakness in store for canola

By GFM Network News August 20, 2015

CNS Canada –– The ICE Futures Canada canola market moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below the key support level of C$480 per tonne in the November contract. With the technical bias pointed lower, further weakness is expected to be in store for the commodity. “I think the ideas in the trade are […] Read more

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Crops

Prairie cash wheat bids mixed

Farmers in soy powerhouse Argentina start five-day sales strike

Canola exports to feel pinch of Chinese market crash

Monsanto sweetens offer for Syngenta

U.S. grains: China woes push soy to six-year low, soyoil to nine-year low

U.S. grains: Futures slump on weather, China gloom

StatsCan production estimates ‘too low’ for canola, wheat

Ardent to buy major Ontario soft wheat mill

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce from six-year low

ICE weekly outlook: Further weakness in store for canola

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