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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn await USDA reports

By GFM Network News March 22, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade find themselves in consolidation mode as traders await the release a pair of key U.S. reports on March 31. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first survey-based acreage estimates of the year will be released that day, while quarterly stocks data are also […] Read more

The lowest leaves on the soybeans plants were sloughing off.

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Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Mystery of the ailing soybeans

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 17, 2015 issue of Grainews

By Russell Thompson March 16, 2017

It was the first week in July when I got a call from Aaron, who grows wheat, canola, barley and soybeans at his farm northeast of Dauphin, Man. Soybeans account for 1,000 acres of Aaron’s 3,300-acre operation, but plants in two of his soybean fields were really struggling. “The crop isn’t doing so well in […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn set to move sideways to lower

By GFM Network News March 15, 2017

CNS Canada — As South American supplies put pressure on corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade, investors are watching key technical levels in both markets. Soybeans — Soybean values at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are likely to trend sideways to lower, said Terry Reilly, senior commodity analyst at Futures […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans facing bearish headwinds

By GFM Network News March 8, 2017

CNS Canada — All eyes in the agricultural commodity world are focused on the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report due out Thursday. However, unless there’s a major surprise contained within the report, it’s hard to see the bias pointed higher for soybeans, according to an […] Read more

A ship at Brazil’s Port of Santos.(Portosdobrasil.gov.br via Flickr)

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Soy loadings delayed at Brazil northern ports

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 2, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — At least 11 ships are facing delays in loading soybeans at Brazil’s northern ports after rains washed out roads and disrupted the progress of trucks carrying beans from the centre-west region, Brazilian officials said on Thursday. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said some commodities traders could have problems fulfilling soy export contracts […] Read more

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

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look for fire behind the smoke

By GFM Network News March 1, 2017

CNS Canada –– Rumoured changes to U.S. renewable fuels policy gave corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade a boost this week — but it will likely take confirmed fundamental news for the advances to be sustained. The unconfirmed reports circulating the market on Tuesday were that U.S. President Donald Trump was […] Read more

Canola, Livestock, Markets, Soybeans

Falling farm gate prices highlight ‘long overdue’ topic

By GFM Network News February 28, 2017

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada’s latest Farm Product Price Index marks a year of annual declines, predominantly led by the cattle sector. The whims of the market are one source of losses, but two producer group heads say the data call attention to the country’s processing sector. Year-over-year declines in Canada’s Farm Product Price Index […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: December corn seen as bellwether

By GFM Network News February 22, 2017

CNS Canada — As traders wait for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to put out fresh acreage estimates for corn and soybeans this week some eyes have already shifted to the behaviour of certain deferred contracts in the market. “If the December (corn) contract broke above US$4 (a bushel) it would be a catalyst,” said […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Soybeans

Maple Leaf to buy U.S. veggie dog, burger maker

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 21, 2017

Canadian meat packer Maple Leaf Foods is buying space on the non-meat side of the deli section with a deal for U.S. processor Lightlife Foods. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Tuesday it would pay US$140 million for Lightlife, which makes vegetarian burgers, hot dogs, sausage, deli cuts, jerky and other meatless protein products at Turners Falls, […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Soybean cyst nematodes on the Prairies?

This yield-stealing roundworm moves with soil. And it's probably on its way to your soybean field

By Dilia Narduzzi February 21, 2017

The soybean cyst nematode is the number one yield robber in soybean crops in Ontario and the U.S. This parasitic roundworm has been in North America since the mid-1950s, with the first detection in North Carolina, says Albert Tenuta, provincial field crop pathologist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Since then […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn await USDA reports

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Mystery of the ailing soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn set to move sideways to lower

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans facing bearish headwinds

Soy loadings delayed at Brazil northern ports

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look for fire behind the smoke

Falling farm gate prices highlight ‘long overdue’ topic

CBOT weekly outlook: December corn seen as bellwether

Maple Leaf to buy U.S. veggie dog, burger maker

Soybean cyst nematodes on the Prairies?

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