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Manitoba soybeans near harvest, weather permitting

By GFM Network News September 11, 2015

Manitoba soybeans are edging closer to harvest, with southern fields just a week away, but rain, as always, poses a challenge to producers. Beans in southern Manitoba have ripened faster than other parts of the province, and will be ready to harvest by early next week, said Dennis Lange, farm production advisor with Manitoba Food, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

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

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

East’s biggest oilseed crusher goes to Viterra

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 2, 2015

Eastern Canada’s biggest oilseed processing plant is poised to become part of Canada’s biggest grain handler. Regina-based Viterra announced last week it has signed a deal to buy the shares of Twin Rivers Technologies-Entreprises de Transformation de Graines Oleagineuses du Quebec, or TRT-ETGO, whose main asset is its canola and soybean crushing and refining plant […] Read more

Canola, Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto, rivals eye next step after Syngenta deal collapse

By GFM Network News August 27, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Monsanto, having ditched an audacious US$46 billion offer for Syngenta, may downshift to a humbler strategy of beefing up its crop protection portfolio through other acquisitions, partnerships and licensing agreements. The deal’s collapse leaves Monsanto, Syngenta and other agrochemical sector companies facing a bleak landscape of plummeting grain prices and farm […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy to return to weather-based trading

By GFM Network News August 26, 2015

CNS Canada — The biggest factor in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean trading has been the recent volatility in global markets. Once those concerns diminish, however, commodities will start moving with weather again — which is mostly bearish, according to one analyst. “Our markets, really, if you look at it, have fared […] 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

Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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Manitoba soybeans near harvest, weather permitting

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

East’s biggest oilseed crusher goes to Viterra

Monsanto, rivals eye next step after Syngenta deal collapse

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy to return to weather-based trading

Farmers in soy powerhouse Argentina start five-day sales strike

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