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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn grind lower, watching weather

By GFM Network News May 20, 2015

CNS Canada –– Great spring seeding conditions across much of the U.S. Midwest have weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade — and the nearby bias remains pointed lower, barring a weather scare, according to an analyst. “The good growing conditions will keep (soybeans and corn) grinding lower,” said Terry […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 16, 2015

The rise of soybeans as a cash crop in and around Manitoba, and the availability of hogs to dine on soy meal, could support Western Canada’s first-ever soybean crushing plant, a new study finds. The feasibility study, run by Winnipeg-based Mercantile Venture Consulting and backed by the federal and Manitoba governments, shows a Manitoba crushing […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans trending sideways to lower

By GFM Network News May 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures moved sharply lower during the week ended Wednesday, and are expected to trend sideways to weaker for the rest of the month. Traders are going to focus on spring weather and seeding conditions until more acreage and yield estimates for the 2015-16 crops are […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Ontario won’t widen comment window on neonics: GFO

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 5, 2015

The public comment period on Ontario’s planned regulations for neonicotinoid seed treatments will close Thursday as scheduled, despite requests from the province’s grain grower group for an extension. The province has “refused” to extend the public comment period on the use of the insecticide group in seed treatments, Grain Farmers of Ontario said in a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

U.S. soy shippers say rail service improved

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 4, 2015

The U.S. Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) says it’s pleased with recent improvements to rail service, and is giving especially high marks to Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). Last week, the STC and the University of Minnesota concluded the research project “2014 Harvest: Attaching a Garden Hose to a Fire Hydrant,” which was started due to U.S. […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Bunge resumes canola crushing after fire, soy line down

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News May 1, 2015

Reuters — Agrifood firm Bunge Ltd. restarted canola processing at its Hamilton, Ont. plant late Thursday after a fire, spokeswoman Deb Seidel said Friday. She said the plant will resume soybean processing after the investigation into the fire is complete and water is cleaned up. There were no injuries, she said. According to Hamilton’s fire […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Soybeans

Fire damages Bunge’s Hamilton crush plant

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 30, 2015

Fire officials in Hamilton, Ont. estimate a fire in a soybean drying unit at Bunge’s oilseed crush plant has caused about $20,000 in damages. The city’s fire department on Thursday said multiple fire crews responded to a report of a fire at the Bunge plant at about 12:40 p.m. The fire, officials said, broke out […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean/corn ratio too wide, expected to narrow

By GFM Network News April 29, 2015

CNS Canada — The widening spread between corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) should be supportive for corn but a bearish factor in soybeans, as the two crops have moved in opposite directions over the past week, according to an analyst. Soybeans moved to their highest levels in a month […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

ADM to upgrade crush plants for soy

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 27, 2015

Archer Daniels Midland plans to get ahead of increased soy acreage on the Prairies by upgrading two crushing plants to handle more soybeans. The U.S. agrifood firm said Monday it will upgrade its processing plant at Enderlin, N.D., about 80 km southwest of Fargo, to crush soybeans as well as canola and sunflower seed. At […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Machinery, Markets, Soybeans

Brazil farm belt roads blocked in new trucker strike

By GFM Network News April 23, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Truckers in Brazil resumed roadblocks across the country’s main farm belt early on Thursday, after failing to reach common ground in talks with the government and freight companies in recent weeks regarding pay and fuel prices. Highway police on Thursday evening estimated that protesters had blocked roads at 17 points […] Read more

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