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Forecaster Drew Lerner speaks at Ag Days 2020 in Brandon. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Alexis Stockford)

Favourable growing conditions forecast for major ag regions

By GFM Network News January 23, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canadian producers looking for challenging growing conditions elsewhere in the world to prop up commodity prices may be disappointed during the 2020 growing season. South America “If you’re looking for any help from South America for your canola or soybeans or corn, you’d better look somewhere else,” Drew Lerner, president of World Weather […] Read more

Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River on Zimbabwe’s northwestern border with Zambia. (CIA.gov)

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 23, 2020

Harare | Reuters — Zimbabwe has only 100,000 tonnes of grain in its strategic reserves, enough to last just over a month, as the southern African nation suffers the effects of a severe drought, according to the agriculture minister. More than half the country’s population faces food shortages after maize harvests halved last year. The […] Read more

A cargo ship is loaded with Brazilian soybeans bound for China. (Photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)

General, Markets, Reuters

Trade deal will not affect China’s other ag suppliers, Liu says

By GFM Network News January 16, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China’s other suppliers of agricultural commodities will not be impacted by the Sino-U.S. trade deal since buying will be based on market principles, Vice-Premier Liu He said, according to a report from state-owned CCTV on Thursday. Liu was speaking on Wednesday at a press briefing after signing the Phase One trade […] Read more

CBOT March 2020 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat up, corn and soy down awaiting USDA data

By GFM Network News January 9, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped on Thursday in a rebound from the market’s recent slide and soybeans and corn eased as investors squared positions ahead of an eagerly awaited U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand report due on Friday. Rising global prices and forecasts for reduced U.S. plantings this season gave wheat […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Brazil to become top soybean producer, USDA says

By GFM Network News January 8, 2020

MarketsFarm — Brazil is set to pass the United States as the world’s top producer of soybeans during the 2019-20 marketing year, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As soybean production in both countries has risen dramatically over the last 10 years, the U.S. continued to lead the world in […] Read more

CBOT March 2020 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as rain boosts South American crops

By GFM Network News January 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures ended mostly lower on Tuesday on crop-boosting rains in South America and as investors squared positions ahead of a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop report due on Friday, although short-covering trimmed losses late in the session. Corn and wheat futures were mostly flat as late-session short […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. won’t levy new tariffs on Brazil, Trump tells Bolsonaro

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 20, 2019

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump told him in a phone conversation that his administration will not levy new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum as threatened earlier this month. “I had a phone conversation a few moments ago with Donald Trump. … He […] Read more

CBOT March 2020 corn, with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rise as traders adjust positions

By GFM Network News December 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures ticked higher on Friday as traders adjusted positions ahead of the year-end holidays. Lingering uncertainty over demand prospects created by a U.S.-China trade deal hung over the markets. Crop prices increased after Washington and Beijing last week struck a ‘Phase One’ trade deal that includes a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures ease on rains in South American forecasts

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News December 19, 2019

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged lower on Thursday, retreating from a five-week high touched earlier this week as traders expected rains to benefit rival suppliers in South America. Favourable crop weather could boost production in Argentina and Brazil, increasing global supplies and competition for export sales to buyers like China. Rains will ease dry […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Grain flow shifts from China trade war may last years, CHS says

By GFM Network News December 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S.-China trade war has accelerated Brazilian efforts to erode the United States’ share of the world soybean export market, and some of the shifts in global grain flows could last for years, according to executives at CHS Inc., the largest U.S. farmer co-operative. Even with a so-called ‘Phase One’ trade […] 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

GFM Network News

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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Favourable growing conditions forecast for major ag regions

Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

Trade deal will not affect China’s other ag suppliers, Liu says

U.S. grains: Wheat up, corn and soy down awaiting USDA data

Brazil to become top soybean producer, USDA says

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as rain boosts South American crops

U.S. won’t levy new tariffs on Brazil, Trump tells Bolsonaro

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rise as traders adjust positions

U.S. grains: Soy futures ease on rains in South American forecasts

Grain flow shifts from China trade war may last years, CHS says

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