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Ex-JBS chair Batista charged with corruption

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 25, 2018

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian federal prosecutors on Monday charged JBS SA shareholder Joesley Batista, another senior executive of the meatpacking company and a former federal prosecutor with corruption. The charges against Batista, former executive Francisco Assis and former federal prosecutor Marcello Miller were filed before a federal court in Brasilia, prosecutors said in a […] Read more

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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S./China trade uncertainty weighs on soy

By GFM Network News June 6, 2018

CNS Canada — Trade uncertainty between China and the U.S., along with good U.S. growing conditions, is pressuring the soybean market on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). During the week ended Wednesday, the July CBOT soybean contract dropped about 30 cents to $9.9425 per bushel (all figures US$). “The trade uncertainty is a major […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Chickens culled as Brazil truckers disrupt commodity exports

By GFM Network News May 29, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Striking truckers in Brazil have disrupted supply and exports of farm produce from one of the world’s agricultural commodity powerhouses. Brazil is the top global exporter of soybeans, sugar, coffee and chickens. The strike over high fuel prices has paralyzed Latin America’s largest economy, emptied Brazilian roadways and left major […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on renewed U.S.-China trade tension

By GFM Network News May 29, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about 1.5 per cent on Tuesday, with the front contract at times dropping below US$4 a bushel as U.S. trade tensions with China re-emerged, analysts said. Wheat turned lower after climbing to multi-month highs, and soybeans also slipped. Chicago Board of Trade July corn settled down six […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 24, 2018

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Brazil free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination on Thursday, opening new export prospects for the world’s largest beef exporter. The OIE already considered most of Brazil to be free of FMD with vaccination. The declaration, which the government had been expecting since […] Read more

Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

By GFM Network News May 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped more than two per cent on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed to drop tariff threats, easing fears that demand for U.S. shipments to top importer China could slow. Corn prices were little changed, while wheat dropped on crop-boosting rains in the U.S. Plains wheat belt and […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy sinking below major support

By GFM Network News May 16, 2018

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade softened in value during the week ended Wednesday and could be set to drop even more as growing conditions improve in the U.S. Rainy conditions across the U.S. Midwest and Plains have pressured prices in recent days. The July corn contract sunk […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

JBS beats estimates, refinances bank debt

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 15, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking company, beat analysts’ estimates for the first quarter and closed a deal to refinance the bulk of its bank debt on Monday. JBS’ net income for the first quarter, 506 million reais (C$179.45 million), was 48 per cent above analysts’ estimates, with higher […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters

By GFM Network News May 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and several of its top export markets, including China, to turn around struggling trading units following one of the toughest years ever for the industry. After five years of bumper harvests worldwide that depressed crop prices, trading margins are […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Limited upside seen for U.S. soybeans

By GFM Network News May 2, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s a fluid set of circumstances for the U.S. soybean market these days as U.S. negotiators head to China in a bid to get proposed tariffs lowered on U.S. imports — but the potential for any major rally appears limited. “I would say the beans have a more limited upside than the […] Read more

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn

China to reduce pig herd amid low consumer demand

U.S. cattle ranchers slowly start to rebuild decimated herd

GFM Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn

China to reduce pig herd amid low consumer demand

U.S. cattle ranchers slowly start to rebuild decimated herd

Tag Archives Brazil

Ex-JBS chair Batista charged with corruption

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S./China trade uncertainty weighs on soy

Chickens culled as Brazil truckers disrupt commodity exports

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on renewed U.S.-China trade tension

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy sinking below major support

JBS beats estimates, refinances bank debt

Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters

CBOT weekly outlook: Limited upside seen for U.S. soybeans

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