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

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

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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

Emergence in an Ontario soybean field. (File photo by John Greig)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on bleak export view

By GFM Network News May 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday on concerns about decreased export demand from China as well as rising expectations for a bumper crop in Brazil, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed. Soft red winter wheat offerings eased after a rally on Tuesday while hard red winter wheat contracts rose due to […] Read more

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

By GFM Network News April 26, 2018

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters — China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans have come to a grinding halt, trade and industry sources say, as fears of further action by Beijing to curb imports of U.S. crops following last week’s anti-dumping move on sorghum rattles the agriculture industry. Buyers from China, which takes 60 per cent of soybeans traded […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans extend losing streak

By GFM Network News April 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Monday, with concerns about demand from China in focus amid a lack of fresh deals with the top global buyer of the oilseed, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contracts retreating from […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

By GFM Network News April 9, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods said Monday it would buy control of Kansas City-based National Beef Packing for US$969 million, in a deal that would make it the world’s No. 2 beef processor. Marfrig also said it was seeking to sell an existing U.S. unit, Keystone Food. The proceeds will be […] Read more

A coffee planter shows his coffee plantation in a farm in Sao Desiderio, Bahia state, Brazil on March 21. (Photo: Reuters/Roberto Samora)

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Coffee may profit more than soy in Brazil’s new farming frontier

By GFM Network News March 27, 2018

Luis Eduardo Magalhaes, Brazil | Reuters –– Farmers tending vast, flat soy and cotton fields that spread as far as the eye can see in northeastern Brazil are finding that coffee crops might provide higher profits in the country’s agricultural frontier. More coffee farms are being developed in the western part of Bahia state, which […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Tag Archives Brazil

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

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on bleak export view

U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans extend losing streak

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

Coffee may profit more than soy in Brazil’s new farming frontier

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