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U.S. grains: Soybeans sag as South American crop prospects improve

By GFM Network News December 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell to a three-week low on Tuesday on improving weather in Argentina and rising estimates of Brazil’s soybean crop, while corn and wheat futures hit life-of-contract lows. CBOT January soybeans settled down 6-3/4 cents at $9.75-3/4 a bushel after dipping to $9.75, the contract’s lowest […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: StatsCan data help drag wheat to contract lows

By GFM Network News December 7, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures slid to contract lows on Thursday, their fourth straight day of declines, on continued pressure from a Canadian report that showed harvest in that country was bigger than expected. The decline in wheat weighed on corn prices. Soybeans also fell, pressured by a round of […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Brazil: Farming on a larger scale

By Toban Dyck December 4, 2017

It’s hard to distill great experiences. And, arguably, I don’t want to. I want you, the reader, along for every second of what made my trip to Brazil amazing. At the planning phase, there were so many disparate parts. I felt it the trip going to fall through — part of it seemed too good […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Brazil pushes back decision on Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

By GFM Network News November 22, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian antitrust agency Cade on Wednesday extended its deadline to review Bayer’s proposed takeover of Monsanto by 90 days to late March, potentially spoiling plans to wrap up the US$66 billion tie-up by the end of the year. A spokesman said Cade had approved the extension at a session on […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Reuters

Russia to restrict Brazilian pork, beef imports from Dec. 1

By GFM Network News November 20, 2017

Moscow/Brasilia | Reuters – Russia will place temporary restrictions on imports of pork and beef products from Brazil from Dec. 1, the country’s agricultural safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday. Russia said last week it was considering a ban on all pork and beef imports from Brazil after finding the feed additive ractopamine in some […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sinks to contract lows

By GFM Network News November 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to new contract lows for the third straight day on Thursday as lower-than-expected weekly export sales and abundant supplies weighed on the market. Soybeans also declined on disappointing weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales data and as improving crop weather in Brazil raised prospects that the […] Read more

Columns, Soybeans

Growing soybeans in Brazil

Toban Dyck had a glimpse of South American ag in a whirlwind trip to Brazil 

By Toban Dyck November 9, 2017

At the end of August my wife and I traveled to Brazil for the International Pork and Poultry conference. I assumed the soybean plants in Brazil grow six-feet tall and that farmers there expect yields close to 80 bushels per acre. I expected to see lush growth, and an insatiable appetite for clear cutting the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybeans down after USDA report

By GFM Network News November 9, 2017

CNS Canada – Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell following the United States Department of Agriculture’s crop production report which raised corn estimates and kept soybeans at previous estimates. “I expect the low volatility environment to continue with soybeans remaining in tight trading short term. And for corn prices eventually […] Read more

Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil cuts into U.S. soybean market share in China

By GFM Network News November 3, 2017

Reuters – Brazil is expected to win a larger share of China’s soybean imports in coming months, hitting U.S. exporters during the peak marketing season for their most valuable farm product as the world grapples with a fifth consecutive bumper crop. China is expected to buy about five million tonnes of soybeans from Brazil for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on Brazil rains, technical selling

By GFM Network News October 30, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures turned lower on Monday on forecasts for crop-boosting rains in some areas of Brazil and as technical selling and month-end positioning weighed on the market. Corn was narrowly mixed and wheat futures fell for a fourth straight session, with some wheat contract months hitting fresh contract lows. Prices […] Read more

Prairie wheat bids weaken in early August

Federal government to consult agriculture, agri-food groups on interprovincial trade rules

World food prices at two-year high on rising meat and edible oils, FAO says

GFM Network News

Prairie wheat bids weaken in early August

Federal government to consult agriculture, agri-food groups on interprovincial trade rules

World food prices at two-year high on rising meat and edible oils, FAO says

Tag Archives Brazil

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag as South American crop prospects improve

U.S. grains: StatsCan data help drag wheat to contract lows

Brazil: Farming on a larger scale

Brazil pushes back decision on Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

Russia to restrict Brazilian pork, beef imports from Dec. 1

U.S. grains: Corn sinks to contract lows

Growing soybeans in Brazil

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybeans down after USDA report

Brazil cuts into U.S. soybean market share in China

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on Brazil rains, technical selling

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