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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

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Brazil court unfreezes JBS owners’ assets

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 19, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters –– A Brazilian federal appeals court on Thursday granted an injunction releasing assets belonging to the Batista brothers, owners of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA, Ticiano Figueiredo, a lawyer representing the defendants, said. A spokeswoman at the appeals court did not immediately reply to a request for comment. On Oct. 6, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy steady as attention turns to South America

By GFM Network News October 18, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are both keeping rangebound as attention shifts from last week’s U.S. Department of Agriculture supply/demand report to South American growing conditions. During the week ended Wednesday the December corn contract rose 2.5 cents, to $3.485 per bushel (all figures US$). On the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS owners ‘profited’ from inside information, Brazil police say

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 10, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s police investigation into insider trading by the owners of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA has found that they made a profit by taking financial positions before details of their plea bargain deal with prosecutors became public, the head of the probe said Tuesday. Police chief Edson Garutti, told Globo […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazil formally accuses JBS owners of insider trading

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 21, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s federal police on Thursday formally asked prosecutors to bring charges against brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista, the owners of meatpacker JBS SA, for insider trading. The Batista brothers saved as much as 138 million reais (C$54 million) through allegedly illegal market dealings in May, police said. The insider trading […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazilian state bank lambastes JBS CEO switch

By GFM Network News September 18, 2017

Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA’s weekend move to replace the Brazilian company’s jailed chief executive with his father showed “deviousness” and left in place a situation of “terrible governance” at the world’s No. 1 meatpacker, the head of state development bank BNDES said on Monday, In remarks to Reuters, BNDES president […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazil police detain JBS CEO

By GFM Network News September 13, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s federal police on Wednesday detained the chief executive of JBS SA, the world’s No. 1 meatpacker, saying he used insider information to avoid hefty losses related to a plea bargain he signed earlier this year. Wesley Batista, who has been at the helm of JBS since 2011, was detained […] 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

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

Brazil court unfreezes JBS owners’ assets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy steady as attention turns to South America

JBS owners ‘profited’ from inside information, Brazil police say

Brazil formally accuses JBS owners of insider trading

Brazilian state bank lambastes JBS CEO switch

Brazil police detain JBS CEO

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