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CME June 2019 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales

By GFM Network News April 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures plunged on Thursday, with the five most actively traded contracts settling down the daily three-cent-per-pound limit after weekly U.S. export data showed no new pork sales to China, traders said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange also declined, pressured by long liquidation […] Read more

A Bunge port facility in Vietnam. (Bunge.com)

Crops, Reuters

Bunge names acting chief as new CEO

By GFM Network News April 25, 2019

Reuters — Global grains trader Bunge on Thursday named Gregory Heckman as its chief executive officer, three months after he took the helm in an interim capacity. Heckman, a founding partner of private investment firm Flatwater Partners and the former chief executive of grains trader Gavilon Group, was appointed acting CEO in January after long-serving […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Joint conference brings canola producers up to speed

By GFM Network News April 25, 2019

MarketsFarm — The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) and the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) have given farmers an update on the current situation between Canada and China. The 38-minute joint webinar/teleconference last Thursday (April 18) featured CCC president Jim Everson and CCGA executive director Rick White. Everson made it clear China is still honouring […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

By GFM Network News April 25, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers intend to seed more spring wheat and less canola in 2019, according to Statistics Canada survey results released Wednesday. Additional shifts are also likely in subsequent reports, as dry conditions in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan may alter some intentions. Statistics Canada forecast canola area for 2019 at 21.3 million acres, which […] Read more

ICE May 2019 canola with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Acreage report halts canola skid

By GFM Network News April 24, 2019

MarketsFarm –– Statistics Canada’s acreage report has provided something of a much-needed bounce for canola bids. Canola hit a record low Tuesday, with the May contract at $437.80 per tonne and the July contract at $446.10 per tonne. The primary reason for the huge drop was the price of soybeans on the Chicago Board of […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to multimonth lows

By GFM Network News April 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest level in seven months on Wednesday and spot soybean futures hit a 5-1/2-month low on ample global supplies and dimming prospects for U.S. export business, analysts said. Wheat also declined, with Chicago Board of Trade futures hitting a one-month low while K.C. and Minneapolis […] Read more

Statistics Canada’s March preliminary estimates of principal field crop areas, including 2019 acreage forecast released April 24, 2019. (Statcan.gc.ca)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 24, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute […] Read more

CME June 2019 hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures fall on profit-taking

By GFM Network News April 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures sagged on profit-taking on Tuesday after a recent run-up to contract highs, traders said. Live cattle futures also slumped at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The most actively traded June hogs contract has pulled back about 7.5 per cent after setting a contract high on April 5 on expectations […] Read more

Hogs, Reuters

China finds more cases of African swine fever on Hainan island

By GFM Network News April 22, 2019

Beijing | Reuters – China has detected new cases of African swine fever in six farms across four locations in Hainan province, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, adding to two earlier cases of the contagious disease identified in the province on Friday. The disease, which is fatal to pigs but harmless in humans, has […] Read more

A police officer gestures at the photographer outside Canada’s embassy in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News April 19, 2019

With canola export issues still looming large, some Canadian ag industry groups want the federal government to boost its diplomatic presence on the matter. The Canola Council of Canada on Wednesday said a Canadian technical delegation “has not yet been accepted” to travel to China and address Beijing’s recent suspensions of canola imports from two […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

Masterfeeds to enter new ADM/Alltech feed joint venture

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

Masterfeeds to enter new ADM/Alltech feed joint venture

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales

Bunge names acting chief as new CEO

Joint conference brings canola producers up to speed

StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

ICE weekly outlook: Acreage report halts canola skid

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to multimonth lows

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures fall on profit-taking

China finds more cases of African swine fever on Hainan island

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

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