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USDA sees ballooning soy supplies as trade war roils exports

By GFM Network News November 9, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. soybean crop will be smaller than expected but stocks are forecast to rise sharply as a trade fight with China weighs heavily on exports, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday. The government also trimmed its outlook for domestic corn production in its monthly supply and demand report, with yields from […] Read more

Reuters, Soybeans

ADM profit tops estimates on export sales, oilseeds

By GFM Network News November 6, 2018

Reuters – Archer Daniels Midland Co reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, as the U.S. grain merchant made export sales to buyers in countries other than China during an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing. Strong margins for oilseeds crushing also boosted earnings. The United States and China have imposed tariffs on hundreds […] Read more

Employees load soybeans onto the China-bound cargo ship Kypros Land at Tiplam terminal in Santos, Brazil in March 2017. Photo: Reuters/File/Paulo Whitaker

Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil in talks to boost soymeal exports to China

By GFM Network News November 5, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Brazil’s soy processing executives are in talks with Chinese government officials over ways to increase soymeal exports to the Asian nation, industry group Abiove said on Monday. China already buys around 80 percent of Brazilian soybean exports. According to official data, Brazil exported 55 million tonnes of soybeans to China […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Some optimism for peas, lentils not invited for the ride

By GFM Network News October 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Lentil growers hoping to see a light at the end of the current tunnel of low prices and restricted markets will likely be disappointed for some time. However, farmers with peas might see better market conditions over the course of the shipping year because of the United States-China trade war. “For our […] Read more

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks during an event hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Oct. 17, 2018.
Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts/File

Crops, Reuters

U.S. agriculture chief says no plan to extend farm aid to offset tariffs

By GFM Network News October 29, 2018

Washington | Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is not planning to extend an up to $12 billion aid package for farmers into 2019, Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Monday, to mitigate farmer losses due to the imposition of tariffs on American exports. “Farmers are very resilient and adept in making their planning and […] Read more

CBOT December 2018 corn (in black) and November 2018 soybeans (in green). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week low on export woes

By GFM Network News October 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-week low on Friday and recorded a second straight weekly decline, pressured by fresh cancellations of U.S. soybean sales, traders said. Corn futures fell for a fourth straight session and also notched a weekly drop, while wheat futures firmed after a three-session slide. Chicago Board […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

China culls 200,000 pigs due to African swine fever – official

By GFM Network News October 19, 2018

China | Reuters – China, the world’s top pork producer, has culled 200,000 pigs so far following outbreaks of highly contagious African swine fever in the country, a Chinese animal health official said on Friday. While that represents only a tiny portion of the nearly 700 million pigs slaughtered in China each year for sale as pork, restrictions […] Read more

CBOT November 2018 soybeans with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans down as exports disappoint, weather improves

By GFM Network News October 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Thursday, with the benchmark November contract recording its largest single-day decline since August, on disappointing weekly export sales and improving U.S. harvest weather, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the weak tone. Chicago Board of Trade November soybeans futures settled down […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Expanding E15 sales would have limited U.S. market impact, analysts say

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The Trump administration’s plan to allow year-round sales of higher-grade corn ethanol would have limited impact on the depressed U.S. ethanol market, with record supplies and prices for the fuel hovering near the lowest in a decade, analysts said. President Donald Trump announced the decision last week ahead of a campaign […] Read more

CME December 2018 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge on cash price optimism

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News October 15, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared as much as three per cent on Monday in bull-spreading linked to hopes of stronger U.S. cash hog prices and fears of African swine fever spreading in top pork consumer China, traders said. The gains came after China reported an African swine fever case […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News