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Canpotex aims for ‘material’ potash price bump from China

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 12, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian potash exporter Canpotex is pressing Chinese buyers to pay a “material” price increase for the fertilizer in their annual supply contract, as spot values in other markets rise off multi-year lows, Canpotex’s chief executive said on Monday. “We’re not interested in some kind of ratcheting down. That is for sure,” […] Read more

Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)

Crops, Reuters

China clears ChemChina’s Syngenta deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 12, 2017

Zurich | Reuters — ChemChina’s US$43 billion planned takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta has received approval from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the two companies said Wednesday. “This represents a further step towards the closing of the transaction, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2017,” they said […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks to rise with commercial interest

By GFM Network News April 12, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished mixed during the week ended Wednesday as intermonth trading took hold with traders exiting the May contract in favour of the more deferred values. The May contract gained $5.70, while some of the outside contracts lost a few days. Ideas that supplies of canola are tightening […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound on Argentina rains

By GFM Network News April 5, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans rebounded on Wednesday from multi-month lows sparked a day earlier by fears of harvest delays in Argentina, while China’s return to the market after a holiday helped boost prices, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the strength in soybeans, but rising stockpiles of corn-based ethanol pressured corn futures at […] Read more

Australian countryside near Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne. (CIA.gov)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Beef makes the cut as Australia, China move to boost trade

By GFM Network News March 23, 2017

Sydney | Reuters — Australia and China are expected to sign new bilateral agreements on beef exports, energy and security during a four-day visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that began on Thursday. Li, the first sitting Chinese premier to visit Australia in 11 years, was welcomed to parliament in Canberra by Prime Minister Malcolm […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 22, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s meatpacking industry has been badly damaged by a police investigation into alleged unsanitary and corrupt practices, and could lose upward of 10 per cent of its global market share, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said Wednesday. Maggi told a Senate committee that the main concern was with the China and Hong […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Higher prices could give flax acres a chance

By GFM Network News March 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Strong demand for Canadian flax, combined with small production, has driven prices up, which could tempt producers making seeding choices this spring. Last year, the amount of flax seeded in Canada was down about a third from the previous growing season. As a result, stocks are short, despite large carryover. Demand, however, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Deferred cattle hit contract highs

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News March 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were mostly higher on Monday, with deferred months for both live and feeder cattle hitting contract highs on spreading and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures were largely lower, extending losses to the fourth straight session in a technical selloff. Most-active CME […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Brazil beef scandal leaves fewer options for global buyers

By GFM Network News March 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Global beef buyers will likely need to cobble together supplies from several nations if a scandal persists in Brazil’s meat sector because supply constraints and politics are already limiting trade flows, market analysts said Monday. China suspended imports of all meat products from Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, as a […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazilian meatpackers slump on import curbs

By GFM Network News March 20, 2017

Sao Paulo/Beijing | Reuters — Fallout from a meatpacking industry scandal in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of beef and poultry, widened on Monday as China, the EU, South Korea and Chile curtailed meat imports from the country after inspectors were accused of taking bribes to allow sales of tainted food. With other import curbs […] Read more

Manitoba harvest hits halfway mark: report

General Mills keeps annual outlook as North America demand softens

Canadian crop production revised mostly higher from August

GFM Network News