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Emergence in an Ontario soybean field. (File photo by John Greig)

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on bleak export view

By GFM Network News May 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday on concerns about decreased export demand from China as well as rising expectations for a bumper crop in Brazil, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed. Soft red winter wheat offerings eased after a rally on Tuesday while hard red winter wheat contracts rose due to […] Read more

The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)

Crops, Reuters

U.S. ethanol makers snap up cheap sorghum after China tariffs

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. ethanol makers have joined global livestock producers to snap up discounted American sorghum supplies after buyers in China backed out of deals due to stiff anti-dumping tariffs on the grain imposed by Beijing in a mounting trade dispute. Sorghum is used to feed animals and represents a fraction of the […] Read more

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

By GFM Network News April 26, 2018

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters — China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans have come to a grinding halt, trade and industry sources say, as fears of further action by Beijing to curb imports of U.S. crops following last week’s anti-dumping move on sorghum rattles the agriculture industry. Buyers from China, which takes 60 per cent of soybeans traded […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola awaits acreage report

By GFM Network News April 25, 2018

CNS Canada — This week’s acreage estimates from Statistics Canada could bring an end to canola’s recent chart surge upward — or could give futures the impetus to move even higher. The dominant July contract closed Wednesday at $535 per tonne, a gain of $8 from the previous Wednesday’s close. Prairie farmers on Friday will […] Read more

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits nine-month high

By GFM Network News April 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rallied to a nine-month peak and wheat rose to its highest in nearly seven weeks on Wednesday, supported by a round of short-covering amid persistent concerns about adverse weather curtailing harvest expectations for both grains, traders said. Soybean futures also were firm, with U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn rebound after early drops

By GFM Network News April 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Tuesday, surging 2.4 per cent on a bargain buying rebound after falling to their lowest in nearly three weeks early in the session. The gains in wheat spilled over into the corn market and soybean futures also rose, snapping a four session losing streak. But strength […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans extend losing streak

By GFM Network News April 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Monday, with concerns about demand from China in focus amid a lack of fresh deals with the top global buyer of the oilseed, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contracts retreating from […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to one-week top, pulls corn higher

By GFM Network News April 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract gaining 1.9 per cent and hitting a one-week high on concerns that rains forecast for the U.S. Plains will not meet earlier expectations. “The forecast for the rain in the southern Plains has […] Read more

Illinois grain farmer Lucas Strom, shown here April 10 in unincorporated Kane County just west of Chicago, had planned to purchase a grain bin but changed his mind when the price increased after the announcement of steel tariffs by the Trump administration last month. (Photo: Reuters/P.J. Huffstutter)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Steel tariff shrapnel hits U.S. farmers

By GFM Network News April 14, 2018

Kane County, Ill. | Reuters — Lucas Strom, who runs a century-old family farm in rural Illinois, canceled an order to buy a new US$71,000 grain bin last month — after the seller raised the price five per cent in a day. The reason: steel prices jumped right after U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs. […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News April 13, 2018

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. pork exporters will soon be free to ship meat to Argentina for the first time in 26 years after the two countries thrashed out an agreement to overturn an Argentinian import ban. The deal is a sliver of good news for U.S. farmers facing trade tariffs and disruption to exports […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on bleak export view

U.S. ethanol makers snap up cheap sorghum after China tariffs

U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

ICE weekly outlook: Canola awaits acreage report

U.S. grains: Corn hits nine-month high

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn rebound after early drops

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans extend losing streak

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to one-week top, pulls corn higher

Steel tariff shrapnel hits U.S. farmers

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

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