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CBOT March 2021 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn sets 7-1/2-year high on China sales

Chicago wheat also up, soybeans firm

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News January 29, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose more than two per cent on Friday and set a multi-year high after China booked its biggest purchase of U.S. corn to date, fueling expectations of tightening global supplies. Wheat futures also rose about two per cent, chasing corn higher, and soybeans firmed as well. Chicago Board […] Read more

File photo of a Chinese cornfield. (Baona/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China’s 2020 corn, wheat imports reach record highs

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 18, 2021

Beijing | Reuters — China’s grains imports soared to record highs in 2020, customs data showed on Monday, after tight domestic corn supplies pushed prices to multi-year peaks, driving demand for cheaper imports. China, the world’s top agricultural market, bought a record 11.3 million tonnes of imported corn last year, including 2.25 million tonnes in […] Read more

A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley market’s eye on exports, corn prices

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 15, 2021

MarketsFarm — Strong export demand for Canadian barley and rising corn prices in the U.S. are expected to continue to keep feed prices well supported in Western Canada. “Feed grains are being squeezed by lower imports of U.S. corn into Western Canada,” analyst Chuck Penner of Leftfield Commodity Research said in a presentation Tuesday for […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Port of Thunder Bay wraps up 21st-century-best year

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News January 14, 2021

MarketsFarm — The last vessel of the 2020-21 shipping season left the Port of Thunder Bay on Tuesday, wrapping up the busiest year at the port since 1997. Annual cargo volumes through came in at 10.2 million tonnes, which marked the first time the tonnage topped 10 million since 1997. A total of 9.3 million […] Read more

Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow pea prices stronger since harvest

By GFM Network News January 5, 2021

MarketsFarm — Yellow pea prices on the Prairies have shown strength since harvest, as they’ve seen an appreciable change in demand from India. Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities in Winnipeg said India is always looking to increase its pulse acres. But, in the event of shortages, it’s been turning to North America for yellow peas. […] Read more

A cornfield in Mexico’s Chihuahua state. (Undefined undefined/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO corn

Country's organic growers welcome ban

By GFM Network News January 4, 2021

Monterrey, Mexico | Reuters — Mexico’s main agricultural lobby on Saturday criticized the government’s decision to ban genetically modified corn, while organic growers hailed the move that should protect smaller farmers. Mexico will “revoke and refrain from granting permits for the release of genetically modified corn seeds into the environment,” stated a decree issued Thursday […] Read more

The U.S. National Wildlife Health Center’s map of CWD’s distribution in North America as of December 2020. (USGS.gov)

Livestock

Ontario to limit imports, transport of live elk, deer

Moves meant to keep out chronic wasting disease

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 21, 2020

Moving live captive cervids such as elk, deer, moose and caribou into or within Ontario is set to be banned under new provincial regulations to keep out chronic wasting disease (CWD). The province said Thursday it has amended regulations under its Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act that will ban anyone from importing live, captive cervids […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Bibeau promises help to farmers on rising carbon tax

Funds expected to help farmers cut emissions

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News December 17, 2020

A steadily rising carbon tax has a lot of Western Canada’s grain farmers wondering how they’ll compete in world markets against competitors not subjected to a similar tax. “I think the world market is also looking towards a greener economy and always more sustainable agriculture,” federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said when the question was […] Read more

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer walks toward reporters ahead of a meeting with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts to discuss talks on modernizing the NAFTA trade deal, in Washington, D.C. on May 11, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/David Ljunggren)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. throws down CUSMA challenge on Canada’s dairy import limits

Filing challenges Canadian tariff rate quota reserved for processors

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 9, 2020

Five months and counting since the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement came into force, the U.S. government has launched a CUSMA challenge of how Canada applies tariff exemptions on dairy imports. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer said Wednesday he has served Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng with written notice that the U.S. is “exercising its rights to […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Barley trade routes redrawn as China tariff hits Australian farmers

China's barley purchases from Canada more than double last year's

By GFM Network News November 17, 2020

Sydney/Paris | Reuters — Out in Australia’s grain fields, farmers have started harvesting one of their biggest-ever barley crops, after drought-relieving rains convinced many to plant to the edges of their paddocks. Yet the tractors are working under the cloud of a new tariff imposed by China — seen widely as retaliation for Australia’s push […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans near six-week low as China shuns U.S. supplies

GM wheat gets closer to reality in U.S.

Prairie forecast: Looks like summer weather

GFM Network News