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U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News June 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Thursday as expectations for more rain in the U.S. Midwest heightened worries about bad weather reducing autumn harvests. Forecasts called for rain over the next five days, which would keep some fields too wet to plant and add stress to planted crops that are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Trump tariff threat pushes corn, soy, wheat lower

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News May 31, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday, weighed down by fresh concerns about demand after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to place tariffs on imports of goods from Mexico in response to illegal immigration across the U.S. border. All three commodities also faced pressure from profit-taking after posting big […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle drop as rains seen denting grilling demand

By GFM Network News May 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) closed mostly lower on Tuesday as both markets were pressured by worries that wet weather around large parts of the country would disrupt demand for pork and beef. Above-normal rains are expected across much of the western and […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn higher on wet weather forecast

By GFM Network News April 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose about one per cent on Friday as wet weather forecast for the Midwest crop belt prompted short-covering, analysts said, while soybeans fell to multi-month lows. Wheat futures firmed slightly but still recorded a weekly decline as ample global supplies anchored the market. Chicago Board of Trade July […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the equatorial Pacific for the week centred on April 3, 2019. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

Prairies can expect unexpected from El Nino this summer

By GFM Network News April 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — The U.S. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center on Thursday reported a 65 per cent chance of El Nino prevailing throughout 2019’s growing season. “A weak El Nino is likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer 2019 (65 per cent chance) and possibly fall (50-55 per cent chance),” the CPC’s report said. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy end lower on technical selling

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News February 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on a rising estimate of Argentina’s crop and chart-based selling, analysts said, while soybeans and wheat also declined. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) March corn settled down 4-3/4 cents at $3.76-1/2 a bushel (all figures US$). March soybeans ended down […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Weather deals harvest a blow with rain and snow

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 24

By Saskatchewan Agriculture September 27, 2018

Another wet and cool week has significantly slowed harvest operations in the province. Sixty-eight per cent of the crop is now in the bin, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2013-2017) average is 64 per cent for this time of year. Rain was recorded throughout most of the province through the week. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat surpass one-month highs

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News September 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures jumped on Monday to their highest levels in over a month on technical buying as well as concerns about rain stalling the country’s autumn harvests. Soybean futures slumped as China — the world’s top buyer of the oilseed — and the U.S. imposed fresh tariffs on […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat weakens on poor export demand

By GFM Network News September 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell 1.8 per cent on Wednesday, its third decline out of the last four sessions, as export prospects for U.S. supplies remained dim despite crop shortfalls in key production areas of the Black Sea region, traders said. Corn dropped after earlier touching a two-week high […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba soy growers likely face light yields

By GFM Network News August 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Manitoba soybeans will be ready for harvest well ahead of normal, provincial pulse crop specialist Dennis Lange said, fresh from fields where he was conducting maturity ratings. He said he was out around Morris on Tuesday and some soybean varieties there are already nearing full maturity. Throughout Manitoba, farmers could be taking […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

U.S. grains: Trump tariff threat pushes corn, soy, wheat lower

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle drop as rains seen denting grilling demand

U.S. grains: Corn higher on wet weather forecast

Prairies can expect unexpected from El Nino this summer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy end lower on technical selling

Weather deals harvest a blow with rain and snow

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat surpass one-month highs

U.S. grains: Wheat weakens on poor export demand

Manitoba soy growers likely face light yields

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