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U.S. grains: Corn drops to nearly one-year low

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News August 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain prices fell about one per cent on Monday, with benchmark Chicago Board of Trade December corn sinking to a nearly one-year low, on technical selling and easing concerns that dry weather would reduce harvests. Several CBOT wheat futures contracts dropped to lifetime lows, while soybeans notched small declines. Soyoil […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sinks below $500

By GFM Network News August 16, 2017

CNS Canada — As canola heads towards harvest some bearish headwinds have popped up that are keeping the front-month contract below the $500 mark. “There’s been a big reversal since the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) report,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. USDA late last week projected the U.S. soybean crop at […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

By GFM Network News August 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank to contract lows on Wednesday as ample global supplies provided overseas buyers with cheaper alternatives to U.S. offerings in export deals, traders said. Corn futures also were lower, pressured by the drop in wheat as well as good weather for crop development across the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy struggle under heavy supplies

By GFM Network News August 16, 2017

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean traders continue to assess the fallout from last week’s world supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The monthly report stunned analysts with predictions for U.S. corn yields at 169.5 bushels per acre, and soybean yields of 49.4 bu./ac. “That just destroyed the market,” said Scott […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat on softer cash price outlook

By GFM Network News August 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday on expectations for lower prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle this week amid ample supplies, traders said. The decline triggered pre-determined sell orders, and funds sold the October contract after it slipped beneath its 200-day moving average of 107.183 cents (all figures […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

By GFM Network News August 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, led lower by a sharp decline in MGEX spring wheat as investors liquidated bullish positions following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for a bigger-than-expected crop in the northern Plains, traders said. The selloff pushed the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

By GFM Network News August 10, 2017

Washington/Reuters – The U.S. 2017 corn and soybean harvests will be bigger than expected despite a slow start to planting and concerns that hot and dry conditions stressed the corn crop during critical periods of development, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for both corn and soybean yield and production […] Read more

Corn, Crops

Hot, dry American summer unlikely to dent USDA’s corn harvest view

By GFM Network News August 3, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – The full impact of a hot and dry summer in the U.S. Midwest is unlikely to show up in the government’s next estimate of the U.S. corn crop as it typically makes just small adjustments to its harvest outlook during August. The U.S. Agriculture Department will update its yield projection in its monthly […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News August 3, 2017

CNS Canada – Argentina’s hope for a near-record wheat crop have been dampened by excessive rain and below-average seedings. With planting nearly complete, the United States Department of Agriculture office in Buenos Aires has estimated the Argentine wheat crop at 12.8 million acres. That falls about one million acres below the official USDA forecast of […] Read more

Corn, Markets, Soybeans

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

By GFM Network News August 2, 2017

CNS Canada – Improving Midwestern weather forecasts weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended August 2, with all eyes now turning to upcoming USDA data. The USDA is set to release a number of key reports on August 10, including updated world supply/demand numbers and US […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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U.S. grains: Corn drops to nearly one-year low

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sinks below $500

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy struggle under heavy supplies

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat on softer cash price outlook

U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

Hot, dry American summer unlikely to dent USDA’s corn harvest view

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

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