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Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. working on limited bird flu vaccination for turkeys

No decision yet made, U.S. official says

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Paris | Reuters — The United States is working on a bird flu vaccination scenario focusing on turkeys in the few states that gather the largest number of turkey farms, a move that would best meet a benefit-cost strategy, its chief veterinary officer said on Tuesday. However, no decision to vaccinate has yet been made, […] Read more
ICE July 2023 canola with 20-day moving average and November 2023 canola (yellow line). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Unclear where canola wants to go

Soy complex's trend much more apparent

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MarketsFarm — While the ICE Futures canola market declined during the week ended Wednesday, the oilseed has been affected by a mixture of supports and pressures, according to commodities futures advisor David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. The July canola contract dropped $20.60 per tonne during the week to close at $714.10 on Wednesday, […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

U.K. to increase rapeseed, product output in 2023-24

Input costs seen down so far this year

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MarketsFarm — With the rapeseed crop in the United Kingdom estimated at 66 per cent good to excellent, the U.S. Department of Agriculture attaché in London, forecast production for 2023-24 to be 1.38 million tonnes. That would make for a 1.4 per cent increase over the 2022-23 crop. While the attaché pegged planted and harvest […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Record U.S. corn, soybean crops for 2023-24, USDA says

U.S., worldwide wheat ending stocks expected down on year

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MarketsFarm — The United States may be in the midst of growing record-breaking corn and soybean crops if the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is correct. USDA on Friday released its monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE), which included its first U.S. production estimates for 2023-24. The report also provided ending stocks projections for new […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders, analysts anticipate WASDE report

El Nino also worth watching longer-term

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MarketsFarm — While traders and analysts continue to keep an eye on weather conditions, their collective focus will momentarily shift on Friday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases its monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE). This month’s report will be highly significant as it will announce the first U.S. crop production estimates for […] Read more
Damage is seen from a rain-wrapped tornado at Cole, Okla., just south of Oklahoma City, on April 19, 2023, in a screengrab from a social media video. (Photo: Hans Duran video screengrab via Reuters)
Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. rain, StatCan report biggest influences

Russia's sabre-rattling not yet swaying markets

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MarketsFarm — The three to five inches of rain received Wednesday in Kansas and Oklahoma have put pressure on Kansas City and Chicago wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. Added to that, Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) report on prospective plantings, also received Wednesday, has weighed […] Read more
EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

More grain for European Union in 2023-24, USDA projects

Larger production seen reducing need for imports

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MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attaché in Madrid is projecting an increase in grain production for the European Union (EU) in 2023-24. In USDA’s Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report released Wednesday, the attaché pegged the EU’s 2023-24 grain production at 284.7 million tonnes, 17.9 million more than this year’s crop which […] Read more
File photo of a wheat harvest in Kazakhstan. (Yerbolat Shadrakhov/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Less wheat expected in Kazakhstan in 2023-24, despite same acres

Soil moisture loss expected in wheat-growing regions

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MarketsFarm — As the 2022-23 crop year in Kazakhstan begins to wind down, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) attaché in the country’s capital of Astana estimated its wheat production at 16.4 million tonnes. Should that forecast hold, the attaché’s report noted it would be the largest wheat harvest since 2017-18. However, going into the […] Read more
File photo of a rapeseed field in India. (Amlanmathur/iStock/Getty Images)
Canola, Crops, Weather

India’s rapeseed output to be steady

El Nino may be a spoiler

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MarketsFarm — Rapeseed production in India has been forecast to remain quite consistent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) attaché in New Delhi. The attaché projected rapeseed production for 2023-24 to hold at 11.5 million tonnes, the same in 2022-23. USDA’s official numbers placed India as the world’s No. 4 producer of rapeseed, […] Read more
File photo of soybeans being loaded for transport in Argentina. (Wirestock/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Argentina soybeans expected to go from horrible to great

El Nino expected to improve growing conditions

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MarketsFarm — While Argentina is headed to one of its worst soybean harvests in decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) attaché in Buenos Aires projects a huge turnaround in 2023-24. Argentina is the world’s third-largest grower of soybeans — a fair amount less than Brazil and the U.S., but a lot more than other […] Read more

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