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U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume October 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures firmed for a second day on Tuesday on expectations for improved demand following a recent price slump and as a rainy weather outlook for the Midwest threatened to stall harvesting. Futures jumped sharply on Monday on news of a newly negotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a replacement

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Harvest progress slow, hard frost seen across Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 1

By Manitoba Agriculture October 1, 2018

Southwest Region Cloudy, cool, rainy conditions with high humidity prevailed for the week, but cleared on the weekend to allow for marginal harvest progress. Rainfall accumulation was low with 2 to 10 mm received for the week providing some topsoil and sub soil moisture recharge. Daytime temperatures hovered in the single digit above zero to

CBOT December 2018 corn (in black) and November 2018 soybeans (in green). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy surge as NAFTA revamp outweighs big supplies

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume October 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rallied on Monday, reversing the prior session’s steep losses, after the U.S., Canada and Mexico announced they had reached a deal on a trilateral pact to replace NAFTA. Corn gained nearly three per cent and soybeans more than one per cent as news of the trade

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Bigger-than-expected supplies knock down prices

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek September 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures slumped on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said farmers and crop handlers had more supplies in storage than analysts expected. The bigger-than-expected inventories from previous harvests add to an oversupply as U.S. farmers are starting to bring in another massive corn and soybean crop from their

Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on while listening to relatives of missing persons in Mexico City on Sept. 14, 2018. (File photo: Reuters/Violeta Schmidt)

Markets

Mexican president-elect insists on trilateral NAFTA

By Anthony Esposito, David Lawder, GFM Network News September 28, 2018

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — The United States and Mexico are due to release the text of their trade agreement on Friday, increasing pressure on Canada to join its partners in revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement while Mexico’s president-elect said he would insist on a trilateral pact. President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said

Markets

Beef demand, crush margins boost Cargill’s Q1 ledger

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter September 27, 2018

Reuters — Grains trader Cargill reported a nearly five per cent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday as global demand for beef and improved oilseed crushing results offset challenges in several business units. But Cargill also faced various headwinds across the company — particularly in its protein and food ingredients units, both of which have

Canada’s variety registration and grading system focuses on delivering a high-quality and consistent product end-users can trust, says NFU vice-president Cam Goff.

Cereals, News

NFU fears grain-grading system to be sacrificed under NAFTA

Cereals Canada says a deal can be reached to satisfy both Canada and the U.S.

By Allan Dawson September 27, 2018

Is Canada’s wheat quality assurance system under threat in the current NAFTA talks? The National Farmers Union says Canada needs to be on guard against U.S. efforts to destroy it. “Canada’s grain-grading system is the key to our international competitiveness, particularly for wheat,” Terry Boehm, chair of the NFU’s trade committee, said in a news

CBOT December 2018 corn with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn tops one-month high on strong U.S. export sales

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek September 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures touched their highest prices in more than a month on Thursday on strong export demand and as traders adjusted positions ahead of a crop report expected to show supplies tightened over the past year. Soybean futures also rose, extending a rebound from recent losses into a third consecutive

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Self-reflection

By Gord Gilmour September 27, 2018

As the debate over the fate of the Canadian Wheat Board was coming to a head a few years back, one of the key points repeatedly raised was how Canada’s quality assurance system gave it a leg up. Having a centralized sales desk meant there was an entity with a rational reason for maintaining and

News

Whither Canada?

Some say Canada's good reputation as a food producer fizzled

By Allan Dawson September 27, 2018

Is Canada still the producer of the world’s best food products, or is it time to rebrand Canada? That’s the point Camrose, Alta. farmer Gerald Pilger made in a recent column in Country Guide where he claimed the country’s reputation has fizzled in recent years. The purpose of the column was to get farmers to

Daily Network News

Chinese pig farmers test fermented feeds as Beijing weans sector off U.S. soy

Deere settles U.S. right-to-repair lawsuit with $99 million fund, repair commitments

Klassen: Negative margins weigh on Western feeder cattle market

Cereals

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest

Harvest progress slow, hard frost seen across Manitoba

U.S. grains: Corn, soy surge as NAFTA revamp outweighs big supplies

U.S. grains: Bigger-than-expected supplies knock down prices

Mexican president-elect insists on trilateral NAFTA

Beef demand, crush margins boost Cargill’s Q1 ledger

NFU fears grain-grading system to be sacrificed under NAFTA

U.S. grains: Corn tops one-month high on strong U.S. export sales

Editorial: Self-reflection

Whither Canada?

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