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Monsanto to shut three R+D centres next year

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter October 27, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Agrichemical company Monsanto plans to shutter three research and development centers in 2016 with a loss of about 90 jobs, it said Monday, as it restructures operations to cut costs in a slumping agricultural commodity market. The centers are in Middleton, Wisconsin, and Mystic, Connecticut, both of which focus on seed

Crops, Markets

Feed: Cheap Brazilian corn bound for U.S.

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 27, 2015

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Tuesday, Oct. 27. • CBOT corn futures were weaker on Tuesday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.8025 per bushel at midsession, as the advancing U.S. harvest weighed on values. • Sorghum production in Mexico “has been plagued

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, following last Friday’s cash prices that fell short of expectations and worries over potential consumer response to news about a possible tie to red meat and cancer risk, traders said. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that eating processed meats can

Livestock, Markets

Indonesia’s president says country intends to join TPP

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 26, 2015

Washington | Reuters –– Indonesian President Joko Widodo, speaking after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, said his country intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the U.S. has forged with Canada and 10 other countries. “We are the largest economy in Southeast Asia,” Widodo said through a translator. “And Indonesia

Crops, Markets

Feed: U.S. cattle on feed edge up

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 26, 2015

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Monday, Oct. 26. • CBOT corn futures were stronger on Monday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.845 per bushel, as a rally in wheat provided spillover support. However, the advancing US harvest and generally improving yield prospects

Livestock

Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz October 26, 2015

Paris | Reuters — Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet. The France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Sept. U.S. feedlot cattle placements near 20-year low

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle moved into U.S. feedlots in September fell to its lowest since the government began compiling the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday. Last month’s placement results were nearly in line with analysts’ forecasts, mostly based on the fall in prices for

Crops, Markets

Feed: China expected to cut back on corn stockpiles

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 23, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, Oct. 23. • Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were down one to two cents in early activity on Friday as strength in the U.S. dollar weighed on the commodity. • Cash prices for delivered

Crops

Dow reviews options for farm chemical/seeds unit

By GFM Network News October 22, 2015

Reuters — Dow Chemical said it would “review all options” for its farm chemicals and seeds unit, which has reported falling sales for nearly a year, and suggested that it might buy Corning’s stake in a silicon joint venture. Dow is also selling its stake in a Kuwaiti JV that produces a chemical used in

Crops, Markets

Global markets: Apple in China, U.S. oil rig flatlining

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 22, 2015

CNS Canada –– The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. APPLE CEO SAYS HE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT OPENING STORE IN CHINA — Apple CEO Tim Cook has said he is not concerned about opening a new store in China, despite the country’s recent economic downturn. China has seen losses in

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

Forages

Monsanto to shut three R+D centres next year

Feed: Cheap Brazilian corn bound for U.S.

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

Indonesia’s president says country intends to join TPP

Feed: U.S. cattle on feed edge up

Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO

Sept. U.S. feedlot cattle placements near 20-year low

Feed: China expected to cut back on corn stockpiles

Dow reviews options for farm chemical/seeds unit

Global markets: Apple in China, U.S. oil rig flatlining

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