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U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. derivatives regulators are revising their proposal to limit the positions that traders can hold in commodity markets to make it easier for some hedge funds and banks to keep large trades. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to allow financial firms to count their market positions separately from subsidiaries if

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub September 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, under pressure from the expanding harvest around the U.S. Midwest as well as some profit-taking after rallying on Monday, traders said. Wheat futures also fell, but losses were kept in check as bargain buyers stepped into the market when prices hit their session

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 21

Conditions as of September 21, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development September 21, 2015

Above normal temperatures allowed for excellent harvest progress over the past week in Manitoba, with harvest of spring cereal crops nearing completion. Harvest of canola, flax, edible beans and soybeans continues. Sunflower harvest has also started in the Central and Eastern Regions, and grain corn harvest is expected to start shortly in some areas of

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built in Norway in 2008, is the world’s largest secure seed storage site. (Matthias Heyde photo courtesy Government of Norway via Flickr)

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday seed vault

By Alister Doyle, GFM Network News September 21, 2015

Oslo | Reuters –– Syria’s civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a “doomsday” vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said Monday. The seeds, including samples of wheat, barley and grasses suited to dry regions, have been requested by researchers elsewhere in the Middle East to

Crops, Markets

Prairie wheat bids dip slightly

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 21, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash wheat bids across Western Canada generally dropped lower during the week ended Friday. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by C$1-$3 per tonne across the three Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points. Bids ranged from about $221 per tonne in southern

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise on short-covering bump

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub September 21, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Monday, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract gaining 1.8 per cent, on a round of short-covering by investment funds as well as technical buying, traders said. “If you are looking for a fundamental reason for today’s price rally, look elsewhere,

Crops, Markets

Russia defends crop data reliability

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 18, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry defended the reliability of its crop data on Thursday, after a farmers’ lobby said regional officials were pressuring farmers to report bigger grain crops to the ministry than they actually harvested this year. The ministry said its numbers, compiled by its regional departments which send “operational information” to

Crops, News

Churchill season starts later but on track

The port is trying to reduce track maintenance costs without  compromising export shipments

By Jade Markus September 17, 2015

Shipping from the Port of Churchill started a month later than usual this season — a trade-off between reducing railway maintenance costs in warm weather and getting as much grain as possible through the northern route before winter freeze-up. Loading started Sept. 9 on the Clipper Bettina with the vessel bound for Kenya and other

Crops, Markets

StatsCan raises wheat, canola estimates with new model

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus September 17, 2015

CNS Canada — Wheat and canola production are expected to be higher than in previous estimates, but still lower than in 2014, according to a new Statistics Canada model for field crop production estimates. The model-based report, released Thursday, pegs this year’s spring wheat production at 18.4 million tonnes, higher than previously forecast in the

Crops, Markets

Wheat basis levels improve, futures stay bearish

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus September 16, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada’s spring wheat basis has hit fresh highs to spur producer selling, but overall the market remains bearish. “It does seem kind of counterintuitive to see cash prices strengthening right during harvest,” said Brenda Tjaden Lepp, co-founder of FarmLink Marketing Solutions in Winnipeg. Over the past week, quoted basis levels for Canada

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New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Spring wheat

U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 21

Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday seed vault

Prairie wheat bids dip slightly

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise on short-covering bump

Russia defends crop data reliability

Churchill season starts later but on track

StatsCan raises wheat, canola estimates with new model

Wheat basis levels improve, futures stay bearish

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