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Prairie cash wheat: Bids show small gains

Minneapolis, K.C. March wheats up on week

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News December 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Growing drought concerns in the U.S. and improved export numbers led to higher bids for western Canadian wheat for the week ended Thursday. However, a mid-week selloff on the futures market held back some gains. The southern U.S. Plains, which are a growing area for hard red winter wheat, have been affected by

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Bids high, but limited supplies mean little moving

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada remain at very high levels heading into the New Year, but little is actually trading as feedlots fill up with cheaper corn from the U.S. “The volume trading of Canadian feed grains has dropped significantly,” said Jim Beusekom, of Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge, noting about 80

Crops

Claas sees more semiconductor chip snags in 2022

'It's going to be a tough next six months'

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 17, 2021

Paris | Reuters — Agricultural machinery maker Claas said Thursday it expects difficulties in securing semiconductor chips to persist for the first half of next year, which could curb a surge in profits linked to booming farm demand. An upturn in orders from farmers, who are benefiting from high crop prices after several lean years,

CBOT January 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (yellow and green lines) and CBOT January 2022 soyoil (black line, left column). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-week top as soyoil climbs

Wheat, corn futures end higher

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen December 17, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a three-week top on Thursday as soyoil futures rose two per cent and hit their highest in a week on signs of tightening U.S. vegetable oil supplies and fresh export demand, traders said. Wheat futures rose by nearly two per cent, bouncing back from a four per

ICE March 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures bend under pressure

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 16, 2021

MarketsFarm — As the speculative longs for ICE Futures canola keep trying to defend their position, trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg said the pressure on canola continued to build. That’s especially so with declines over the last few weeks in Chicago soyoil, Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed, he said. “No one

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn enter holiday mode

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 16, 2021

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to hold relatively rangebound over the next few weeks, although year-end positioning and thinner holiday volumes could lead to some volatility. General unwinding of spreads and fund profit-taking were weighing on prices in mid-December, Sean Lusk of Walsh Trading in Chicago

Yara’s fertilizer terminal at Stockton, California. (Sebastian Braum photo, Yara.com)

Crops, Markets

Yara brings most European ammonia production back on stream

Rising fertilizer prices make resumption profitable

By GFM Network News December 16, 2021

Oslo | Reuters — Yara has brought most of its European ammonia production back on line after prices of finished fertilizers rose to make up for a surge in the cost of gas, the Norwegian fertilizer manufacturer said on Wednesday. The company cut back ammonia production at a number of sites in Europe from September

CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month low

Corn declines; soy ends firm

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 16, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly four per cent on Wednesday and European wheat fell three per cent as a bumper Australian harvest and signs of continued competition from Black Sea supplies added to technical pressure, traders and analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower while soybean futures ended modestly higher after monthly

Tara Giles operates a combine as she harvests wheat on a 160-acre field located south of High River, Alberta, September 28, 2013.

Cereals, News

Pasta makers fret over durum wheat shortfall

With Canadian durum production hit hard, manufacturers around the globe are seeing higher prices

By Giancarlo Navach, Gus Trompiz December 15, 2021

Reuters – Italian pasta makers are fearful of a substantial supply squeeze in the coming months after this summer’s durum wheat price shock, as the market runs out of ways to offset a dire harvest in Canada. Extreme heat and drought this year in Western Canada, which usually accounts for about two-thirds of global durum

The McDonald’s “P.L.T.” sandwich in 2019. (CNW Group/McDonald’s Canada)

Crops, Pulses

McDonald’s, Beyond Meat seen planning big U.S. McPlant expansion

By GFM Network News, Hilary Russ December 15, 2021

New York | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. is planning a major expansion of its plant-based burger with Beyond Meat Inc. in the United States in 2022, according to two Wall Street analysts. The companies began testing the “McPlant” patty in eight McDonald’s U.S. locations in November. Those restaurants have been selling enough of the sandwiches

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

Crops

Prairie cash wheat: Bids show small gains

Feed weekly outlook: Bids high, but limited supplies mean little moving

Claas sees more semiconductor chip snags in 2022

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-week top as soyoil climbs

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures bend under pressure

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn enter holiday mode

Yara brings most European ammonia production back on stream

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month low

Pasta makers fret over durum wheat shortfall

McDonald’s, Beyond Meat seen planning big U.S. McPlant expansion

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