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CBOT September 2021 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat ends mixed, near 8-1/2-year high

Pro Farmer corn, soy tour begins in U.S.

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 17, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures took a breather on Monday after setting 8-1/2-year highs last week on concerns about tightening supplies in exporting countries hit by harsh weather. Russian agriculture consultancy Sovecon trimmed its forecast for Russia’s crop by 0.3 per cent from last week in the latest estimated reduction

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Richardson buys up veg oil-based drilling lubricant maker

Grain firm supplies canola oil to Control Chemical

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 16, 2021

The Calgary maker of Matex drilling fluids is under new ownership from one of its minority owners and its biggest supplier of crude canola oil. Winnipeg grain firm Richardson International announced last Tuesday it has bought full ownership of Control Chemical Corp. for an undisclosed amount. Control Chemical is billed as a specialized manufacturer of

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Brandt to buy Deere dealership chain Cervus

Regina firm to pay $302 million in all-cash deal

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 16, 2021

The world’s biggest privately-owned chain of Deere construction and forestry equipment dealerships is set to expand its reach into Deere farm equipment in a major way. Brandt Tractor, the equipment sales arm of the Regina-based Brandt Group, on Monday announced an agreement to buy all of publicly-traded Cervus Equipment Corp. for $19.50 a share, valuing

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Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 16, 2021

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the German group’s glyphosate-based herbicides. Bayer last week lost a third appeal against verdicts that sided with

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Alberta reckons with poor quality, low crop yields

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News August 13, 2021

MarketsFarm – Crops in Alberta will not only have much lower yields than in previous years, but good quality crops will be harder to find. Provincial crop condition ratings declined over the past two weeks, according to the Province of Alberta’s biweekly crop report as of Aug. 10, which was released three days later. Only

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U.S. grains: Wheat rises to 8-1/2-year highs on world supply worries

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 13, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures climbed to 8-1/2-year highs on Friday and European wheat futures extended gains, led by fresh contract highs in Paris, after steep cuts to world stockpiles in a U.S. government report fuelled supply worries, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on fears of tightening global vegetable oil supplies, but corn

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U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits three-month high as U.S. cuts global crop

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 12, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed to a three-month high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed production estimates in exporting countries. Corn futures set a one-month high on a smaller-than-expected U.S. yield forecast in a USDA crop report that fueled concerns about tightening global grain supplies due to harsh

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Sask. Crop Report: Half of winter wheat, fall rye crops harvested

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News August 12, 2021

MarketsFarm – While a few scattered showers across Saskatchewan delayed some of the harvest, the hot and dry weather has allowed farmers to make more progress than last year. Seven per cent of the province’s crop has been combined and six per cent is ready to straight combine, according to the Province of Saskatchewan’s weekly

Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

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Feed weekly outlook: Prices to decline in September

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News August 12, 2021

MarketsFarm – As the harvest approaches, the yield potential for feed grains in Alberta may depend on where they are grown, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. in Stony Plain, Alta. “From what I hear, it’s going to be a bit lower (than average), (but) I think it’s going to be a

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U.S. slashes corn, soybean, wheat harvest forecasts

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 12, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. government slashed its outlook for domestic corn production by 2.7 percent and its soybean harvest view by 1.5 percent on Thursday as dry soils in key western growing areas cut into the potential for a bumper harvest. The dry conditions also hampered U.S. wheat production, which was forecast at

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

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U.S. grains: Wheat ends mixed, near 8-1/2-year high

Richardson buys up veg oil-based drilling lubricant maker

Brandt to buy Deere dealership chain Cervus

Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court

Alberta reckons with poor quality, low crop yields

U.S. grains: Wheat rises to 8-1/2-year highs on world supply worries

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits three-month high as U.S. cuts global crop

Sask. Crop Report: Half of winter wheat, fall rye crops harvested

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to decline in September

U.S. slashes corn, soybean, wheat harvest forecasts

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