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Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn drops 2 percent, soy slides on big USDA stocks view

By Reuters May 11, 2013

* USDA pegs U.S. corn, soybean stocks above trade projections * Huge USDA world production, stocks outlook pressures wheat * Attention turns to improving U.S. planting weather (Updates with closing prices, weekly performance, fund selling totals) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, May 10 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures fell about 2 percent on Friday after the

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Short-covering fuels rally in U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat

By Reuters May 10, 2013

* Traders evening up ahead of Friday's USDA report * Soybeans also supported by tight U.S. supply * Corn rallies even as planting gains momentum (Recasts, updates with closing prices, adds new analyst quote) By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. grains and soybeans rallied on Thursday, with soybeans touching their highest level

Crops, International news, Weather

China set for record corn imports on crop damage

By Niu Shuping April 18, 2013

Reuters / China is likely to import a record volume of corn in the next marketing year, as the world’s second-largest consumer takes advantage of a fall in global prices and after the domestic crop suffered damage from mould and wet weather delayed plantings. Imports are expected to reach between six million and seven million

Cereals, Crops

Manitoba farmer continues push for merger of commodity groups

By Allan Dawson April 11, 2013

A Halbstadt farmer says his call to create three big Prairie-wide commodity groups is getting positive reviews — but no organizations have officially embraced the idea so far. Last month, Danny Penner issued a discussion document calling for the merger of existing commodity groups to make them more efficient and effective. “In person, I have

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

High costs expected to bite into U.S. farm profit

By Reuters February 22, 2013

The seven-year-old U.S. agricultural boom, driven by record-high commodity prices and painfully tight supplies, is expected to peak this year and then come to an abrupt end as high costs start to bite, the government projected Feb. 11. The U.S. Agriculture Department said farm income would soar to a record $127.6 billion this year, up

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U.S. cattle herd at 61-year low

By Theopolis Waters February 12, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. cattle herd shrunk for a sixth straight year in 2012 due to high feed costs tied to drought and that should mean consumers will continue paying record-high prices for beef. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Feb. 1 said the U.S. cattle herd as of January 1 was 89.30 million head, down

Hogs, Opinion

A new plan is needed

By Laura Rance-Unger November 9, 2012

The description of Big Sky Farms Inc. circulated by the receiver trying to find a buyer for the failing hog production company’s assets is appropriately labelled a “teaser.” The Humboldt, Sask. business is the second-largest hog-producing company in Canada with capacity to produce up to one million hogs annually. We are told it is one

Crops, News, Oilseeds

U.S. corn harvest on record pace, soy lagging

By Mark Weinrau October 26, 2012

Reuters / U.S. corn harvest was a record 87 per cent complete and farmers had finished 80 per cent of soybean harvest as of Sunday, Oct. 21 according to a U.S. Agriculture Department report issued on Monday, but the tail end of their combining efforts was expected to be slow due to rain. Analysts had

Crops, News

USDA hears earful about corn estimates at annual meeting

By Tom Polansek October 26, 2012

Reuters / Top U.S. agriculture officials Monday were to face questions about quarterly estimates for corn inventories that have frustrated traders and roiled markets for the past two years. Traders said they would raise their concerns about supply estimates at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual meeting in Chicago for users of agricultural data. The

Crops, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

U.S. farm law expires amidst Congressional standoff

October 10, 2012

Reuters / Expiration of U.S. farm law on Oct. 1, shutting off dairy supports and putting 2013 crop subsidies in limbo, was expected to cause pain for some farmers and frustration for many, but programs like food stamps and crop insurance will roll on, analysts said. U.S. government funding is assured through March 2013 for

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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