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CBOT May 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade deal hopes

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter March 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed on Monday amid news reports that Beijing and Washington are close to settling a lingering trade dispute, a breakthrough that could boost China’s demand for U.S. soy and other agricultural products. Corn also rose, pulling away from a three-month low struck in the previous session. Wheat prices

Crumbling river infrastructure is putting pressure on the ability of the U.S. to meet grain market demand.

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Wooden dams and river jams: U.S. strains to ship record grains

In a story familiar to Prairie farmers, the U.S. grain-handling system is creaking under a heavy load

By Karl Plume, Tom Polansek December 20, 2017

America’s worst traffic jam this fall occurred on the Ohio River, where a line of about 50 miles of boats hauling grains and other products turned into a water-borne parking lot, as ship captains waited for the river to reopen. Such delays are worsening on the nation’s waterways, which are critical to commerce for the

The Mississippi River. (Mark D. Tomer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume October 3, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers are running out of options for their just-harvested corn and soybeans as delays on the Mississippi River, the main conduit for crops to export markets, cause shipping backlogs, while grain storage on the river’s banks is filling up. Low river levels and backups at aging locks have slowed navigation

Overland flooding in Missouri on Jan. 1. (Steve Zumwalt photo courtesy FEMA)

Crops, Weather

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 15, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily halted shipping traffic on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday after a tow boat struck stationary barges in a fleeting area, marking at least the fifth barge accident this week on the flood-swollen river. High water has severely restricted barge shipping traffic on the

Crops, Weather

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The clear Midwestern skies that El Nino cycles typically bring could be a boon to the U.S. heartland this spring, after recent record rain levels soaked the region, swamping farmland and disrupting grain export shipments on swollen rivers. Farm fields across the Midwest are saturated, according to the U.S. Department of

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer, P.J. Huffstutter December 31, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long stand-off between farmers who are

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

CIF Gulf Grain-Corn, soy steady to firm on higher barge freight

By Reuters November 12, 2013

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Basis bids for corn and soybeans shipped by barge to the U.S. Gulf Coast were steady to firm early on Tuesday, supported by higher nearby freight costs and moderate exporter demand, traders said. * CIF wheat basis bids were mostly steady to slightly lower. * Barge freight rates for nearby shipments

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

CIF Gulf Grain-Corn bids steady-higher, barge freight rates firm

By Reuters November 11, 2013

Nov 11 (Reuters) - Basis bids for corn shipped by barge to the U.S. Gulf Coast were steady to higher early on Monday, supported by firm barge freight rates and moderately tight supplies in the export pipeline, traders said. * CIF wheat basis bids were mostly steady to slightly higher, underpinned by higher freight rates,

Prairie forecast: Transition from warm to cool brings chances for rain

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

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

Daily Network News

Prairie forecast: Transition from warm to cool brings chances for rain

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 firm on trade deal hopes

Wooden dams and river jams: U.S. strains to ship record grains

Soaring river freight hits U.S. farmers

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

CIF Gulf Grain-Corn, soy steady to firm on higher barge freight

CIF Gulf Grain-Corn bids steady-higher, barge freight rates firm

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