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Investors lulled by high prices

Ending stocks of corn are likely to begin to drop downwards next year

By Shannon VanRaes January 21, 2015

They’re phrases that have gotten a lot of use over the last few months. Analysts and experts are increasingly describing changes in commodity prices for wheat and corn as a “paradigm shift” or the arrival of a “new price paradigm.” But Chuck Penner, founder of LeftField Commodity Research said producers should be cognizant that high

U.S. soybean supply, in millions of bushels. Source: USDA Agricultural Projections to 2019, February 2010, USDA Economic Research Service.

Crops

Oilseed glut should reignite global demand

Analysis: There are abundant world stocks of major oilseeds,  but demand is expected to continue to increase

By Gavin Maguire December 30, 2014

Production of the world’s top oilseeds will exceed demand by the largest margin ever in 2014-15, helping to push year-end stocks above 100 million tonnes for the first time. The glut of major oilseeds has already driven prices to multi-year lows. It is widely expected to pressure prices for most of 2015. This steep increase

Cereals, Crops

China still an important factor

Exports remain key to Canada’s commodity sector as prices fall back to earth

By Shannon VanRaes December 3, 2014

Profits on grains and oilseeds might be down, but it’s no reason to panic. Speaking at Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence conference in Winnipeg, Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist said the high prices of recent years were never destined to become the new normal. “The sky is not falling, it’s not falling at all,” J.P.

Hogs, Livestock

Pork council stung by province’s stance on hog barn expansion

The Manitoba Pork Council is shocked and disappointed by Conservation and Water Stewardship  Minister Gord Mackintosh’s stance on hog barn expansion

By Shannon VanRaes July 18, 2014

The Manitoba government is playing politics when it comes to hog barns, says the Manitoba Pork Council. Reacting to a letter from Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh and published in the Manitoba Co-operator, council chairman Karl Kynoch said he was extremely disappointed by the minister’s position on hog barn expansion and alternative manure-handling

Crops

Winter rail traffic snarl jams U.S. Midwest ethanol plants

The coldest winter in three decades has stalled locomotives, frozen track switches and delayed crews

By Michael Hirtzer March 28, 2014

A winter-long traffic jam on U.S. railways is hampering transport of ethanol, forcing production cuts and ratcheting up prices in supply-deprived regions. The coldest winter in three decades has stalled locomotives, frozen track switches and delayed crews, causing snarls in Chicago and other major hubs across the continent and slowing much of the eastbound ethanol

Opinion

New U.S. Farm Bill fails to tackle big issues

It’s not a near miracle, not amazing and not very reforming

By Alan Guebert February 18, 2014

House Ag Committee chairman Frank Lucas, a fast talker by birth and trade, spared few superlatives when describing, in a telephone press conference Jan. 28, the finally finished, modestly named Agricultural Act of 2014. “Historic in many ways,” Lucas said of the pending law as he shared the call with his Senate counterpart, Debbie Stabenow,

Haroon Akram-Lodhi speaks about the causes of world hunger.  Photo: Shannon VanRaes

News

Population growth not the cause of world hunger: economist

By Shannon VanRaes November 27, 2013

For some the equation is simple — more people on the planet means more people go hungry. Not for Haroon Akram-Lodhi. The economist and Trent University professor who specializes in the political economy of agrarian change in developing capitalist countries, says equating a growing population with global hunger is not only incorrect, but creates a

News

New EPA biofuel targets dent corn’s demand prospects

By Gavin Maguire November 27, 2013

At the very least, lower usage targets for both ethanol and other biofuels are  expected to reduce interest in expanding production in the sector

Many corn traders tried to shrug off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to trim the U.S. renewable fuels usage targets for 2014 and 2015, noting that U.S. ethanol production is driven more by operating margins than government-mandated blending requirements and is likely to remain high as long as ethanol makers can make profits. But

Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

U.S. Cash Grains-Corn bids firm at ethanol plant; river soy rises

By Reuters November 25, 2013

Nov 25 (Reuters) - Corn cash basis bids were firm at U.S. Midwest ethanol plants, while soybean bids climbed at river terminals early on Monday, with light country offerings and good demand supporting both grains, dealers said. * Some farmers sold soybeans late last week after cash prices climbed above $13 per bushel. But sales

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn climbs on strong cash market, big export sales

By Reuters November 21, 2013

* Rising cash basis, hefty exports lift corn * Soybeans range-bound on solid demand, big S.America crop * Soyoil surges 3 percent amid palm oil rally * Wheat supported by good exports, world supply worries (Rewrites throughout, adds quotes, updates prices, changes dateline from PARIS/SINGAPORE, changes byline) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Nov 21 (Reuters) -

Daily Network News

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