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Brazil’s dry weather boosts second corn harvest

By Reuters July 13, 2022

Hotter and drier weather in key Brazilian corn growing areas gave a boost to harvesting work, especially in Brazil’s top grain state Mato Grosso, according to a survey by AgRural released June 27. The agribusiness consultancy said 20.3 per cent of the area cultivated with second corn was harvested in the center-south of the country

A tract of Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by farmers at Rio Pardo in Brazil's Rondonia state on Sept. 15, 2019.

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Compensation key to tackling Brazilian deforestation

Dreyfus Brazil CEO says tackling deforestation involves compensating farmers

By Ana Mano July 11, 2022

Brazil’s chief executive of commodities trader Louis Dreyfus says that if society wants to seriously tackle deforestation, mechanisms are needed to compensate farmers for conserving trees. Murilo Parada told an audience at the World-Agritech South America Summit in Sao Paulo that the development of a carbon market would be key to protect the environment and

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Pricey grains to bring down Brazil beef prices

By Nayara Figueiredo June 22, 2022

Reuters – Brazilian ranchers are likely to send fewer cattle to feedlots in the second half of 2022 as feed becomes more expensive, intensifying downward pressure on beef prices, the chief executive officer of meat packer Minerva says. Rising prices for inputs used in animal feed, such as corn and soybean meal, are pushing farmers

Markets, News

Brazilian farmers to expand soy area, cut fertilizer use

Consultancy has issued earliest forecast for next season

By Ana Mano May 17, 2022

Reuters – Brazilian soybean farmers will raise soybean plantings by 1.5 per cent nationwide next season, agribusiness consultancy Agrinvest Commodities told Reuters recently, in one of the first-known projections for area growth for the new crop. Brazil planted 40.8 million hectares (100.8 million acres) with soybeans in the 2021-22 cycle, a 4.1 per cent expansion,

MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (candlesticks) with CBOT July 2022 wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Supply worries, weather spur rallies

Market awaits USDA world crop report; rains delay U.S. spring wheat plantings

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 11, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures jumped on Wednesday, as traders uneasy about world supplies adjusted positions a day before the release of U.S. crop data. Concerns about poor global crop weather helped support gains, with MGEX spring wheat futures setting contract highs as rains prevent plantings in the

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Brazil’s second corn crop threatened by dry April

By Roberto Samora May 10, 2022

Reuters – Brazil’s top grain-producing state is facing its driest April in 17 years, threatening a key second corn crop in the agricultural powerhouse, weather service EarthDaily Agro said. Accumulated April rainfall in Mato Grosso state totalled 30 millimetres (1.18 inches), 70 per cent below the average for the last decade, EarthDaily Agro, which monitors

A drought-hit cornfield at Nao-Me-Toque in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Jan. 9, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look to skies for market guidance

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — Much of the focus from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday has shifted away from besieged Ukraine — and toward areas closer to home. Prices for nearby corn and soybean contracts rose over the past week due to weather-related rallies, but wheat prices held rangebound. The U.S. northern

File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

China’s hog output recovers, drags on Brazil pork exports

China's total Q1 pork imports down 64 per cent

By GFM Network News, Nayara Figueiredo April 19, 2022

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018. ASF forced China to cull millions of hogs and increase imports. China continued to be Brazil’s top pork

Crops, Markets, Weather

Brazil’s changing conditions threaten corn crop

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Over the last three to four weeks growing conditions in Brazil have pulled a complete reversal — and that poses a serious threat to the country’s corn crop, according to Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. The southern half of the country is now faced with wet conditions, while the

CME June 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and dark red lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high

Chicago cattle futures ease

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 18, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied to their highest price in more than two weeks on Monday, while live cattle and feeder cattle futures weakened. Hopes for increased domestic demand from summertime grilling and cookouts helped lift hog futures, analysts said. They added that surging grain and soybean futures raised

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

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Brazil’s dry weather boosts second corn harvest

Compensation key to tackling Brazilian deforestation

Pricey grains to bring down Brazil beef prices

Brazilian farmers to expand soy area, cut fertilizer use

U.S. grains: Supply worries, weather spur rallies

Brazil’s second corn crop threatened by dry April

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look to skies for market guidance

China’s hog output recovers, drags on Brazil pork exports

Brazil’s changing conditions threaten corn crop

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high

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