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Glencore to cut more debt as 2015 profit falls

By GFM Network News March 1, 2016

London | Reuters — Glencore stepped up its debt reduction plan on Tuesday by promising to offload more assets to shore up its finances to cope with a commodities rout that wiped around a third off its 2015 profit. The Swiss mining and trading house, whose agricultural arm includes Canadian grain handling giant Viterra, aims

Crops, Markets

Smallest ag markets biggest winners in commodities rout

By GFM Network News, Luc Cohen December 31, 2015

New York | Reuters –– Some of the smallest niche agricultural commodities were the biggest winners this year as weather and disease raised concerns about tightening supplies, spurring a buying spree as an exodus of institutional cash punished oil, metals and grains markets. Cocoa, cotton, sugar and frozen concentrated orange juice on ICE Futures U.S.

Crops, Dairy cattle, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on improving crop conditions, big stocks

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume November 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell more than two per cent on Tuesday, giving up all the prior session’s gains, as a further improvement in the condition of the U.S. winter crop placed attention back on ample global supply of the staple cereal. Corn prices eased, following wheat lower and further pressured by

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as concern about Chinese growth persists

By GFM Network News, Michael Hogan, Rod Nickel August 26, 2015

Reuters — U.S. soybean prices dropped on Wednesday on concern that interest rate cuts in China may not be enough to stimulate growth in the key importer. Corn slipped on technical selling, and Chicago wheat lost ground on concerns about export competition as the dollar rose, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) November soybeans

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: China woes push soy to six-year low, soyoil to nine-year low

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped to their lowest levels in over six years on Monday and soyoil touched a nine-year low as concerns about China’s faltering economy fuelled selloffs in commodities and equities markets. Broad selling pressured markets early as investors rushed for the exits after stock prices in China, the world’s

Comment, Opinion

Brace for more commodity volatility due to China

China’s real estate bubble is deflating as the economy slows

By Hendrik Brakel July 14, 2015

When someone asks where commodity prices are headed, they’re really asking: what’s the outlook for China? Last year, China consumed more coal than the rest of the world combined and imported 70 per cent of the world’s seaborne iron ore. In 2012, China accounted for half of the global growth in oil demand. It’s a

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 6, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped on Monday as lighter-than-expected U.S. rainfall eased fears about soggy Midwest crops while worries over Greece and China led investors to shun many commodity markets. Corn prices pulled back from 2015 highs notched last week after heavy Midwest rains raised crop concerns and following a

Crops, Markets

All crops not equal in face of weakening dollar

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 29, 2015

CNS Canada –– With the Canadian dollar falling to its weakest levels relative to its U.S. counterpart in six years, the general sentiment holds it should be good news for exporters, such as Canadian grain farmers. However, any net benefit may depend on what exactly is being exported and who is doing the buying, according

Crops, Markets

Drop in oil values a double-edged sword for Canadian ag

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News November 29, 2014

CNS Canada — As oil prices plunge across North America, the impact on Canadian farmers is starting to be felt in several conflicting, but noticeable ways, according to Prairie farm leaders and market-watchers. As of Friday afternoon the price of oil had fallen to just above C$66 a barrel, with some analysts predicting it would

Cereals, News

Agricultural Commodities Top Pick?

By Melanie Burton November 11, 2010

Food security is a growing issue that makes agricultural commodities a top pick for 2011 while the threat of currency wars could propel gold to new records next year, Bache Commodities said. “Ags – the wheats, the corns, soyas, they’re the ones you need to own,” Marc Bailey, managing director of Bache Commodities, told Reuters

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Tag Archives Commodities

Glencore to cut more debt as 2015 profit falls

Smallest ag markets biggest winners in commodities rout

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on improving crop conditions, big stocks

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as concern about Chinese growth persists

U.S. grains: China woes push soy to six-year low, soyoil to nine-year low

Brace for more commodity volatility due to China

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

All crops not equal in face of weakening dollar

Drop in oil values a double-edged sword for Canadian ag

Agricultural Commodities Top Pick?

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