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Commodities firm INTL FCStone enters Canadian market

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff June 18, 2019

Already handling ag commodities via partners north of the border, U.S. commodities brokerage and financial services firm INTL FCStone is bringing its own name into the Canadian market. The New York firm announced Tuesday it became a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) effective May 17, clearing the company to offer

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

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined on Tuesday as government data showing a rain-delayed planting campaign was nearing an end encouraged a pause in a rally that took prices to a five-year high a day earlier. Wheat futures sank on profit-taking and competition for global export business. Soybeans edged higher, supported by ongoing

Local news, Other

In Your Co-operator this week: June 20

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 17, 2019

Geralyn Wichers explores what happens when ideologies collide following a flock infection at an animal sanctuary. The owners say they’ve followed the letter of the law when addressing an ILT outbreak. Commercial operators counter they’re putting the whole commercial sector at risk by refusing to euthanize the animals. Allan Dawson reports on what Manitoba corn

Much-needed rain falls south of Brandon along Hwy. 10, June 15, 2019.

Crops, Weather

Much needed rainfall showers on Manitoba

The province got some much needed rain over the weekend, although some regions are still looking for moisture

By Alexis Stockford June 17, 2019

Fields finally got a break in the dry spell coming into the third week of June, although some more than others. Manitoba Agriculture reports that much of agro-Manitoba got less than 60 per cent of average moisture between May 1 and June 9, although much of the east and Red River Valley were creeping closer

News

Comment: U.S. farmers suffering from trade wars

As usual, farmers are getting it coming and going from this economic upset

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer June 17, 2019

Despite the hope that the U.S. and China would come to an agreement on trade that would end China’s retaliatory tariffs on agricultural imports from the U.S., nothing is on tap as we write this column. In what appears to be an attempt by the administration to pressure the Chinese into a deal by announcing

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

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn sets five-year high, soybeans up on poor weather

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures touched a five-year high on Monday and soybeans advanced, supported by forecasts for more rains in the Midwest where wet conditions have delayed plantings and cast doubts on production prospects, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat closed modestly higher after a choppy session. CBOT July corn settled

A chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

By GFM Network News, Tom Miles June 17, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinized by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any

CBOT July 2019 corn (candlestick chart) compared to K.C. July 2019 wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn reaches five-year high on crop uncertainty, firm cash

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 14, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures climbed to their highest level in five years on Friday as forecasts for more showers in the eastern Midwest next week clouded U.S. production prospects, analysts said. Soybeans also advanced on the weather worries and wheat closed higher after a choppy session. Chicago Board of Trade July corn

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn nears four-year high

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures neared a four-year high on Thursday, buoyed by worries about yield prospects for the delayed crop and firm cash markets, analysts said. Soybeans also advanced as weather worries threatened to curtail U.S. production of the oilseed, and wheat futures followed the firm trend. Chicago Board of Trade July

CME August 2019 feeder cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end lower

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Reuters June 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell Thursday for a second straight session, pressured by technical selling and expectations of ample U.S. summertime supplies of cattle and beef, traders said. “We’re still just in the middle of June, and we know we have a big supply coming in,” said Scott Varilek,

Daily Network News

Farmers see fertilizer price surge as Iran war blocks exports, threatening losses

OPINION: How the Iran war could create a ‘fertilizer shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming

Farmers expected to boost canola area beyond Statistics Canada intentions report

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Commodities firm INTL FCStone enters Canadian market

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

In Your Co-operator this week: June 20

Much needed rainfall showers on Manitoba

Comment: U.S. farmers suffering from trade wars

U.S. grains: Corn sets five-year high, soybeans up on poor weather

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

U.S. grains: Corn reaches five-year high on crop uncertainty, firm cash

U.S. grains: Corn nears four-year high

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end lower

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