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Cattle receive supplemented feed at the Myhre farm near Crane River, Man.

2022 a series of unanticipated swings

YEAR IN REVIEW: From famine-to-flood moisture and derailed supply chains, there was plenty of volatility to go around

By Alexis Stockford January 5, 2023

If last year was the bomb dropping, this year saw the aftermath. Farmers started the year by coming off one of the worst and widespread droughts in decades. For younger producers who weren’t farming in the 1980s, it was probably the worst drought they’ve ever seen. There were heartbreaking stories of herd dispersals, feed shortages

Markets, News

Drought hits Brazil corn in key southern state

By Roberto Samora December 22, 2022

Reuters – A drought is compromising corn fields in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, which is now expected to produce 4.51 million tonnes of the cereal, according to a forecast by StoneX on Dec. 15. The revised output figure is less than a previously forecast 5.38 million tonnes of corn production for the state

Farmer Ignacio Bastanchuri, 65, sips a drink as he walks past a cow that died from drought at a farm in Navarro, Argentina, Dec. 5.

News

Arid wheat fields and dead cows

A snapshot of Argentina’s worst drought in decades reveals grim picture

By Maximilian Heath December 21, 2022

Reuters – In the fields around the town of Navarro, in Argentina’s Pampas farm belt, the dried-out bed of a huge lagoon and decaying bodies of dead cattle are stark signs of a historic drought that is hammering crops and farmers like Ignacio Bastanchuri. Some 100 kilometres west of capital Buenos Aires, Navarro is one

CBOT January 2023 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher with South America in focus

Wheat even; supplies from Black Sea region weigh against U.S. cold snap

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News December 20, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures added on Tuesday as traders watched South American weather, though prices could not break above resistance around US$15 a bushel. “We’re at a key level that’s stopped this market several times,” said Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth, chief operating officer at consulting firm Van Ahn and Co. “You get to

CBOT January 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Rains in drought-hit Argentina pressure CBOT futures

Recession fears add pressure to markets, analysts say

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek December 19, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures slid on Monday after beneficial rains hit Argentina’s drought-stricken agricultural zone, analysts said. Argentina is the world’s leading exporter of processed soy, but its usually green Pampas plains have been hit by a historic drought that is preventing many farmers from planting their

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices pull back

Truck shortage 'hasn't gotten any better'

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat are coming down on the Prairies, said Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton — and a big part of that trend is the lack of demand for either commodity. “Buyers are fairly well covered. There seems to be a lack of desire for buyers to

Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: South America’s dry weather affecting soy complex

'We’re back to trading weather right now'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News December 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report last week is taking a back seat to drought concerns in South America, according to a Chicago grains analyst. Terry Reilly from Futures International said Friday’s WASDE report had very little effect on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), which

The SWOT spacecraft is moved into a transport container inside the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 18, 2022. (Photo: USSF 30th Space Wing/Chris Okula)

Crops, Weather

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

Data would bolster weather and climate forecasts

By GFM Network News, Steve Gorman December 14, 2022

Los Angeles | Reuters — A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time. Dubbed SWOT, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography, the advanced radar satellite

Since May 2022 estimate of Argentina’s wheat harvest, drought and frosts have hit the crop hard.

News

Argentina exchange warns more wheat cuts likely as yields disappoint

By Reuters December 12, 2022

Argentina’s wheat production outlook is likely to face more cuts due to lower-than-expected yields, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said Dec. 1, as harvest advances in the midst of a prolonged drought. In a weekly crop report, the exchange said 2022-23 wheat production, which it estimates at 12.4 million tonnes, is showing “yields below expected”

Markets, News, Other

In South America’s Andes, farmers pray for rain to end drought

By Monica Machicao December 6, 2022

Reuters – High in the mountains of the Bolivian Andes, farmer Alberto Quispe has one thing on his mind: rain. In the rural area of Tihuanacu, around 100 kilometres southwest of La Paz, locals say there has been little rain this season during a dry spell across the Andean regions due to a third straight

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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