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Opinion: Here we go again

By John Morriss November 16, 2015

First, the bad news. Farmers around the world did a great job last year. The good news? Farmers around the world did a great job last year. Such is the unfortunate reality of the grain market. As speakers at last week’s Cereals North America conference in Winnipeg said, the world is “awash with grain,” which

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: Black swan?

By John Morriss April 13, 2015

Among the many topics in the science news releases last week was one from the University of East Anglia in the U.K. “A new study pinpoints five strains of yeast capable of turning agricultural byproducts, such as straw, sawdust and corncobs, into bioethanol — a well-known alcohol-based biofuel,” the release said. We’ve seen similar news

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.

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,

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

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

U.S. Cash Grains-Corn bids jump on demand, lower barge freight

By Reuters November 20, 2013

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Corn cash basis bids were firm at U.S. Midwest river terminals and ethanol plants early on Wednesday, lifted by lower futures, a slow pace of farmer sales and a downturn in shipping costs on the region's waterways, grain merchants said. * The corn basis gained 9 to 10 cents per bushel

Grain Markets, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn tumbles to three-year low on U.S. ethanol plan

By Reuters November 18, 2013

* U.S. corn ethanol 2014 mandate likely to be lower

Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

U.S. Cash Grains-Soy bids ease on supply, corn basis steady

By Reuters November 18, 2013

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Soybean spot basis bids were steady to lower at U.S. Midwest processors and river terminals early on Monday as a jump in barge freight and a slight reduction in demand for soymeal pressured bids with the harvest nearly complete, dealers said. * Bearish buyers of soymeal have slowed their pace of

Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

US Cash Grains-Soy bids ease in eastern Midwest as supplies build

By Reuters November 15, 2013

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Soybean spot basis bids eased at processors and elevators in the eastern U.S. Midwest early on Friday as supplies piled up during the final phases of the harvest, dealers said. * A slow pace of barge traffic and higher freight costs along the lower Ohio River also squeezed the basis as

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week low as Brazilian harvest looms; corn, wheat sag

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end lower, hogs mostly lower

CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak

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