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CBOT December 2020 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn eases on profit-taking

Traders question USDA numbers, raising uncertainty

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter August 14, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn inched slightly lower on Friday, as traders questioned federal acreage data and assessed the extent of storm damage in the U.S. Midwest. Prices slipped early in the day, after a rally in the previous session pushed corn futures to a four-week high. Soybeans also fell after jumping to a

USDA’s main home page on Jan. 11, 2019. (GFM Staff photo)

USDA to reopen all farm agency offices

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 22, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it will reopen all Farm Service Agency offices on Thursday to offer services to farmers and ranchers during the partial government shutdown. Some Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices had been providing limited services since Jan. 17, but the move means all of the agency’s

Markets

USDA recalls workers to help with farm loans, taxes; data uncertain

By GFM Network News January 16, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 980 Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices for three days starting on Thursday to help process farm loans and tax documents during the partial federal government shutdown. About 2,500 FSA employees who have been furloughed by the partial shutdown that began on Dec. 22

File photo of a northern Illinois farmstead. (KSchulze/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

As loans and aid dry up, U.S. farmers face fresh challenge from shutdown

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter January 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers, already battered by the U.S.-China trade war, are facing increasing anxiety as the partial government shutdown nears the two-week mark, leaving crucial aid and loan payments in limbo. The shutdown has blocked assistance for many farmers, who at this time of year apply for federal loans as they pay

Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)

Crops

Palmer amaranth threatening U.S. corn fields

By GFM Network News, Renita D. Young, Tom Polansek April 5, 2017

Winterset, Iowa | Reuters — A U.S. government program designed to convert farmland to wildlife habitat has triggered the spread of a fast-growing weed that threatens to strangle crops in America’s rural heartland. The weed is hard to kill and, if left unchecked, destroys as much as 91 per cent of corn on infested land,

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop on record U.S. crop view, firmer dollar

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume September 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dropped more than two per cent on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s steep losses after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its production forecast well above market expectations. Corn futures also fell as USDA projected a record-large U.S. crop that would outstrip demand, and as updated acreage data

Crops, Markets

USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek September 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) unit is reviewing its procedures after posting incorrect crop data online on Wednesday, an error that temporarily pressured grain prices. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) inadvertently issued the wrong data on crop acreage around 5 a.m. CT and posted corrected data four hours later. The agency

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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