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Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn, soy, wheat mostly lower as planting forecast improves

By Reuters May 9, 2013

* Soybeans firm as processors seek crushing supplies * Corn lower, drags wheat down * Analysts expect heavy corn planting next week (Adds new analyst quote, updates with closing prices, recasts first three paragraphs) By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. grain and soy futures closed mostly lower on Wednesday as farmers geared

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn falls as planting expectations drag, USDA report supports old-crop

By Reuters May 8, 2013

* Mkt expects rapid corn planting as dry weather forecast * Old-crop corn prices supported ahead of next USDA report later in wk * Wheat drops despite signs of crop stress in key exporting nations By Colin Packham SYDNEY, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. new-crop corn futures fell on Wednesday as expectations for an increase

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn slips on forecasts of better planting weather

By Reuters May 8, 2013

SYDNEY, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures slipped on Wednesday, reversing gains from the previous session, as forecasts for favourable planting weather weighed on prices. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade July corn fell 0.12 percent to $6.39-1/4 a bushel, having gained 0.55 percent in the previous session. * July wheat fell 0.28 percent

Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Most U.S. hogs futures gain as funds roll positions

By Reuters May 8, 2013

* Weak cash expectations drop CME live cattle * Feeder cattle futures track live cattle lower By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 7 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled mostly firm on Tuesday as funds sold the spot-June contract and bought deferred months as dictated by the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index roll. Funds that

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

New-crop concerns loom large over old-crop canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 26, 2013

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended April 19, with the largest gains coming in the old-crop months. Those gains nearby may be tied to the tightening supplies in Western Canada, but have as much to do with new-crop perceptions as anything else. Nobody is writing the crop off just yet,

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans higher than expected

By Charles Abbott April 26, 2013

Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans will be much larger than expected at the end of 2012-13, with much of the increase driven by bigger U.S. supplies and lower Chinese feed demand, says the USDA. It sharply raised its estimates of ending stocks of the three crops compared with March. Projected corn carry-out was

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola growers balk at delivering to cash market

By Dwayne Klassen April 18, 2013

Continued worries over tight old-crop supplies, along with the reluctance of farmers to deliver canola to the country elevator at current cash bids, helped to generate much of the upward price action seen in canola on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform during the week ended April 12. Exporters and domestic processors were the noted

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Wave from grains’ dive lifts feeder cattle market

By Terryn Shiells April 10, 2013

Feeder cattle prices at auction yards across Manitoba were steady to slightly stronger during the week ended April 5, underpinned by a crash in U.S. grain futures. Robin Hill, manager of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden, said prices for feeder cattle that weighed 800 pounds or less were about one to two cents per pound

Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Unexpected stocks of U.S. soybeans pressure canola

By Dwayne Klassen April 10, 2013

Canola values on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform moved lower during the week ended April 5, with declines a function of chart-related speculative liquidation orders as well as the downward price action experienced in the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean complex. The continued declines seen in Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed futures

Crops, Opinion

Farmers leery of offending grain buyers

April 9, 2013

The following is an exchange between farm marketing consultant Brenda Tjaden-Lepp of FarmLink Marketing Solutions and Elwin Hermanson, chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission at the recent Canada Grains Council meeting in Winnipeg over how farmer and grain buyers determine fair value. Tjaden-Lepp: “It boils down to this party wants to sell high and

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain, hogs fall back

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism

Western Canadian resentment not exceptional — or highest in country — pollster says

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GRAINS-Corn, soy, wheat mostly lower as planting forecast improves

GRAINS-Corn falls as planting expectations drag, USDA report supports old-crop

GRAINS-Corn slips on forecasts of better planting weather

LIVESTOCK-Most U.S. hogs futures gain as funds roll positions

New-crop concerns loom large over old-crop canola

Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans higher than expected

Canola growers balk at delivering to cash market

Wave from grains’ dive lifts feeder cattle market

Unexpected stocks of U.S. soybeans pressure canola

Farmers leery of offending grain buyers

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