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GRAINS-Corn firms as USDA pegs planting pace at record low

By Reuters May 14, 2013

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. new-crop corn rose on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pegged the sowing pace at the slowest rate on record despite a boost to planting from recent favorable weather. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade December corn, the most actively traded contract, rose 0.46 percent to $5.41-3/4

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-New-crop corn falls to near 2-week low on weather boost

By Reuters May 9, 2013

* December corn falls to lowest level since April 26 * Dry weather set to prompt rapid planting across U.S. Midwest * Wheat falls but crop damage caps losses, say traders By Colin Packham SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. new-crop corn fell to a near two-week low on Thursday as forecasts for dry weather

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn falls for second straight session on dry weather forecast

By Reuters May 9, 2013

SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures fell for a second session on Thursday as forecasts for dry weather raised expectations that farmers would be able to accelerate planting after the slowest start to corn seeding in 29 years. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade July corn fell 0.39 percent to $6.30-1/2 a bushel,

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

Beef cattle, Livestock, News, Other livestock

France tops EU for levels of horsemeat found in beef products

By Charlie Dunmore April 26, 2013

France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other European Union country, results of official DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal showed, with more than one in every eight samples testing positive. Announcing the results April 16, the European Commission said that for the EU as a whole,

Beef cattle, Crops, Hogs, Oilseeds

Canada wins China canola access, sees Russia meat barriers

By Rod Nickel April 26, 2013

Canada has not ruled out WTO action against Russia for banning meat  from Canadian plants over ractopamine

China has softened its three-year-old import restrictions on Canadian canola, while Russia is set to erect barriers to some of Canada’s biggest meat-packing plants, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said April 16. China approved one additional oilseed-crushing plant, the 600,000-tonne CNOOC-Biolux plant in Nantong, Jiangsu province, to accept shipments of Canadian canola seed, a crop

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Flooding potential threatens fertilizer movement

By Rod Nickel April 18, 2013

Fertilizer makers may be hard pressed this spring to move their yield-boosting products to western Canadian farmers during a shortened planting season, as the potential for major flooding grows. Cold weather has delayed the melt of heavy snowpack in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, raising the risk that floods in late April and

Dairy cattle, News

German farmers balk at free trade with U.S.

By Hans-edzard Busemann April 9, 2013

A planned free trade agreement between the European Union and United States should not completely liberalize agricultural trade, the president of the association of German farmers’ association DBV said March 26. Trade talks must involve upper limits to exports to prevent market disruption, Joachim Rukwied told Reuters. Brussels and Washington hope to start negotiations in

International news, Livestock, News

China readies to fight new bird flu

April 9, 2013

Reuters / Chinese authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds at a poultry market in Shanghai April 5 as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off in airline shares in Europe and Hong Kong. The local government in Shanghai said the Huhuai market for

Livestock, News

Co-operator staff win writing awards

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 9, 2013

Several Manitoba Co-operator staff and contributors were winners in the North American Agricultural Journalists’ (NAAJ) 2013 writing contest. The awards, in seven categories, were presented at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. April 8. Co-operator editor Laura Rance placed first in the columns and analysis category. Rance, along with Co-operator reporters Allan Dawson and Shannon

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

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GRAINS-Corn firms as USDA pegs planting pace at record low

GRAINS-New-crop corn falls to near 2-week low on weather boost

GRAINS-Corn falls for second straight session on dry weather forecast

GRAINS-Corn slips on forecasts of better planting weather

France tops EU for levels of horsemeat found in beef products

Canada wins China canola access, sees Russia meat barriers

Flooding potential threatens fertilizer movement

German farmers balk at free trade with U.S.

China readies to fight new bird flu

Co-operator staff win writing awards

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