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Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter September 13, 2019

Rochester, Minnesota | Reuters — The U.S. government is paying Texas cotton farmer J. Walt Hagood US$145 an acre for losses related to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But Minnesota soybean farmer Betsy Jensen will get just US$35 an acre. Both farmers’ sales have taken heavy blows in Trump’s trade war with China. Neither

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Trump promises ethanol-related ‘giant package’ to please farmers

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Stephanie Kelly August 29, 2019

Washington/South Sioux City | Reuters — President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is planning a “giant package” related to ethanol that would please U.S. farmers angry that many more oil refiners have been freed from obligations to use the corn-based fuel. Clashes between farmers and the oil industry over biofuel policy have posed

CBOT November 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as trade tensions ease

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday as President Donald Trump predicted a trade deal with China, cooling fears about escalating tensions with the top importer of the oilseed. Traders grew hopeful that the world’s two largest economies could move toward an agreement to end their trade war as Trump said he

CBOT December 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn edges higher on cool weather

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Thursday, stabilizing from three-month lows set a day earlier, supported by worries that cool weather could slow the maturity of the delayed U.S. crop, analysts said. Wheat rose on technical buying and better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales. But soybean futures declined, retreating from early strength

File photo of tomatoes growing on the vine in Mexico. (PinkBattousai/iStock/Getty Images)

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Mexico and U.S. reach deal to end tomato tariff spat

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 21, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexican tomato producers have reached a deal with the U.S. government to avoid an anti-dumping investigation, Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Wednesday, ending a testy tariff dispute that had rumbled on for months. Under the deal, the vast majority of Mexican tomato exports will be subject to border

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White House seen aiming to calm U.S. farmer unrest over biofuels

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw August 20, 2019

New York/Washington | Reuters — President Donald Trump’s administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allow numerous oil refiners to mix less ethanol into their gasoline, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Trump held a two-hour meeting on Monday with members of

Prairie grain handler G3, in which Bunge is a joint-venture owner, marked the grand opening of a new elevator at Maidstone in western Saskatchewan on Aug. 14. (G3.ca)

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Bunge CEO looks to avoid ‘stroke-of-the-pen’ risk in ongoing trade war

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume August 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A year removed from a losing bet that the U.S.-China trade war would be promptly resolved, global grains trader Bunge is facing an even more uncertain business environment, with a new CEO determined not to get burned again. Gregory Heckman, who joined Bunge’s board late last year and took on the

CBOT September 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rise but post big weekly losses

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 16, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose on Friday on a technical rebound as traders evened up positions after the grains market posted sharp declines during the week. The heavy weekly losses — corn posted its biggest weekly drop in percentage terms since June 2016 — stemmed from a surprise boost

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley speaks to reporters after a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 14, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

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Ag-state senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk August 16, 2019

Washington | Reuters — Iowa’s Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has “screwed” the U.S. ethanol industry and farmers by granting waivers to 31 small petroleum refineries, effectively exempting them from an obligation to use more ethanol in their products. The powerful senator, who represents the largest ethanol-producing state in

CBOT December 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn estimates, U.S./China talks befuddle

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — For Steve Georgy, the events of this week have left him somewhat gobsmacked. The president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. said he didn’t completely buy the numbers in the August supply and demand report issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). And Georgy has been wondering why the U.S. “punted”

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Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country

Trump promises ethanol-related ‘giant package’ to please farmers

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as trade tensions ease

U.S. grains: Corn edges higher on cool weather

Mexico and U.S. reach deal to end tomato tariff spat

White House seen aiming to calm U.S. farmer unrest over biofuels

Bunge CEO looks to avoid ‘stroke-of-the-pen’ risk in ongoing trade war

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rise but post big weekly losses

Ag-state senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn estimates, U.S./China talks befuddle

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