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USDA sees more U.S. corn, fewer soybean acres over next decade

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team November 2, 2018

CNS Canada – Farmers in the United States are expected to increase their corn seedings over the next decade while reducing soybean area, according to early baseline projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Nov. 2. The complete USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report will be released in February. The projections are based on

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks during an event hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Oct. 17, 2018.
Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts/File

Crops

U.S. agriculture chief says no plan to extend farm aid to offset tariffs

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk October 29, 2018

Washington | Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is not planning to extend an up to $12 billion aid package for farmers into 2019, Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Monday, to mitigate farmer losses due to the imposition of tariffs on American exports. “Farmers are very resilient and adept in making their planning and

Hogs, Markets

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News, Hallie Gu, Tom Polansek October 26, 2018

Beijing/Chicago/Carambei | Reuters – Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China. His company, The Machhoffs, has halted U.S. projects worth up to $30 million and may move some operations overseas. Investing in domestic operations now would be “ludicrous”

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Box it up

Researchers say ‘control boxes’ could limit nitrate run-off  from tile drains

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 23, 2018

Tile drainage is a boon in a wet spring but it can also increase nitrate run-off into nearby waterways and eventually lakes and even the ocean. The answer, when the problem was first discovered in the 1980s, was to develop “edge of field” practices, keeping saturated strips of natural landscape near streams to remove nitrates,

The USDA wants sick pigs immediately reported so they can be tested for African swine fever. Photo: File

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. farmers, government fight risk of African swine fever

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt to keep out a highly contagious swine disease that is sweeping through Asia and Europe. U.S. government officials said in interviews on Friday they are also increasing their ability to test

CBOT December 2018 corn (in black) and November 2018 soybeans (in green). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week low on export woes

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen October 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-week low on Friday and recorded a second straight weekly decline, pressured by fresh cancellations of U.S. soybean sales, traders said. Corn futures fell for a fourth straight session and also notched a weekly drop, while wheat futures firmed after a three-session slide. Chicago Board

CBOT November 2018 soybeans with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans down as exports disappoint, weather improves

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen October 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Thursday, with the benchmark November contract recording its largest single-day decline since August, on disappointing weekly export sales and improving U.S. harvest weather, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the weak tone. Chicago Board of Trade November soybeans futures settled down

A double rainbow over a Manitoba soybean field. (ImagineGolf/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on fund-driven buying

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen October 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed modestly on Wednesday in largely technical trade along with fund-driven buying and strength in allied soymeal futures, analysts said. Corn futures declined and wheat fell on technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) November soybean futures settled up one cent at $8.85-3/4 per bushel but stayed below

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs decline on heavier animals, technical selling

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer October 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped for the second straight session on Wednesday, on technical selling and after government data showed heavier-weight U.S. hogs that pointed to larger supplies, traders said. Bear-spreading pressured front-month December hogs, which settled down 2.175 cents at 54.7 cents/lb., a decline of about four per

Crops

World crop briefs: Black Sea’s oilseed yields seen larger

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 17, 2018

CNS Canada — The Black Sea region’s oilseed crop for 2018-19 is estimated 160,000 tonnes higher, at 43.36 million tonnes, according to the latest estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In its October estimates, USDA estimated Ukraine rapeseed production would come in at 100,000 tonnes more than previous estimates to 2.7 million tonnes. Turkey’s

Daily Network News

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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