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USDA to evaluate new release schedule for livestock reports

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Michael Hirtzer April 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is analyzing information and surveying the livestock sector to determine whether the agency should change the times it releases cattle and hog reports, a top agency official said on Tuesday. USDA is open to changing its schedules in 2019 if the review indicates that is warranted,

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn rebound after early drops

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Tuesday, surging 2.4 per cent on a bargain buying rebound after falling to their lowest in nearly three weeks early in the session. The gains in wheat spilled over into the corn market and soybean futures also rose, snapping a four session losing streak. But strength

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Export concerns pressure soy

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Thursday on worries about declining demand from top importer China, traders said. Wheat futures firmed to their highest since April 10, their third straight day of gains, while corn eased for the fourth time in five

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow and the Democrat’s ranking member on the Senate agriculture committee told reporters April 10 the U.S. must be “strategic” when pushing China towards fair trade so as to avoid “unintended consequences.”

News

American farmers want markets, not subsidies, legislators say

Trump promises to protect wary farmers if there’s a trade war between the U.S. and China

By Allan Dawson April 19, 2018

American farmers are on the front lines of U.S. trade spats. Uneasy about losing NAFTA, an agreement they say is mostly working for them, they’re now even more jittery about becoming collateral damage in a China-U.S. trade war, despite President Donald Trump’s promise of protection. Farmers prefer markets to largesse, two senior federal farm state

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn futures drop despite slow planting pace

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Tuesday, their third straight day of declines, as traders shrugged off concerns about cold weather causing planting delays in the U.S. Midwest. “You plant more in the month of May than in the month of April,

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop as weather improves

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in 10 days on Monday, led by a 3.4 per cent drop in K.C. hard red winter wheat prices, on forecasts for rain in key growing areas that will provide relief to a drought-stressed crop, traders said. “Wheat prices are lower, with longs running

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday to a one-week low, pressured by forecasts for much-needed rain late next week in the southern Plains winter wheat belt, analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower amid a lack of fresh supportive news, and soybeans turned down, erasing early advances, as nervous traders booked profits

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

By David Lawder, GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 13, 2018

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. pork exporters will soon be free to ship meat to Argentina for the first time in 26 years after the two countries thrashed out an agreement to overturn an Argentinian import ban. The deal is a sliver of good news for U.S. farmers facing trade tariffs and disruption to exports

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on sluggish export demand

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on reminders of ample world supplies and strong competition for export business, along with some forecasts for much-needed rains next week in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on export demand for U.S. supplies, and corn ended modestly

The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)

Crops

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw April 12, 2018

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with the heads of the Environmental

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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USDA to evaluate new release schedule for livestock reports

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn rebound after early drops

U.S. grains: Export concerns pressure soy

American farmers want markets, not subsidies, legislators say

U.S. grains: Corn futures drop despite slow planting pace

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop as weather improves

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on sluggish export demand

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

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